Displaying items by tag: law
Drunk on power!
OPINION: The end-of-year booze-up at the posh Northern Club in Auckland must have been a beauty, as the legal 'elite' let their hair down and showed us how entitled and political some in the judiciary really are.
Changes afoot for freshwater management
There have been some changes to watch in the freshwater policy space.
Court rules on RPR test case
Both sides claimed a victory of sorts in a recent High Court case that tested the criteria for labelling phosphate rock as reactive phosphate rock (RPR) in the New Zealand market.
Bayer to settle US-based lawsuits
While courts around the world argue through claims herbicide Roundup is carcinogenic, Bayer has agreed to pay out US$10.9 billion to settle US-based lawsuits.
Cow beaten so badly she struggled to walk
A Whāngārei farm manager has been fined $3,130 after hitting a cow with an alkathene pipe and a metal bar.
Meat processor fined $290,000 for severe hand injury
It took 10 minutes for co-workers to free the victim’s hand from the machine.
Farm Debt Mediation a useful backstop — Feds
Farmers are throwing their support behind the Farm Debt Mediation Scheme.
Poor communication led to crushing of migrant worker — WorkSafe
A dairy farming company has been fined $281,250 after a migrant worker was crushed by a trailer.
UK farmers use trackers to recover stolen machinery
An increase in the use of trackers is enabling UK police to recover 100s of 1000s of pounds worth of stolen machinery.
Sentencing of MP’s son delayed
The sentencing of Tony Kuriger, the son of National Party Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger, on animal welfare charges has been delayed until June 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
