Sonya Rockhouse's 21 year old son Ben was killed in the Pike River Mine on 19 November 2010. Her elder son Daniel was one of two survivors. Photo: RNZ
At 3.44pm on 19 November 2010, an explosion in the Pike River coal mine, 46 kilometres north of Greymouth ... and subsequent explosions in the days that followed took the lives of 29 men, sparing just two - Daniel Rockhouse and Russell Smith, the man Daniel saved. For years their families have fought to have the truth told about the mine and its management - and to have the government agree to seriously look at a manned re-entry to the drift of the mine to look for the remains of the 29 miners who died, the youngest just 17. To mark the seventh anniversary of the disaster Ben and Daniel's mum Sonya talks about today's commemoration and what they're looking forward to with the election of a Labour-led government, who have promised to look at re-entry.
