mining

The Arras tunnels

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  During the First World War the men of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company, many of them hardbitten West Coast miners, helped create a vast network of military tunnels under the French town of Arras.

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• Page 2 – The New Zealand Tunnelling Company

  With both the Allies and the Germans trying to tunnel under each other's lines to lay mines, the New Zealand Tunnelling Company's experience was invaluable.

Pike River mine disaster

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  On the afternoon of 19 November 2010, an explosion ripped through the remote Pike River mine on the West Coast of the South Island, killing 29 men.

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• Page 1 - Pike River mine disasterOn the afternoon of 19 November 2010, an explosion ripped through the remote Pike River mine on the West Coast of the South Island, killing 29 men.

British & Irish immigration, 1840-1914

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  Who were the ancestors of Pākehā New Zealand? Where did they come from and what sort of people were they? These are some of the questions which this feature sets out to answer.

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• Page 4 - The EnglishTable and graph showing which part of England immigrants to New Zealand came