A Health & Safety Calamity in New Zealand?
A preventative call to arms

NZISM News 26 November 2025

To mark the 15thanniversary of the tragedy at Pike River Mine, we asked leading criminal barrister and lawyer for the Pike River families, Nigel Hampton KC, to provide his reflections on Pike River, and health and safety more generally.

It was an exceptional session and the webinar recording is now available to members.

Nigel has generously allowed us to reprint his comments.

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Thoughts on the Pike River movie

I would recommend that all NZISM members see Pike River. The story of the families’ heroism and persistence in the face of first tragedy and then injustice is extraordinary.

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