Monday, 5 December 2016, 4:56 pm Press Release: Stand With Pike
Key has unfinished business at Pike River
Stand with
Pike media release - 5 December 2016
Pike River
families are calling on John Key to stop the sealing of the
Pike River mine before he steps down as Prime
Minister.
Sonya Rockhouse, whose son Ben died in the
disaster, says Key faces a choice about the legacy he leaves
behind. “He can either do the right thing now before he
goes, or forever be the Prime Minister who turned his back
on our boys.
“We have expert advice that the drift can
be re-entered to retrieve evidence of what actually happened
down there, and our loved ones’ remains. All we want is
the chance to do it, and he can give us that if he
chooses.
“When he resigned today John Key talked about
the Pike River disaster being one of the defining moments of
his time as Prime Minister. He needs to make good on his
promises or Pike River will define him as a
failure.”
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