Wynne recently told 160 people, at the recent Taranaki Ballance Farm Environment Awards dinner, in New Plymouth, that the entire rural community had a collective responsibility to look after the environment. Unfortunately Wynne said this right after his company had been fined $60,000 for a discharge of sulphur dioxide into the air in May last year. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council prosecuted the company for breaching the Resource Management Act. What’s that they say about practising what you preach?
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Your canine crusader reckons fertiliser company Ballance Agri-Nutrients’ new chief executive David Wynne may need to improve his timing.
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