20 Apr 2018

First step into Pike mine 'symbolic' - Little

From Morning Report, 8:40 am on 20 April 2018

The Pike Mine Re-entry minister says his walk into the mine's portal yesterday was partly symbolic. Andrew Little walked into the opening of the mine to show that a manned re-entry is possible. He was accompanied by two women who had family members among the 29 victims of the mine explosion in 2010. They want the government to stage a manned re-entry in the hope of recovering some of the bodies. Andrew Little tells Guyon Espiner why he decided to have a look for himself.