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“They can end it immediately if they choose to and thats what were calling for.” SIMON OCONNOR/Stuff Members of Taranaki Animal Save near Port Taranaki on Monday evening to protesting the export of livestock by sea. It cames after a two-year review of the live export trade, which began in 2019. Aitken said Taranaki Animal Save spent two hours on New Plymouths Coastal Walkway handing out pamphlets and collecting signatures to be presented alongside the open letter, and the response fro...

Civil Defence advised everyone to stay off beaches and inshore areas and warned of strong and unusual ocean currents virutally nationwide. The warnings had little impact on the few people already at New Plymouth beaches or on the Coastal Walkway, which stayed busy throughout the day. A third tsunami surge warning did initiate Port Taranaki to move three ships docked at the port out to sea at midday. Only one vessel – a logging ship – which could not be moved due to tidal constraints rem...

A $2m interim dividend has been approved for the 2021 year. Roper praised the port staff and users’ professionalism during the onset of the coronavirus. “Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of ports in the supply chain, and their criticality in keeping New Zealand business and industry moving,” Roper said. “As border-facing facilities, ports have been required to implement strict health and safety measures, including regular Covid-19 testing.” Roper said the half-year re...

Operations at Port Taranaki have resumed after a fire in a storage facility this morning.

Port boss says it remains committed to providing a facility for customers who have a lawful right to exchange trade.

supplied Firefighters were called after the smell of a highly explosive fumigant was detected aboard the bulk carrier and log ship Luenho at Port Taranaki in the early hours of Wednesday morning. (file photo) An investigation has been launched after firefighters were called to a potentially explosive chemical leak on board a ship docked at Port Taranaki. Emergency services were called about 2.10am, with two fire engines from the New Plymouth brigade and one from New Plymouth West responding,...

Supplied/Stuff Port Taranaki chief executive Guy Roper understands there is ongoing public interest in live cattle exports. (File Photo) The petition was signed by nearly 12,000 people. On Saturday, members of TARG will march down the main street of New Plymouth, from midday, in their latest attempt to draw attention to their demands for live cattle export to end. Meanwhile, central Government is currently reviewing the live export trade. In a written statement, Port Taranaki chief executiv...