Waikato share milker fined $40,000 for polluting waterway

Tuesday 3 June 2025 · 3 outlets · 3 reports · updated Tue 3 Jun 2025, 11:18am

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Daniel Warren Lund has been convicted in Hamilton District Court for allowing dairy effluent to flow into a tributary of the Puniu River near Te Awamutu. A judge described his actions as highly careless. Lund was ordered to pay a $40,000 fine and complete 140 hours of community work.

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1. 1NewsTue 3 Jun 2025, 11:04am

   Waikato share milker fined $40,000 for polluting waterway (opens in new tab)

2. Waikato TimesTue 3 Jun 2025, 11:08am

   ‘Highly careless’ Waikato farmer convicted for pollution (opens in new tab)

3. RNZTue 3 Jun 2025, 11:18am

   Waikato share milker convicted, fined $40,000 for allowing farm effluent into Puniu river (opens in new tab)