Phase Two: Search and Rescue hearings
The hearings ran from 5 September to 23 September 2011.
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Week One |
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Monday 5 September |
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11.30am |
Opening Statement - Counsel Assisting the Commission |
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Nigel Hughes - Detective Senior Sergeant, New Zealand Police |
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Johannes Strydom - former Pike River Coal (PRC) Electrician |
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Daniel Rockhouse - former PRC Miner |
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Tuesday 6 September – Thursday 8 September |
Douglas White - former PRC General Manager |
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Daniel Duggan - former PRC Control Room Officer |
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Neville Rockhouse - former PRC Safety and Training Manager |
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Friday 9 September |
Glenville Stiles - Trainer contracted to Mines Rescue Service |
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John Taylor - Project Investigations Manager, Solid Energy New Zealand |
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Week Two |
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| Monday 12 September - Friday 16 September | Adrian Couchman - Former PRC Safety Training Co-ordinator |
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Grant Nicholls - Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police |
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Gary Knowles - Superintendent, New Zealand Police |
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Darren Brady - Manager, Safety in Mines Testing and Research Station (Simtars), Queensland. |
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Timothy Whyte - Industry Health and Safety Representative, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Engineering Union, Australia. |
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Seamus Devlin - State Manager, NSW Mines Rescue, Australia |
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Week Three |
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Monday 19 September |
James Stuart-Black - National Manager, Special Operations, New Zealand Fire Service |
| Stephen Ellis - Statutory Mine Manager Pike River Coal Ltd (in Receivership | |
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Lesley Haines - Deputy Chief Executive, Labour Group, Department of Labour |
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Trevor Watts - General Manager, Mines Rescue Service |
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Craig Smith - General Manager Underground Mines, Solid Energy New Zealand |
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Thursday 22 September |
Lauryn Marden - Family |
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Tara Kennedy - Family |
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Sonya Rockhouse - Family |
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Carol Rose - Family |
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Marty Palmer - Family |
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Richard Valli - Family |
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Bernard Monk - Family |
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Thursday 22 September/Friday 23 September |
Peter Whittall - CEO Pike River Coal Ltd (in Receivership) |
