Coal and the Coast: A reflection on the Pike River disaster

ISBN: 9781927145265

Author: Paul Maunder    Publisher: Canterbury University Press

The bodies of 29 men are still entombed in the collapsed Pike River mine, more than a year after the tragic explosion and fire of 19 Novem­ber 2010. What do their deaths mean for workplace health and safety? Is there a future for coalmining in this era of climate change? How has the Coast changed from the centre of radicali...