Pike River Mine
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Sep 29, 2026
Hazel ArmstrongGUEST
So I think that's one of New Zealand's problems.
John CampbellHOST
And sorry to interrupt, but the evidence of this again and again and again, the Royal Commission into Pike River, right? So 29 people go to work and die.
John CampbellHOST
And there was no effective governance or oversight of that mine.
Hazel ArmstrongGUEST
That's right.
Hazel ArmstrongGUEST
If you go back to Pike River...
Hazel ArmstrongGUEST
The organisation, which was the Department of Labour in those days, stripped out the necessary expertise so that when they went to the mine, they didn't know what they were looking at.
Hazel ArmstrongGUEST
This is what happened at Taronga.
speaker_0HOST
The families of Ethan McTeer and Wes Tomich are calling for accountability from employers, WorkSafe and the government.
speaker_0HOST
Gosh, it's a similar refrain, isn't it? Industrial relations history of this country, Pike River being the classic example, I guess, but certainly not alone.
speaker_0HOST
South Island correspondent Timothy Brown reports in the first of a two-part series.
speaker_0HOST
Daria McTeer
Timothy BrownCORRESPONDENT
Again, Balance Agronutrients knew about the danger of the conveyor belt but did not act.
Timothy BrownCORRESPONDENT
And WorkSafe didn't know until it was too late.
Timothy BrownCORRESPONDENT
There have been more than 700 work-related deaths in the past decade despite John Key's government overhauling workplace health and safety laws following the Pike River mine disaster.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Too many of our men or getting killed at work.
Todd ZainerHOST
Camilla Belich says the Government's not listened to an overwhelming number of public submissions calling for rough sleeping to be removed from the legislation.
Todd ZainerHOST
Health and safety campaigner Sonia Rockhouse, whose son was killed in the Pike River mine disaster, says it's fantastic Labour's promising to introduce a corporate homicide offence if it's elected.
Todd ZainerHOST
The law would carry a punishment of life imprisonment for individuals or a fine of up to $10 million for companies.
Todd ZainerHOST
Sonia Rockhouse has been long campaigning for the change.
Sonia RockhouseSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When you are a boss of a company and things happen to your workers under your watch, basically at the moment they just get to walk away and that shouldn't happen.
Sonia RockhouseSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People who are in charge and who knowingly don't make the workplace safe, then they need to be held to account.
Todd ZainerHOST
Sonia Rockhouse says it's too late for Pike River victims' families, but she hopes her campaigning will keep others safe at work and prevent deaths.
Todd ZainerHOST
A victim advocate says a precedent needs to be set if stalkers are to be convicted under new legislation.
Nicola WrightHOST
Labor is promising to introduce a corporate homicide offense if it's elected, where the punishment of life imprisonment for individuals or a fine of up to ten million dollars for companies.
Nicola WrightHOST
Families of those killed in the Pike River Mine disaster have long been campaigning for the charge.
Nicola WrightHOST
Labor's Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson, Jan Tinetti, says New Zealand's number of workplace deaths is among the highest in the developed world, and that's why the offense is necessary.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is a glaring hole that we don't have as a deterrent for those people, those employers that are not ensuring that there's strong health and safety provisions in their workplace.
John GerritsenCORRESPONDENT
Māori children had the highest rate of transients at 5.8 per 1,000 and accounted for just over half of last year's transient children.
Christina ParaskosHOST
Health and safety campaigner Sonia Rockhouse, whose son was killed in the Pike River mine disaster, says it's fantastic the New Zealand Labour Party is promising to introduce a corporate homicide offence if it's elected.
Christina ParaskosHOST
The law would carry a punishment of life imprisonment for individuals or a fine of up to 10 million New Zealand dollars for companies.
Christina ParaskosHOST
Sonia Rockhouse has long been campaigning for the charge.
Sonia RockhouseSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When you are a boss of a company, and things happen to your workers under your watch, basically at the moment they just get to walk away, and that shouldn't happen.
Sonia RockhouseSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People who are in charge and who knowingly don't make the workplace safe, then they need to be held to account.
Christina ParaskosHOST
Sonia Rockhouse says it's too late for Pike River victims' families, but she hopes her campaigning will keep others safe at work and prevent deaths.
Christina ParaskosHOST
Climate advocates say the New Zealand government should release safety information on its planned liquefied natural gas terminal in Taranaki before signing any contract.