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Pike River

0.0 0 mins Drama   Documentary   2016
Screentime  
Director(s): Rupert MacKenzie

Release Date: 21 Mon, Nov 2016

On the 19th of November 2010, the Pike River mine exploded with 31 men trapped inside. In the immediate confusion that followed no one knew what had happened. Within hours two men would manage a heroic escape but 29 remained unaccounted for. Over five days the men’s families and loved ones waited, hoping they would come out alive. Then two further explosions sealed the men’s fate. However, the fuse that would eventually snuff out so many lives was lit decades before. Set in the drama of the five days between the three explosions, Pike River reveals the tragic back story of the mine where pressure for profits would eventually contribute to the deaths of 29 men. Featuring interviews with the Pike River families and scripted drama to depict key events.

Casts of Pike River

Bruce Allpress

as Rick Rowdy

Jack Barry

as Daniel Rockhouse

Nick Bell-Booth

as Russell Smith

Colin Francis

as Tony Radford

Adam Gardiner

as Gordon Ward

Jacqui Gilbert

as Leeza Verhoeven

Jimmy Hazelwood

as Malcolm Campbell

Levi Holley

as Conrad Adams

Xavier Horan

as Dan Duggan

Mark Mitchinson

as Steve Rose

Roy Billing

as Peter Whittall

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