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![Major animal welfare issues on Crafar farms, says MAF](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Major animal welfare issues on Crafar farms, says MAF
"Significant animal welfare issues" have been found among the 20,000 cows on the 22 farms owned by the Crafar family, a MAF inquiry says.
![Westpac tax ruling sends tough message](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Westpac tax ruling sends tough message
Westpac has lost its High Court challenge against Inland Revenue and has been ordered to pay almost $1 billion in back taxes.
![Second bank robbed in Wellington this week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Second bank robbed in Wellington this week
Do you know this man? Police believe he has robbed two Wellington banks this week.
![Westpac loses massive tax case on all counts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Westpac loses massive tax case on all counts
Westpac Bank faces a tax bill of close to $1 billion after losing one of New Zealand's largest ever tax avoidance cases.
![Crafar Farms put into receivership owing NZ$200m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Crafar Farms put into receivership owing NZ$200m
NZ's largest family owned dairy business is put into receivership by its banks Westpac, Rabobank and PGG Wrightson Finance.
![Crafar Farms put into receivership](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Crafar Farms put into receivership
New Zealand's largest family owned dairy business, Crafar Farms, has been put into receivership, Korda Mentha said in a statement.
![Bryers loses bid to beat bankruptcy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Bryers loses bid to beat bankruptcy
Mark Bryers maintains his only assets are his clothes and furniture and a set of golf clubs.
![Worker confidence in job market returns - survey](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Worker confidence in job market returns - survey
Workers are feeling more upbeat about their jobs in the wake of better than expected economic news, according to a bank survey.
![Woman trapped in crashed plane](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Woman trapped in crashed plane
Rescue workers had to pull a badly injured woman from the wreckage of a Great Barrier Airlines plane that crashed yesterday.
![Fonterra responds to neglect case, cruelty 'will not be tolerated'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Fonterra responds to neglect case, cruelty 'will not be tolerated'
Fonterra says it won't hesitate to take action, "including refusal to collect milk" if deliberate animal mistreatment is proven.
![Dairy giant allowed calves to starve to death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dairy giant allowed calves to starve to death
New Zealand's biggest privately held dairying operation allowed dozens of calves to slowly dehydrate to death.
![Westpac 'accidental millionaires' still on the run](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Westpac 'accidental millionaires' still on the run
Police are being forced to take a 'patient approach' in their hunt for a couple still on the run with $3.8m in Westpac's cash.