A shipping firm has been today been fined $7,500 in the Hobart Magistrates Court for discharging an oily mixture from a vessel at the port of Burnie in 2007. (Read on …)
Lack of training around waste disposal has landed a Gippsland stockfeed company an EPA Victoria fine.
Colbinabbin company Reid Stockfeeds Pty Ltd was fined $5671 by EPA following an incident from its Trafalgar premises in May this year.
EPA Traralgon manager Elizabeth Radcliffe said officers responding to a public report of pollution found waste in a stormwater drain near businesses in Trafalgar. (Read on …)
A Tirau farmer and an earthworks contractor have been fined a total of more than $60,000 over the cutting of a large farm track which threatened to discharge large amounts of sediment into a recognised trout stream. (Read on …)
19, 20 & 21 August 2009, Hilton Hotel, Auckland
A MUST ATTEND EVENT FOR ALL MANAGERS INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION PROCESS
Local Government and Territorial Authorities have an important and complex role in investigating, enforcing and prosecuting suspected breaches of a wide range of legislative provisions. (Read on …)
Microsoft Exchange and Outlook are on the way out at NZ Post, with 2100 staff moving to Google Apps in a bid to save $2 million over three years. The deal marks the first time a major New Zealand account has swallowed its qualms about putting its documents out in the cloud – at least on such a scale. But now the first domino has fallen, others could follow. (Read on …)
Orepuki Beach was littered with toheroa shells late last week – the consequence of an as-yet-unidentified die-back that has struck the endangered shellfish.
Representatives from Environment Southland, Otago University and Te Ao Marama converged on the beach yesterday (Saturday) to collect samples and try to quantify the extent of the deaths. (Read on …)
A Christchurch freight company has been fined $18,000 after pleading guilty to discharging a contaminant onto land which then entered the Heathcote River. This occurred in July 2008 and the case was heard in the Christchurch District Court earlier this year. (Read on …)
A pensioner has been fined $11,000 after he wrenched a camera from a council officer’s neck and forced him to delete photos showing he was illegally digging out a stream.
Robert Laing, 66, was lucky to escape assault charges after angrily confronting Auckland Regional Council officers who were sent to investigate his digging, the Auckland District Court has found. (Read on …)