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Kōrero: Coal and coal mining

Brunner memorial

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Brunner memorial

In 1900 a stone obelisk was put up in memory of those who died in the Brunner mine explosion. One hundred years after the disaster, in 1996, this statue was erected at Brunner, recording the names of those who died in the explosion and others who perished in mining accidents.

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by Jock Phillips

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Alan Sherwood rāua ko Jock Phillips, Coal and coal mining – Mining accidents, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7456/brunner-memorial (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Alan Sherwood rāua ko Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.