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Friday, 16 July 2021, 11:32 am Some of the biggest names in New Zealand literature are descending on New Plymouth District this month to celebrate Puke Ariki’s Festival of Words. NPDC Libraries Manager Dyane Hosler says public interest in the festival is growing with a number of the scheduled events already sold out and limited tickets for the rest of the bookable performances available “We have a fantastic line-up of guest speakers, writing and poetry workshops, comedy and kōrero,” she says. “Most of all we hope that the Festival will be a reminder that NPDC’s libraries are all about connection with our community and the many ....
Bernie Monk, father of Pike River victim: “10 years on, we still haven’t got justice” 27 May 2021 , “Ten years after the Pike River mine disaster: Political lessons in the fight for truth about the deaths of 29 miners.” The webinar was hosted by the Socialist Equality Group (SEG) in New Zealand, to discuss the causes of the 2010 Pike River disaster and the efforts by successive New Zealand governments, aided and SEG member Tom Peters’ reviewed in detail the complicity of National Party and Labour Party-led governments, including Labour’s allies the Green Party and the NZ First Party, and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, in the conditions that led to the disaster, and the ongoing cover-up. Socialist Equality Party (Australia) member Terry Cook also gave a ....
They said the fan recovery would cost $8 million and take 12 weeks using standard mining techniques to get past a roof fall blocking the top of the tunnel. However, the Government has said while the Pike River Recovery Agency would review the plan, there was no blank chequebook. Joanne Carroll/Stuff Dame Fiona Kidman and her husband Ian at the Pike River protest in 2016. The Pike River Recovery Agency is planning to seal the mine early next month to allow the site to be handed over to the Department of Conservation for inclusion in the Paparoa National Park. Some of the families have issued a statement saying they accept the Government’s position. ....