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“They can end it immediately if they choose to and that's what we're calling for.” SIMON O'CONNOR/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 Plymouth's Coastal Walkway handing out pamphlets and collecting signatures to be presented alongside the open letter, and the response from passers-by had been encouraging. "It's been really positive,” she said. There was no time ...

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 remained in port. Port Taranaki chief executive Guy Roper described the situation as “fast moving,�...

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 result was “pleasing”, with the largest trade – bulk liquids – down 16 per cent, or 311,000 to...

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.