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Dairy farm hit with big fine

An Opotiki dairy farm and its director have been fined $37,000 for discharging effluent from a pond and ordered to complete a dairy farm effluent management course.

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Prisoner gets $350 for extra day

Prisoner gets $350 for extra day

A man sentenced to two months in prison begged a judge to keep him locked up for an extra day so he could pocket a $350 Winz grant. In the Masterton District Court this week, Darryl Leonard Connor, 37, pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching a protection order and one of receiving stolen property. Judge Tom Broadmore had decided to sentence Connor to two months' jail but changed his mind after a plea from Connor to impose an extra day, making him eligible for a Work and Income Steps to Freedom grant, at taxpayers' expense. Defence lawyer Virginia Pearson said Connor wanted to be eligible…

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