A Waikato pig farm has been fined $437,000 for persistent discharges of raw piggery effluent into the environment, including sewage tanks overflowing into waterways.
Rawhiti Environmental Park was convicted on eight charges in the Hamilton District Court on Thursday under the Resource Management Act.
The 810-hectare piggery near Te Aroha was subject to a years-long investigation by Waikato Regional Council for poor effluent management, including discharge to land and onto streams of the Kaimai-Mamaku Range.
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