Commission Hearings
Phases
There are four phases to the Pike River Royal Commission’s inquiries and the Commission will hold public hearings in relation to each of them:
- Phase One: Context
- Phase Two: Search and Rescue
- Phase Three: What happened at Pike River
- Phase Four: Policy Aspects
Timetable
The timetable for the Pike River Royal Commission hearings is as follows:
Phase One – Context
Date of hearing: 11 July - 22 July 2011
Date evidence to be received by the Commission:
- Evidence relating to issues 1.1 to 1.6 and 1.13 to 1.18: No later than 6 May 2011
- Evidence relating to issues 1.7 to 1.12: No later than 3 June 2011
Phase Two – Search and Rescue
Date of hearing: 5 September - 23 September 2011
Date evidence to be received by the Commission: No later than 1 July 2011
Phase Three – What Happened at Pike River?
Date of hearing: 14 November - 25 November 2011
Date of hearing: 5 December - 9 December 2011
Date of hearing: 8 February - 17 February 2012
Date evidence to be received by the Commission: No later than 19 September 2011
Phase Four – Policy Aspects
A hearing to consider final submissions and feedback on policy issues will begin on Monday 2 April 2012
Final submissions and feedback on policy aspects are to be received by the Commission no later than 16 March 2012.
Hearing Plans - Witness Lists
- Minute - April Hearings - Final submissions
Final Submissions Hearings, Start 9.30am Monday 2 April |
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Group |
Counsel/spokesperson |
Time allocation |
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Simon Moore SC |
1 hour |
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Garth Gallaway |
45 minutes |
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Kristy McDonald QC |
2.5 hours |
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John Kay | 15 minutes |
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Tony King |
30 minutes |
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Grant Nicholson |
30 minutes |
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Craig Stevens |
1 hour |
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Ross Wilson |
30 minutes |
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Nigel Hampton QC |
1 hour |
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James Rapley |
20 minutes |
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Nicholas Davidson QC |
2.5 hours |
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John Haigh QC |
45 minutes |
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Stacey Shortall |
2.5 hours |
- The Phase Three: What happened at Pike River? list of witnesses is available here.
- The Phase Two: Search and Rescue list of witnesses is available here.
- The Phase One: Context list of witnesses is available here.
Live Streaming
The hearings are being live streamed over the Internet.
Participants
List of parties, interested persons and witnesses/submitters
- List of Participants (12 March 2012) (Word version)
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List of Participants (12 March 2012) (PDF version)
Legal counsel for participants
- List of counsel (25 January 2012) (Word version version)
- List of counsel (25 January 2012) (PDF version version)
Transcripts
The Commission aims to publish unedited transcripts from each day's hearings by 6.00pm each day. The final transcript is expected to be available by 2.00pm the following day.
Final Submissions Hearings - 2 April to 4 April 2012
Phase Three: "What happened at Pike River?" Hearings – February 2012, December 2011 and November 2011
- Opening Statement of Counsel Assisting the Commission, 14 November 2011 (60KB) (Word)
- Opening Statement of Counsel Assisting the Commission, 14 November 2011 (90KB) (PDF)
- Opening Statement of Counsel Assisting the Commission, 8 February 2012 (60KB) (Word)
- Opening Statement of Counsel Assisting the Commission, 8 February 2012 (80KB) (PDF)
- Closing Statement of the Commission, 17 February (50KB) (Word)
- Closing Statement of the Commission, 17 February (130KB) (PDF)
- Transcripts from the Phase Three "What happened at Pike River?" for the week of 14 November (2MB) (Word)
- Transcripts from the Phase Three "What happened at Pike RIver? for the week of 21 November (1MB) (Word)
- Transcripts from the Phase Three "What happened at Pike River?" for the week of 5 December (1MB) (Word)
- Transcripts from the Phase Three "What happened at Pike River?" for the week of 8 February (733KB) (Word)
- Transcripts from the Phase Three "What happened at Pike River?" for the week of 13 February (1.2MB) (Word)
Phase Two: Search and Rescue Hearings – Monday 5 September- Friday 23 September 2011
- Opening Statement of Counsel Assisting the Commission, 5 September 2011 (120KB) (Word)
- Opening Statement of Counsel Assisting the Commission, 5 September 2011 (100KB) (PDF)
- Transcripts from the Phase Two Search and Rescue Hearings for the week of 5 September (1MB) (Word)
- Transcripts from the Phase Two Search and Rescue Hearings for the week of 12 September (1MB) (Word)
- Transcripts from the Phase Two Search and Rescue Hearings for the week of 19 September (1MB) (Word)
Phase One: Context Hearings – Monday 11 July - Friday 22 July 2011
- Opening Statement of Counsel Assisting the Commission, 11 July 2011 (100KB) (Word)
- Opening Statement of Counsel Assisting the Commission, 11 July 2011 (200KB) (PDF)
- Transcripts from the July 2011 Phase One Context Hearings (2.2MB) (Word)
Preliminary Hearing – 11.00am Tuesday 5 April 2011
Following is a transcript of the Preliminary Hearing of the Royal Commission into the Pike River mine tragedy on Tuesday 5 April 2011:
- Preliminary Hearing – 11.00am Tuesday 5 April 2011 - PDF version (317KB) (PDF)
- Preliminary Hearing – 11.00am Tuesday 5 April 2011 - Word version (174KB) (Word)
