Pike River - where does the buck stop?

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Fri, 22 Jul 2011 7:00p.m.

Peter Whittall

Peter Whittall

Was the Pike River mine safe? Were there really two exits, or was there just one, plus a 100m ventilation shaft with a ladder?

And eight months after the explosion that claimed 29 lives, where does the buck stop?

Or was it just an appalling accident, with no-one directly to blame? 

Those are the issues being raised at the royal commission into the Pike River mining disaster.

John Campbell discusses them with Pike's CEO, Peter Whittall - but first, a reminder of the West Coast, how it works and the black stuff at the heart of this story - coal.

Watch the video.

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25 Jul 2011 07:18p.m.

Carrie wrote:

CHANGING TO DIGITAL ??
Just brought a new LED Full HD - freeview TV and had the dish professionally tuned.
The pics not worth watching! It keeps dropping out along with the sound as soon as it rains, or the wind blows!!!! but this weather is 80% of NZ's weather!
We are meant to be changing in Nov this year and if this continues we wont be watching TV !!!!
Help, PLEASE say this isnt going to be normal veiwing we really love Campbell Live!!!

25 Jul 2011 02:30p.m.

michael potter wrote:

the buck stops with kate wilkinson and gerry brownlee,
both refused to address the safety problems raised by the miners and brownlee even laughed at the report,holding it aloft in parliment. wilkinson still has done nothing to improve safety.