On friday the 19 November 2010, at 3:44pm.

The Pike River coal mine exploded with thirty one men underground.

Two men walked out and twenty nine were lost.

This memorial is dedicated to those twenty nine men

When you look upon these distant mountains

Remember those who are lost within

Foreever on the backshift

Twenty nine men, twenty nine lives, twenty nine families

The living remember and the fallen sleep

We hold you all in our hearts

We miss you