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	<title>New Zealand Listener &#187; Pike River Mine Inquiry</title>
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		<title>Pike River: a chilling warning from the past</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-a-chilling-warning-from-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-a-chilling-warning-from-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby Manhire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In 1997, retired chief inspector of coal mines Harry Bell wrote to the energy minister about proposed reforms. Here's what he said. ]]></description>
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		<title>What really happened at Pike River?</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/what-really-happened-at-pike-river/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/what-really-happened-at-pike-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gabeatkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Failures at Pike River ran from the top of the regulatory and corporate hierarchy to the bottom, showing New Zealand has failed to learn from the mistakes of the past. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River: a tragedy that should never have happened</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/the-internaut/pike-river-a-tragedy-that-should-never-have-happened/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/the-internaut/pike-river-a-tragedy-that-should-never-have-happened/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 07:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby Manhire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Internaut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ A damning Royal Commission report confirms the mine disaster followed a string of failures. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River: some background reading</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-some-background-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-some-background-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby Manhire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ As we await publication this afternoon of the Royal Commission, here's a selection of Rebecca Macfie's unrivalled writing. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Pike River families have their hopes dashed again</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/the-pike-river-families-have-their-hopes-dashed-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/the-pike-river-families-have-their-hopes-dashed-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby Manhire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The Solid Energy deal for Pike River Coal appears to put paid to any prospect of bodies being recovered in the near future. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase 3: Whittall rejects allegations</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-whittall-rejects-allegations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-whittall-rejects-allegations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Lawyer tells inquiry that Pike boss Peter Whittall is devastated by Doug White's evidence. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase 3: &#8220;There was a blame culture&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-there-was-a-blame-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-there-was-a-blame-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The mine's senior manager tells the inquiry that relationships were troubled at the top. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase 3: Manager wanted out</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-manager-wanted-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-manager-wanted-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Right to the last, Pikes senior manager underestimated the gravity of the mines problems. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase 3: Electrical set-up an &#8220;extreme risk&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-electrical-set-up-an-extreme-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-electrical-set-up-an-extreme-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Pikes electrical system presented multiple sources of danger, the commission has heard. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase 3: Pike kept pushing on with production</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-pike-kept-pushing-on-with-production/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-pike-kept-pushing-on-with-production/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Pikes critical safety systems were under-designed, the Commission heard this week. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River &#8220;accident waiting to happen&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/pike-river-accident-waiting-to-happen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/pike-river-accident-waiting-to-happen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew.mcnulty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mag Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Evidence from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River tragedy shows there were signs everywhere that the organisation was unsafe. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase 3: No training for hydraulic mining</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-no-training-for-hydraulic-mining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-no-training-for-hydraulic-mining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The commission has heard from the men who were running Pikes hydraulic mining system. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase 3: Fundamental design flawed</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-fundamental-design-flawed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3-fundamental-design-flawed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ A Japanese mining expert tells how Pike pushed ahead without adequate systems and safeguards. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase 3: A disaster waiting to happen</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">/?p=38533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ At the inquiry yesterday, a Japanese mining expert has depicted the Pike mine as a disaster waiting to happen. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Royal Commission phase two wrap-up</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-royal-commission-phase-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-royal-commission-phase-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew.mcnulty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mag Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Wellington officials fiddled while Pike River burned, phase two of the Royal Commission into the mine tragedy was told. Mine boss Peter Whittall, meanwhile, continued to give the families hope. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase two: Mine boss &#8220;out of the loop&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-two-mine-boss-out-of-the-loop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-two-mine-boss-out-of-the-loop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pike River Mine Inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Peter Whittall says his hopeful message to families was genuine, but he didnt know what he didnt know. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase two: “Charade” for families</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-two-families-were-put-through-a-%e2%80%9ccharade%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-two-families-were-put-through-a-%e2%80%9ccharade%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Families were told the men had air and water, and would emerge hungry, the commission has heard. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase two: Mines Rescue advice ignored</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-two-mines-rescue-advice-ignored/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-two-mines-rescue-advice-ignored/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The Pike rescue operation suffered from operational paralysis, the commission has heard. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry phase two: Pike &#8220;talked rescue with families&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-two-pike-talked-rescue-with-families/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-two-pike-talked-rescue-with-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pike River coal mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ But in private it was a different story, the inquiry has heard. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Mine Inquiry phase two: early optimism of survivors</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-phase-two-early-optimism-of-survivors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-phase-two-early-optimism-of-survivors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Pike senior manager Steve Ellis believed some miners may have survived the first blast. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase two: top cop &#8220;stuck in the middle&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-two-top-cop-stuck-in-the-middle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-inquiry-phase-two-top-cop-stuck-in-the-middle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Counsel for the Pike families suggests that the gravity of the situation was kept from them. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase two: no window for rescuers</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-phase-two-no-window-for-rescuers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-phase-two-no-window-for-rescuers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The decision not to send rescuers into the mine following the Pike explosion was correct, the Inquiry has heard. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Inquiry Phase two: Families encouraged to hope</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-phase-two-families-encouraged-to-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-phase-two-families-encouraged-to-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Inquiry into the mine explosion has heard allegations that disaster experts were sidelined by police. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Mine Inquiry Phase one round-up</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-phase-one-round-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-phase-one-round-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Phase one of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River Mine disaster has finished, and the evidence alleges serious inadequacies in the mine's conception. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Mine Inquiry: Day 10</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Pike boss Peter Whittall faced intense questioning from the lawyer representing the families of the 29 men killed in the mine explosion. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Mine Inquiry: Day 9</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Pikes gas management system was inadequate, and key infrastructure to manage the underground atmosphere had not been installed by the time of the explosion. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Mine Inquiry: Day 8</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Inquiry heard about high management turnover, financial pressure and the displeasure of its major shareholder. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Mine Inquiry: Day 7</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The agency that miners thought was there to protect them was under-staffed, under-trained and lacking in guidance. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Mine Inquiry: Day 6</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Pike River Coal planned to build an escape route, erect a shelter and cut a track for emergency use, but none of it came to pass. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pike River Mine Inquiry: Day 5</title>
		<link>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/pike-river-mine-inquiry/pike-river-mine-inquiry-day-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Speculation that the Pike River disaster wouldnt have happened if the company had been allowed to open cast has finally been put to rest. ]]></description>
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