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Waipukurau meatworks shuts – hundreds made redundant

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Ovation New Zealand has today confirmed the closure of its Waipukurau boning facility and redundancy of 304 staff. The 26-year-old plant was the second largest employer in the Hawke’s Bay town. When the company announced its proposal to shut the plant down earlier this month Central Hawke’s Bay Mayor Peter Butler described it…