FILE PHOTO: A flame burns from the end of a ventilation shaft of the Pike River coal mine near Greymouth on New Zealand's west coast November 30, 2010. REUTERS/The Press/Iain McGregor/Pool
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's government said on Wednesday it was planning to re-enter the shuttered Pike River coal mine to try to recover the remains of 29 men who died there eight years ago in one of the country's worse industrial disasters.
The minister responsible, Andrew Little, said in a statement that he had considered experts' advice and committed to a plan to enter the mine around February to further investigate the causes of the accident and recover any remains.
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