Displaying items by tag: LEGAL
Oz warning on Covid-19 scams
People reeling from the effects of Covid-19 have one more thing to worry about.
$1.7m fine for selling mislabelled wine
A Canterbury company has been fined $1.7 million for fraudulently blending and mislabelling wine.
$954 bill and three-year bovine ban for tail-breaker
A Waikato farmer who admitted to breaking the tails of more than 300 cows has been sentenced to community work and banned from owning cows.
$57,000 fine for lengthy effluent management breach
A Waikato farmer has been fined $57,375 for the unlawful discharge of effluent to a local stream from a storage pond.
The law changes that will impact farming
Jane Argyle-Reed, partner in Ashburton law firm Argyle Welsh Finnigan, and her team, outline some of the recent changes in legislation that will be of interest to the rural and farming sectors.
Trade rule upgrades needed
Changes need to be made to the multilateral trading system, says commercial law firm Chapman Tripp.
New farm debt mediation law
Proactive and well-prepared farmers and lenders stand to gain from the introduction of the Farm Debt Mediation scheme, according to Scott Abel and Bridie McKinnon from law firm Buddle Findlay.
Husband jailed, wife fined for mistreating cows
A Palmerston North man has been jailed and his wife fined $30,000 after pleading guilty to a total of 20 charges relating to the abuse of cows and calves in their care.
Hefty fine for ‘careless’ farmer
A Waikato farming company has been slapped with a $63,000 fine for unlawful discharging of farm effluent.
OCD cops record fine for stink
Waharoa residents are looking forward to getting on with their lives without “unwanted intrusion” from a nearby milk processing plant.