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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
There always is.
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
Killed 43 miners.
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
Yeah, there always is.
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
Have we not learned?
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
So making it the worst industrial disaster in New Zealand history.
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
The blast was caused by methane gas lighting from an open flame.
The Agenda
"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
So there you go.
The Agenda
"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
Has there been mining in the town since?
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
Yeah, there has been, yeah.
The Agenda
"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
But it just led to major changes in the mining industry.
The Agenda
"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
As it should.
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
Health and safety came and checked things out.
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
Including mandatory use of safety lamps.
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
So there's memorials to the miners that still stand in Huntly today.
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
Oh, bless.
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
If you fancy a little bypass through there, mashy.
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"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
But we're now well and truly in the Waikato, it looks like.
The Agenda
"Great Routes Of NZ: Rainbows End To The OutBack"
Sort of a native bush on the left and right here.