World | New Zealand Third Explosion Shakes New Zealand Mine Prime minister plans memorial service for 29 lost miners By Matt Cantor Posted Nov 26, 2010 8:01 AM CST Copied CEO of Pike River Coal Peter Whittall speaks at a daily briefing to the media after the deaths of the 29 miners and contractors in the Pike River mine, in Greymouth, New Zealand, Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/NZPA, Ross Setford) A third explosion has rattled the New Zealand coal mine where 29 workers were lost this week, the Wall Street Journal reports. The latest blast was the smallest and “isn't likely to impede any work out there,” police said. Prime minister John Key today announced a Dec. 2 memorial service for the 29 as searchers seek to recover their bodies. Read These Next Trump administration begins federal layoffs amid shutdown. Multiple people are dead or missing after an explosion in Tennessee. Peter Thiel thinks the Antichrist is 'someone like Greta.' Trump's public plea to Bondi was reportedly meant to be private. Report an error