Comments on: A lonely death, an inexpressible grief

By: val majkus

val majkus — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:14:52 +0000

Commiserations to the families; such a huge loss

By: Richard Treadgold

Richard Treadgold — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:11:30 +0000

That’s hilarious! Don’t worry.

By: val majkus

val majkus — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:07:30 +0000

sorry RichardT for the typo my cat was sitting on the keyboard; I’ve passed the details around my contacts

By: val majkus

val majkus — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:37:42 +0000

Richardwi3; thanks for your reply and adding my own plug for the BNZ; I sent it an e mail this morning after trying to locate it on my bank international site and it replied within one hour with the info I needed notwithstanding the usual response rate is 2 days so thanks to you and it

By: Richard Treadgold

Richard Treadgold — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 02:50:30 +0000

The BNZ have given me a little more detail. They have waived transaction fees, so everything you send will reach the miners’ relief fund.

For New Zealand residents, the bank account to credit — through internet banking or at your nearest BNZ branch — is:

Pike River Mine BNZ Appeal
Greymouth branch
02 0844 0074501-00

From overseas, the easiest donation method is with a credit card through Grab One at http://www.grabone.co.nz/dunedin-invercargill/pike-river-miners-relief-fund. If you go to the Australian site at http://www.grabone.com.au, there’s a link to the NZ site at the top of the page.

You have to register first, which is easy and painless.

PLEASE NOTE that there’s a limit of $5 per donation, but NO CREDIT CARD FEES are charged by Grab One, so to donate more, just perform multiple transactions.

Large overseas donations

For those of greater generosity wanting to donate three or four-figure amounts, you should use a Telegraphic Transfer from your local bank. As well as the basic account information shown above, you will need this:

Bank address:
Store 91,
MacKay Street,
Greymouth 7805.

SWIFT BKNZNZ22

Your transaction will cost something at your end, plus there’s a fee of $25 added at this end.

The latest news is that $1.3 million has poured in to the miners’ relief fund.

Thank you for your generosity.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:38:30 +0000

BNZ have set up an appeal fund.
The details are here

http://www.bnz.co.nz/about-us/get-to-know-us/what-we-do/pike-river-mine-bnz-appeal

By: Richard Treadgold

Richard Treadgold — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:27:34 +0000

I’ll have a reply here this afternoon (say nine hours from now).

By: val majkus

val majkus — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:17:06 +0000

Richard I need the IBAN and and the Account Name; (most people who want to do international transfers will need an IBAN) and all of us will need an account name could you set up the details on your website please

By: Richard C (NZ)

Richard C (NZ) — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:18:48 +0000

29 at Pike River, West Coast , NZ
29 at Big Branch, West Virginia, USA

Same death, same grief.

By: Richard Treadgold

Richard Treadgold — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:01:40 +0000

The BNZ advertises the New Zealand account number 020844 0074501-00. Let me know if you need help getting money to that from overseas. I'm sure the BNZ will know how to advise you. I heard on the radio the woman who set up that account and she's ordinary and genuine. Thanks, Val.