A South African couple in New Zealand lost their jobs with construction firm Longevity Construction. One was awarded NZ$207,000 in remedies in an unfair dismissal but has not received it. In the ...

Before the Ashes cricket test which started in Australia in Thursday, both teams observed a minute's silence in honour of the miners who included two Australians, two Britons and one South African.

Flags flew at half mast and church bells tolled across New Zealand on Thursday to mourn the country's worst mining disaster in nearly 70 years.