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 breaches to the
Resource Management Act 1991.
Johnny Appleseed
Holdings Ltd has been fined $14,400 after an
illegal spray drift of a hazardous agrichemical hit a
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Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is warning people against
buying wet or green wood as we come into the colder
months.
Regional Council Procurement Lead Mark Heaney
says it’s important for people to check the wood they buy
is fit for purpose.
“Buying wood this close to
winter means there are sellers out there who may be
delivering wet or green wood. This wood won’t be fit for
purpose to burn this winter because it’s hard to light,
doesn’t produce enough heat, and smokes a lot,” says Mr
Heaney.
“The wood might be for sale cheaper than
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Press Release – Hawkes Bay Regional Council A Hawkes Bay dairy company, Maxwell Farms Ltd, has been fined $48,750 for illegally discharging 80,000 litres of effluent into a stream which turned it green. The company was sentenced in the Hastings District Court today by Judge Melinda Dickey, after …
A Hawke’s Bay dairy company, Maxwell Farms Ltd, has been fined $48,750 for illegally discharging 80,000 litres of effluent into a stream which turned it green.
The company was sentenced in the Hastings District Court today by Judge Melinda Dickey, after a prosecution taken by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for breaching the Resource Management Act 1991.