Brunner Mine was New Zealand’s biggest coal producer in the 1880s but is largely remembered for the country’s deadliest workplace disaster which saw 6

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Brunner Mine was New Zealand’s biggest coal producer in the 1880s but is largely remembered for the country’s deadliest workplace disaster which saw 65 men killed in a coal gas explosion. The 1896 tragedy sparked West Coast unionism and better safety legislation, which is why it’s recognised as a Tohu Whenua.

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