Some families of the men who died in the Pike River Mine disaster are urging the government to step aside, so they can complete the recovery job. On Tuesday, the re-entry crew at Pike River went as far as they plan to go up the drift access tunnel when they reached the roof fall - 2.26 kilometres in. They placed momentos on a thick foam plug, including a letter addressed to the Pike 29 promising that work will continue to find out what happened on the 19th of November, 2010. Forensic work will now be carried out in the Pit Bottom In Stone area, which is required for the police investigation. Family members of the 29 men who died have expressed mixed emotions about the agency getting to the furthest point in the operation. For Bernie Monk, who lost his son Michael in the tragedy, the recovery team has not gone far enough into the mine. He spoke to First Up producer Matthew Theunissen.