By RNZ A walking track and cycle trail dedicated to the 29 miners who perished in the 2010 Pike River mine disaster opens today. The 11.5km Pike 29 memorial.
“Hi Nick, I have Indoitis.” That is what Tyrone Pascoe said to me as I bumped into him on the pathway at Nahoon Reef. Indoitis is when you return from a tropical paradise of bellissimo waves and come back to earth with a heavy thump to realise you have to surf ordinary waves back home.