Residents near a Hastings industrial area say the rotten meat, egg, and sulphur-like smell of a nearby tannery became so bad during the summer that it clung.
Silver Fern Farms pulling out of contract with Hawke s Bay s Graeme Lowe Tannery, union says
4 Feb, 2021 12:00 AM
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The Graeme Lowe Tannery on Coventry Rd in Hastings. Photo / Warren Buckland
The union for workers at Graeme Lowe Tannery says staff have been told a large contract with Silver Fern Farms will not be renewed.
The Hastings tannery is one of the biggest hide processing plants in the country and is owned by Lowe Corporation.
Lowe Corp has interests in other agri-business companies, property and farming around NZ.
The tannery s exact number of employees is unknown but in 2020 Graeme Lowe Tannery Limited applied for 80 employees to be paid under the initial Covid-19 wage subsidy, then 90 employees in the wage subsidy extension.