NZ deputy PM offers to enter deadly mine

Updated June 19 2018 - 10:16am, first published 10:11am
The Pike River mine explosion in 2010 killed 29 men, including two Australians.
The Pike River mine explosion in 2010 killed 29 men, including two Australians.

As New Zealand's government looks to unseal a mine in which 29 workers were killed, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's 73-year-old stand-in says he's so confident it's safe he'll happily be the first one to go in.

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