Conrad John Adams
Age: 43
From: Greymouth, New Zealand
Conrad was born in New Zealand and lived in Greymouth.
He had two children who, in the words of his brother Clayton, he "loved more than anything in the world".
Conrad had worked in gold and coal mines for 25 years, and was a keen sportsman who enjoyed diving and running ultra-marathons.
He attended Highveld Park High School in Secunda, a mining town in South Africa's Mpumalanga province. He worked in the mines there for a number of years after he finished high school, before moving to New Zealand.
Conrad was a deputy at the Pike River mine.
(Ref: nzherald.co.nz)