A man has been banned from fishing and sentenced to home detention for his part in taking 319 pāua to sell on the black market.
The dairy company is now facing a class action in the NZ High Court, which relates to earning disclosures in the same period as Australian claims.
A Southland company has been fined $10,400 after failing to keep a fish sales record system for seafood it was moving between its Te Anau restaurants.
The Employment Court has found three former Gloriavale commune members on the West Coast were employees not volunteers at the registered charity which has F&B ventures.
A milk business has been fined $30,000 for not following the rules that regulate the supply and sale of raw milk.
The dairy company has launched legal action against the vendors of loss-making Talbot Forest Cheese Co, which Synlait bought for close to $40m.
Two shareholders in Oceania Natural have been fined a combined $310,000 after they admitted to charges of market manipulation and disclosure breaches..
The healthcare and wellness company has had to turn to its investors for cash after being surprised by inventory levels after its acquisition of King Honey.
Talley’s says it did not direct the master of a vessel to fish in a closed area.
Amaltal Fishing Co Limited, along with the master of its fishing vessel, the Amaltal Apollo, have been found guilty of 14 charges of breaching the conditions of a high seas fishing permit.
The director of Tuna Fishing Company Limited has been sentenced for offences under the Fisheries Act for a second time in two years.
Gisborne District Council is appealing a decision from the Land Valuation Tribunal, relating to the capital value of a gold kiwifruit orchard in the Gisborne district.
The company says the broadcaster made a series of false and defamatory claims about its operations.
A Southland fishing company has been fined $18,000 and their boat skipper $6,750 for set netting in marine protected areas, along with removing fins from sharks and discarding the bodies at sea.
The owner of Dunedin-based Romeeco Bakery has been ordered to pay $299,038 in arrears and penalties after a Labour Inspectorate investigation.
An appeal related to the Overseas Investment Office decision to approve the sale of Westland Milk Products to Chinese conglomerate Yili is set to start on Wednesday.
The A2 Milk Company says it is aware of reports about a potential class action led by Australia’s Shine Lawyers but has no knowledge of any further legal proceedings.
A2 “considers that it complied with disclosures notifications at all time,” following a class claim filing in Australia alleging misleading or deceptive conduct.
The commercial scam was responsible for almost $1m worth of black market pāua and crayfish from the Chatham Islands.
NZHFC made representations such as “100% New Zealand” knowing the royal jelly ingredient was from China, finds a court.
The director of Auckland restaurant Kiran Cuisine has been ordered to pay full arrears of $75,026.18 in unpaid minimum wage, leave, and holiday pay to a former employee, as well as a further $50,000 in penalties.
A serial offender will face serious charges under the Fisheries Act after thousands of empty pāua shells were discovered at his home during a search warrant executed by MPI fishery officers.
Forest & Bird has won a High Court legal decision confirming tarakihi catch limit decisions must put sustainability before the commercial interests of the fishing industry.
Cartel conduct included price fixing, market allocation and bid rigging.
A former master of a Hawke’s Bay fishing vessel has been fined for not deploying seabird protection equipment.
A farmer from Kinloch near Taupō has been fined $12,000 and ordered to pay vet costs of $5,292.20 for failing to feed 245 calves.
The companies pleaded guilty in separate cases to pollution charges.
The fishing company, the master of its San Waitaki ship, and its first mate have been fined a total of $53k.
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