New Zealand Pauses to Remember 29 Mine Victims
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New Zealand paused for a two-minute silence today to remember the 29 Pike River miners presumed killed by explosions at a West Coast mine last month.
Prime Minister John Key asked the country to observe a moment of silence at 2 p.m. local time which marked the start of a remembrance service near Greymouth, the South Island town about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Pike River. The service was held at the Omoto Racecourse which opened in 1867, almost 20 years after coal was first discovered in the area.