Looking back with pride
His baptism of fire was the Boatmans Mine disaster of 1985, just weeks after he joined the NZ Mines Rescue Service as a brigade member....
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All in a day’s work – complete with cake
How Nicole Pierce’s varied job description is a totally Kiwi thing – right down to a bit of home baking, explains Jane Warwick. Sometimes it...
Sharing a jumping goat in Reefton
From 17–19 April 2026, around 20 IOQ members, mostly from Canterbury, visited Reefton’s mines and explored the region’s rich mining history. Thanks go to John...
World War One miners honoured
Image: Front row left to right: Event organiser Sue Baker Wilson leads 95 year-old descendant Ernie MacManus. In April, descendants of men from WW1 NZ...
Prepare yourself with the protest rules
Three significant protests in the last year aimed at the extractives industry should remind us all of the importance of being prepared for the possibility...
A veteran coal miner and West Coast gentleman
Image: Henry Walter Bell and Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae at Government House, Wellington, May 22, 2015 Now in his 90th year, Harry Bell is a...