Author: Paul Maunder

Published: 2012

Publisher: Canterbury University Press

Format: Paperback

Pages: 114

Suitable: General Reference

The bodies of 29 men are still entombed in the collapsed Pike River mine, nearly 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 radicalism it represented in the early 20th century?

What is the way forward for a region that has felt betrayed by a succession of political decisions and developments over several decades?