Former Ohai coal miners, from left, Don Lumsden, Bruce Allan and Ray Waghorn are upset they will no longer be provided with 10 tonnes of discounted "retirement coal" each per year. Three retired miners are upset they will no longer receive the cheap coal they were entitled to each year to heat their homes. However, in June an Ohai coal mine manager told them they were each entitled to just one tonne of coal in the months of June, July and August, then their supply would cease. Mine management would not confirm the future of the mine this week, nor would it respond to the concerns of the retired miners. Kavinda Herath/Stuff Former Ohai coal miners, from left, Ray Waghorn, Bruce Allan and Don Lumsden are upset New Vale & Ohai Coal will no longer provide each of them with 10 tonnes of "retirement coal" per year, which they have heated their homes with in their retirement years.

Source: Stuff June 29, 2021 22:30 UTC