After the case blew up in the media, DairyNZ issued a press statement, on behalf of the farm owners, expressing dismay at the sharemilker’s actions and saying he’d been stood down from looking after the cows. DairyNZ stressed that the media release it had issued contained only the farm owner’s views. However, as the Hound’s mate points out, by issuing the statement on the farm owner’s behalf, DairyNZ will not be able to divorce itself from fallout should any investigations find them at fault or culpable. Your old mate questions why DairyNZ chose to put itself and the organisation’s reputation in such an invidious position.
