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Hawkes Bay orchardist again fined $14,000 for spray drift hitting cyclist 20 Apr, 2021 02:14 AM 4 minutes to read Johnny Appleseed director Paul Paynter said a second fine is "unacceptable". Photo / Warren Buckland A Hawkes Bay orchardist fined twice in four months for illegal spray drifts hitting cyclists says he wouldnt have planted trees had he known a cycle path was to be placed next to his orchard. Johnny Appleseed Holdings Limited was fined $14,400 this week after a hazardous agrichemical...

The illegal Agnew fire in Clive included rolls of polypropylene bird netting These three recent sentences bring the total amount of fines so far this year to $125,090. Last month Hawke’s Bay dairy company, Maxwell Farms Ltd, was fined $48,750 for illegally discharging 80,000 litres of effluent into a stream which turned it green. In February Hawke’s Bay Protein Ltd was fined $38,500 for illegal odour discharges. This week, Judge Melinda Dickey has sentenced three more companies for various ...