New Zealand miners memorial service

The miners' families gather at Omoto Racecourse for the memorial services Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images

Personal items and photographs of the miners are displayed, as the flags of their home countries – two of the miners were Australian, two were British and one was South African – fly in the background Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images

A girl prays during the memorial service Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images

Mourners sing the hymn How Great Thou Art Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images

The New Zealand prime minister, John Key, lays a fern at a tribute Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images

A girl looks at photographs of the miners in an booklet given out at the service Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images

Members of a haka group perform the traditional Maori dance Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images

A moment of sombre reflection during the service Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images

John Key reads out the names of the 29 miners Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images

A man holds a copy of the service booklet and a fern leaf Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images

The governor-general of New Zealand, Sir Anand Satyanand, and his wife, Lady Susan, lay a fern at the tribute to miner Andrew Hurren Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images

Mourners pack the grandstand and surrounding areas at Omoto racecourse Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images

Two men comfort each other in front of a tribute to one of the miners Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images

A view across the racecourse at the service Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images