West Coast commerates Pike River anniversary

Commemorations on the West Coast for the 10th anniversary of the Pike River Mine disaster are just coming to a close with a public service in Blackball. Earlier this afternoon, friends and family of the 29 men who died, gathered at the mine's portal. A minute's silence was held at three-forty-four, the exact time of the first explosion. Then one by one, they called out the mens' names down in to the mine where, ten years on, they remain entombed. Conan Young was there