NZ files charges over Pike River mine tragedy

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Source: BBC

The New Zealand government has filed 25 criminal charges in relation to last year's Pike River mining disaster in which 29 people died.

The labour department said the charges had been brought against three parties, but said it could not name the parties or specify the charges.

New Zealand's courts have strict rules on data protection in such cases.

The 29 men were killed in a series of explosions at the pit, in one of the nation's worst mining disasters.

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