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Yoghurt Story New Zealand Ltd and Frozen Yoghurt Ltd have been sentenced and fined in the Auckland District Court for misleading the public about the nature and characteristics of their frozen yoghurt products.

A Kumeu strawberry grower has been penalised $6000 after being caught a second time by a Labour Inspector.

A Canterbury dairy farm has been penalised for employment law breaches in what the Labour Inspectorate says "not uncommon" mistake in holiday entitlements.

A farm manager has been awarded reparations of $50,000 after a 2012 quad bike crash at work.

OPEN COUNTRY Dairy Ltd has been fined more than $35,000 for discharging objectionable odour from its Waharoa factory at the time of last year's "spring flush" when milk supply was high.

AN AUCKLAND-BASED drystock farmer has been convicted and fined $45,000 for unlawfully taking water from a stream on his Waikato property over a three year period, including during last year's drought.

FEDERATED FARMERS believes Fonterra's $300,000 fine on charges relating to the 2012 whey protein recall is "proportionate".

A Morrinsville farmer has been fined more than $33,000 for illegally discharging dairy effluent into the environment. The volume of effluent was such that cows' udders were dragging in it.

A Huntly farmer has been fined $15,000 for illegally diverting water and constructing a stopbank in a wetland on his property.

A Huntly farmer has been fined $15,000 for illegally diverting water and constructing a stopbank in a wetland on his property.