Sonya Rockhouse

The families of those who died at Pike River are thanking retiring Labour MP Andrew Little for his work as the minister responsible for re-entering the mine.

Little announced his resignation on… Audio

Families of Pike River victims are calling for new corporate manslaughter legislation after some of the charges against the owners of Whakaari/White Island were dismissed.

The owners of Whakaari… Audio

Human remains may have been seen in images taken inside the Pike River Mine, as part of the criminal investigation into the disaster.

Police announced last September they were reopening the borehole… Audio

Survivors of our biggest national disasters say new guidelines will better supporting families in the wake of future tragedies.

The new "Public Service Commission Model Standards" - to be released at… Audio

Pike River families shed fresh tears for their husbands and sons after the police told them the remains of up to three more men had been found in the far western end of the mine, by a camera sent down… Audio

Families of victims of the Pike River explosion have accepted official advice it will be unsafe and too expensive to go further into the mine.

Twenty-nine men lost their lives in the explosion in… Audio

Today marked ten years since the Pike River mine on the West Coast exploded, killing 29 men who were working underground. There was a service at Parliament this afternoon, where the last communication… Audio

Today marks ten years since a massive explosion ripped through the Pike River mine.

Twenty-nine men from the West Coast and around the world remain entombed there. In the wake of the tragedy families… Audio

The Pike River Mine recovery has arrived at a key point having exposed an area which could throw up clues to the 2010 explosion.

A network of tunnels called "Pit Bottom in Stone" has been reached… Audio

The recovery of the Pike River Mine's entry tunnel has been halted, after the discovery of a carcinogenic residue. It has been found on the walls, the roof and mining equipment and could even be on… Audio

A four-man team from the Pike River Recovery Agency were able to move beyond the 170 metre seal today. They were the first people to get that far in eight years. It's the last major hurdle in moving… Audio

Today was the beginning of another very long journey for the families of the 29 men killed in the pike river mining disaster nine years ago. At 9am this morning the families began to enter right to… Audio

As our lives increasingly play out online, so too must our deaths. Facebook has finally updated the way it memorialises people, and as more and more users die, the social media site is starting to… Audio

There were cheers - and some tears - as the Pike River mine was re-entered yesterday, nearly nine years after disaster struck. 29 men headed out to work on the 19th of November 2010, and didn't return… Audio

The Pike River mine will finally be re-entered tomorrow but the event is so low key that the public wasn't told until the news leaked out this afternoon. Video, Audio

Sonya Rockhouse lost her son Ben in the 2010 mine disaster. She talks to Susie Ferguson about the news that the re-entry is delayed. Audio

Pike River families desperate for the mine re-entry will find out more today about when it might now happen, after yesterday's shock decision to delay going in. After battling for more than eight… Audio

Police are investigating allegations that a piece of Pike River evidence may have gone missing in the care of the mine company. A photograph shows an electrical cabinet door that was blown to the mine… Audio

Re-entry of the Pike River Mine will proceed. To the Pike River families, to New Zealand, we are returning," Andrew Little has announced. Susie Ferguson talks to Sonya Rockhouse, whose son Ben was… Audio