Fines of $1,227,104 were imposed, 90 per cent of which will go to the regional councils undertaking the prosecutions. But in at least one case, the solicitor-general’s guidelines on keeping courts free for only high level offending led to the withdrawal of an abatement notice for dairy effluent offending in Canterbury. One of the family walked upstream to find dairy effluent flowing from a farm drain into the stream. This has been confirmed by Local Government New Zealand in two reports on regional councils in 2019 and 2020. DAIRY EFFLUENT OFFENDING.

Source: Stuff August 23, 2020 00:07 UTC