2010, Pike River mine explosion kills 29
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This tag board showing the identification cards of the 29 miners who lost their lives in the Pike River mine was displayed at a memorial service on the first anniversary of the disaster, 19 November 2011.
The Governor-General Te Kāwana Tianara o Aotearoa
'Tag board for Pike River mine', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/tag-board, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 17-Nov-2015
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