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Kōrero: Coal and coal mining

Westport Coal Company rescue team, 1930s

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Westport Coal Company rescue team, 1930s

The constant danger of mining accidents encouraged the formation of trained rescue squads, such as this group at Denniston, and led the industry to develop its own codes of practice.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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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/7457/westport-coal-company-rescue-team-1930s (accessed 1 July 2026).

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