PremiumDavid FisherSenior writer·NZ Herald·12 Jun, 2026 05:00 PM5 mins to read29 men were killed in the explosion 15 years ago and while police and the Crown Solicitor have been weighing up charges, Nigel Hampton KC thinks they have the proof needed.Former lawyer Christopher Harder sent the Herald a detailed account of what he says were 15 phone conversations with a senior police detective investigating the Pike River mine disaster. David Fisher reports.
A document detailing alleged lines of inquiry and prosecution issues in the renewed police investigation into the Pike
