Post by Brent George on Oct 6, 2022 18:57:52 GMT
Council spent $140k on staff costs pursuing latest prosecution of 'highly reckless' Taranaki farmer
Stuff - Environment: 7-Oct-2022
The “highly reckless” actions of a Taranaki farmer who has been the subject of repeat prosecutions is costing both the environment and the ratepayer.
On Tuesday, Colin Boyd was fined $95,750 for offences committed under the Resource Management Act after he performed unconsented earthworks on his Inglewood farm.
In handing out the biggest fine ever copped by a sole farmer in Taranaki for RMA breaches, sentencing Judge Melinda Dickey described Boyd as “highly reckless” in his approach to earthworks on his property, which resulted in “significant, cumulative and long-lasting” damage.
Through his illegal digging, Boyd reclaimed a 278-metre section of the Mangatengehu Stream, removed riparian vegetation and drained part of the waterway.
Stuff - Environment: 7-Oct-2022
The “highly reckless” actions of a Taranaki farmer who has been the subject of repeat prosecutions is costing both the environment and the ratepayer.
On Tuesday, Colin Boyd was fined $95,750 for offences committed under the Resource Management Act after he performed unconsented earthworks on his Inglewood farm.
In handing out the biggest fine ever copped by a sole farmer in Taranaki for RMA breaches, sentencing Judge Melinda Dickey described Boyd as “highly reckless” in his approach to earthworks on his property, which resulted in “significant, cumulative and long-lasting” damage.
Through his illegal digging, Boyd reclaimed a 278-metre section of the Mangatengehu Stream, removed riparian vegetation and drained part of the waterway.