West Coast Search and Rescue

Greymouth — The Police dive squad completed a search of the lagoon at Cobden, near Greymouth this afternoon.

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Greymouth — A Police search and rescue team this morning resumed their search for a man who disappeared after a short pursuit near Greymouth last night.

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Greymouth — At approximately 1230 am this morning (28/4/12) Greymouth police attempted to stop a vehicle for a routine traffic offence.  The vehicle attempted to evade Police and drove off at speed, losing control and sliding off the road almost immediately.

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Westport — A search is under way for a swimmer who was swept into the ocean at the mouth of the Mokihinui River north of Westport today.

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Hokitika — A Search & Rescue operation was launched yesterday after a kayaker failed to return from a trip in the upper Hokitika River.

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West Coast — Police today initiated the process to complete bore hole 44 at Pike River and to commission a new hole to be drilled into the mine.

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West Coast — Progress is being made on extinguishing the fire in the Pike River mine

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West Coast — Police have advised that the GAG unit, which is hoped will extinguish the fire in the Pike River coal mine, was successfully started at 10pm yesterday.

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West Coast — Work has continued all night to seal the entrance to the Pike River coal mine.

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West Coast — Police confirm that there has been a third blast at the Pike River mine today.

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West Coast — Good progress is being made on plans for the recovery of the victims of the Pike River mine blast, police say.

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West Coast — Police continue to plan for the rescue of the Pike River miners but say the likelihood is diminishing.

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West Coast — Specialist skills from throughout New Zealand and overseas are being used to help the rescue effort at the Peak River coal mine near Greymouth where 29 miners have been trapped since Friday night.

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West Coast — A military robot sent into the Pike River mine to survey conditions has broken down, mine officials confirmed at a press conference this morning.

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West Coast — Emergency services and welfare agencies working to rescue the miners from the Pike River Coal Mine have been overwhelmed with messages of goodwill from New Zealand and around the world.

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West Coast — Police overseeing a multi-agency rescue operation to locate 29 coal miners missing in a West Coast mine say a drilling operation to complete a bore-hole is progressing well but reports the hole has been completed were incorrect.

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West Coast — Photographs of the miners trapped underground at the Pike River coal mine will be made available by families who choose to do so for police to publicly release.

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West Coast — New Zealand Police has today released the names of 29 coal miners believed to have been trapped in the Pike River coal mine near Greymouth following an explosion on Friday.

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West Coast — Specialist search and mine rescue staff and other emergency services remain on site at the Pike River coal mine tonight as the monitoring of air and gas levels continues.

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West Coast — Speaking during the current Test match in Nagpur, India, BLACKCAPS captain Daniel Vettori said the team are closely following the news about the trapped miners at Pike River on the West Coast of New Zealand.

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West Coast — Specialist search and mine rescue staff are prepared to enter the Pike River coal mine once the air and gas levels are sufficiently clear to safely do so.

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