PIKE RIVER ROYAL COMMISSION FINAL HEARINGS
The Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy will hold its final hearings from Monday 2 April in Greymouth.
The Commission has received 37 final submissions from participants addressing factual and/or policy issues which are to be considered by the Commission and responded to in its final report.
Representatives of fifteen participants will speak to their final submissions during the April hearings, which start at 9.30am on Monday. Almost 14 hours of submission time has been set aside.
The April hearings provide the opportunity for participants to speak to, and highlight aspects of, their submissions and to respond to the views of others.
The hearing plan is as follows:
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Pike River Royal Commission Final Submissions Hearings Start 9.30am Monday 2 April |
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Group |
Counsel/spokesperson |
Time allocation |
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NZ Police |
Simon Moore SC |
1 hour |
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NZ Mines Rescue Service |
Garth Gallaway
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45 minutes |
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Department of Labour Department of Conservation Ministry of Economic Development Ministry for the Environment |
Kristy McDonald QC |
2.5 hours |
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McConnell Dowell Constructors Limited |
Grant Nicholson |
30 minutes |
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The Coal Association of NZ (incl.Straterra Inc) |
Tony King |
30 minutes |
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Solid Energy NZ Limited |
Craig Stevens |
1 hour |
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NZ Council of Trade Unions |
Ross Wilson |
30 minutes |
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NZ Amalgamated Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union |
Nigel Hampton QC |
1 hour |
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Neville Rockhouse |
James Rapley |
20 minutes |
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The Families |
Nicholas Davidson QC |
2.5 hours |
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Douglas White |
John Haigh QC |
45 minutes |
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Certain Directors, Officers and Managers of Pike River Coal Limited |
Stacey Shortall |
2.5 hours |
The Commission will sit from 9.30am to 5.00pm. The hearings are scheduled to finish by 1.00pm Wednesday 4 April.
Once the final hearings are complete, the Commission will continue its work examining matters relating to Phase Four: Policy Aspects and considering the issues raised in its terms of reference. It is due to report to the Governor General by 28 September 2012.
