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A farming company's been charged with releasing 180,000 litres of dairy effluent into a Hawkes Bay stream last year

A farming company's been charged with releasing 180,000 litres of dairy effluent into a Hawkes Bay stream last year

7 April 2020

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council found effluent from Patoka Farm flowed into the Mangatutu Stream and in turn the Tutaekuri River

This led to the closure of a popular swimming spot last Christmas Eve.

The first court hearing will be in mid-April

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