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Council execs told staff to ‘take lenient approach’ to non-compliant company
The AFFCO tannery in Napier has been breaching its consent conditions since 1998. For three years the waste it discharged was seven times the allowable limit

Council backs out of threat to revoke consent for tannery that poses safety risk
Napier City Council backed out of taking enforcement action after AFFCO urged it to continue with the ‘lenient’ approach it had taken previously.

Brewing company and wineries among those to breach pollutant limits in Napier
By Anusha Bradley of RNZ Half of the firms in Napier allowed to discharge pollutants into the city's wastewater system breached agreed limits in the past year.The offenders include well-known brands such as Affco, Mission Estate...

Affco to pay almost $400,000 after Moerewa boiler blast seriously burns worker
Affco has been ordered to pay almost $400,000 in fines and reparations after a worker at its Moerewa meatworks was left with serious burns over most of his body after he opened a boiler's door.A man, in his 30s, was seriously injured...

Meat processing firm Affco charged after worker was burnt in Northland plant explosion
A man suffered serious burns to his face, chest and arms in an Affco plant explosion in 2018.

Serious crash on Te Puke Highway near Paengaroa closes road
There has been a serious crash on the Te Puke Highway near Paengaroa.Police said the crash between a car and a truck happened about 11am and initial indications were there may be serious injuries. The incident happened near AFFCO.The...

Two car serious crash on Te Puke Highway
The Serious Crash Unit is on the scene of a two-car crash this evening on the Te Puke Highway. Police were alerted to the crash at 5.40pm on Te Puke Highway about 700m from the Affco Rangiuru entrance.Fire, ambulance and police...

Affco meat company fined $66k for illegal wastewater discharge
Meat processor Land Meats New Zealand has been fined more than $66,000 for illegally discharging wastewater into the Whanganui River.

The 'private communication' WorkSafe says never occurred
AFFCO claimed a WorkSafe inspector privately told it that a council manager wanted to shut its Napier plant down. WorkSafe says no such private communication occurred.

Affco fined $500,000 over worker's 'wholly avoidable' death in freezer
Alfred Edwards was trying to free a jammed carton in a blast freezer at Affco's Wairoa plant in February 2020, when a frame fell and fatally crushed him.

Failures at Affco meat plant led to worker suffering severe burns - WorkSafe
The worker suffered burns to 75 percent of his body when he opened a furnace door and a build-up of coal combusted.

Affco fined $300,000 after worker suffered severe burns to 75 per cent of body
Meat processing company fined for incident which saw Northland worker placed in induced coma for five weeks with severe burns.

Affco fined $50,000 after offal spill leaves worker needing heart surgery
A man picked up a nasty infection usually found in animals while working at a meat processing plant near Whanganui.

Family speak out after father killed at Affco Wairoa meat works
Son of man crushed at Wairoa meat works says his workmates deserve to come home alive.

There's 600 jobseekers in Wairoa. It's major employer Affco meatworks wants to hire immigrants
A leading Wairoa youth advocate hopes the town's major employer will never have to use imported labour despite lodging an application with Immigration New Zealand for approval to hire overseas workers.The application has been lodged...

Court rules locked out Affco workers must be paid lost wages
Three years after one court ruled Affco meatworkers were unlawfully locked out of the company's Wairoa plant, another has confirmed they should be paid lost wages.

Affco workers may finally be paid for lost wages after lock out, three years on
The Court of Appeal has ruled striking Affco workers unlawfully locked out three years ago should be paid for lost wages.But they shouldn't expect to see it turn into money for a festive season spend-up, according to New Zealand...