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Waitaki electorate candidates (left to right and top to bottom); Miles Anderson (National), Ethan Reille (Labour), Roger Small (Democracy NZ), Sean Beamish (ACT), Pleasance Hansen (Green), Ray Bailey (NZ Loyal). All the candidates, except Ray Bailey, who was not present, were asked to answer yes or no to whether they supported the Project Kea proposal. Act’s Sean Beamish stated that he hadn’t heard of the proposal and, therefore,...
Following a State Services Commission investigation, Renew Energy founder Gerard Gallagher was charged by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) with three counts of corrupt use of official information. After a comprehensive five-week High Court trial, Gallagher was found guilty on all three counts and sentenced to 12 months home detention and 200 hours community service. The Renew Energy founder and shareholder is reported to have been involved...
ERP Group Ltd stored about 10,000 bales of shredded demolition and construction rubble on two Christchurch properties. The waste was destined for a W-t-E plant in Waimate. ECan had served ERP Group abatement notices to remove the illegally stored waste from the site. It is understood that the company has tried to secure storage for the waste at a location in Timaru. ERP is believed to have been...