Published www.rnz.co.nz on 4 July 2025 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565998/kaiwaka-farmer-niven-lowrie-admits-to-animal-neglect-14-deer-found-dead A deer had to be euthanised after it was found with its antlers entangled in a fence and its body caught in thick mud. The trapped and emaciated stag was part of a bigger problem at a Northland deer farm, where many animals had been starved as they […]
Published on Newshub on 11 October, 2023 https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/10/northland-beef-cattle-farmer-fined-30-000-for-failure-to-feed-nearly-400-animals.html A Northland beef cattle farmer has been slapped with a $30,000 fine for failing to provide “adequate feed” for nearly 400 animals. Jeffery Allan Wood, 69, pleaded guilty to six charges under the Animal Welfare Act and was sentenced in the Whangārei District Court on Tuesday,
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Published on www.districtscourt.govt.nz 12/07/2019 As this is copied directly from the court document, I apologise if it is hard to read. HELEN MARGARET PEART EDITORIAL NOTE: CHANGES MADE TO THIS JUDGMENT APPEAR IN [SQUARE BRACKETS].WHANGAREI SPCA v HELEN MARGARET PEART [2018] NZDC 14948 [20 July 2018] IN THE DISTRICT COURTAT WHANGAREICRI-2017-088-001940[2018] NZDC 14948 WHANGAREI SPCAProsecutorvHELEN
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Published on rnz.co.nz 11/11/2020 https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018772381/northland-farmer-guilty-of-mistreating-animals-at-rodeo Derek Robinson ________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE 22/01/2021 Derek Robinson, 75, a successful Matakohe dairy and cattle farmer, was fined $850 plus $130 court costs – a total of $1960 – for each of the two offences of ill-treating animals at rodeo events. _________________________________________________________________________ Original post A Northland farmer has been found guilty
Published on stuff.co.nz 15/7/19 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/114250382/northland-farmer-banned-from-owning-cattle-and-fined-5000-over-animal-cruelty A Northland farmer has been banned from owning cows for two years after being found guilty of a range of animal welfare offences. Kenneth Charles Wood, 62, was sentenced at Whangarei District Court last week and fined $5000. Wood was prosecuted by the Ministry for Primary Industries after it received a complaint about
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Published on stuff.co.nz 12/04/2018 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12030425 A Northland man has been banned from owning dogs for five years after being convicted of animal cruelty for starving his three pet dogs. Te Wira Panapa was sentenced in the Whangarei District Court for starving his three pet dogs. Panapa was convicted of ill-treatment of an animal and