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Families gather for the 10th anniversary of the Pike River mine disaster at the Atarau memorial near Greymouth. (Video first published November 19, 2020)
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The Press will revisit stories from every year of publication. “A father mourning his son bore a weathered log on his shoulder up the long, rocky track at Punakaiki’s place of death yesterday,” reporter Mike Crean wrote in
The Press on May 1, 1995. “He sobbed deeply as he trod, and his eyes streamed. The log was his Cross; Cave Creek his Calvary.
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Some 115 species of bird had been spotted at the estuary, including rare and critically endangered birds.
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The Ashley-Rakahuri is home to many endangered bird species, including the world’s most endangered gull, the black-billed gull. “The estuary is regularly visited by kakī (black-stilt), the rarest wading bird in the world, and it is a major feeding site outside breeding season for tarāpuka (black-billed gull), the world’s most endangered gull.” While it was a permanent home for many bird species, others used the estuary as a seasonal stop-over, such as the ngutuparore (wrybill) – the only bird in the world with a bill that bends sideways.
WorkSafe has filed charges against PCR, but the regulator could not immediately specify exactly what had been laid under the Health and Safety at Work Act and regulations around hazardous substances. Court documents show six charges have been laid, including exposing an individual to risk of harm or illness, failing to have an emergency response plan, and failing to ensure a location site plan was in place. The rest of the charges related to testing failures, safety data, and compliance certification. At the time of the incident, PCR chief executive Matthew O Brien said the worker had been processing chemicals that were going to be delivered to its main office in Rolleston, near Christchurch.
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