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Hefty fine for ‘highly careless’ effluent discharge

Reading Time: 2 minutes A South Waikato dairy farming company has been fined $52,500 for unlawfully discharging dairy effluent into the environment on a farm it manages at Kinleith. The fine was imposed on Pukeko Place Farms Limited by Judge Sheena Tepania following a sentencing hearing in the Huntly District Court in May 2025. Her decision was released on January 23 and followed a prosecution initiated by Waikato Regional Council under the Reso…
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farmersweekly.co.nz broke the news in on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
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