Published on 1news.co.nz on 09/12/2025 https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/08/auckland-man-fined-9800-for-serious-neglect-of-animals An Auckland man has been fined $9800 and had restrictions placed on how many cows and horses he can own after pleading guilty to three charges under the Animal Welfare Act. Kevin Maurice Dell, aged 70, pleaded guilty to the charges after being prosecuted by the Ministry for Primary […]
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Tony Kuriger Published on stuff.co.nz 12 June 2016 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/300033115/national-mps-son-tony-kuriger-sentenced-for-illtreatment-of-dairy-cows The son of National MP Barbara Kuriger, who is also an award-winning sharemilker, has failed to be discharged without conviction for the ill-treatment of dozens of cows. But his lawyer says nothing would have gone wrong if the farm owners had kept their end of the
Published on the SPCA website 14/06/2016 https://teachers.spcaeducation.org.nz/about/news/shannon-farmer-starves-calves-to-death-again/ A Shannon farmer has been convicted for the second time for neglecting calves until they die. Carl Smith, 56, was convicted today in the Palmerston North District Court on charges of reckless ill-treatment of two calves, one of which died of starvation and the other had to
Published on Otago Daily Times 20 Feb 2013 https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/farmer-broke-hundreds-cow-tails Farmer broke hundreds of cow tails A dairy farmer convicted of breaking cows tails, in the worst case of its kind animal welfare authorities had ever seen, has been banned from owning cows for five years. West Coast farmer Michael Jackson, 43, admitted breaking or injuring