1. WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS: Chairman Don Wilson opened the meeting at 9.00 am. Welcome to Tony Dench from DNZ as replacement for Chris Leach.

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1 National Livestock Transport & Safety Group Secretary: Tom Cloke PO Box 66 New Plymouth 4340 Phone Fax Mobile MINUTES OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT FORUM NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL LIVESTOCK TRANSPORT & SAFETY GROUP MEETING HELD AT THE WELLINGTON AIRPORT, SUNDERLAND ROOM, CONFERENCE CENTRE, FRIDAY 7 July 2017 COMMENCING AT 9.00 AM PRESENT 1. Don Wilson Chairman NRC 2. Tom Cloke Secretary 3. Eddie Swain NZ Trucking 4. Allan Kempthorne R2 6. Dean Carleton R5 7. Glenn Carroll CARTA 8. Marco Woelders R4 9. Kate Littin MPI 10. Gavin Jeffcoat PGG Wrightsons 11. Robin Fellingham Total Stock Crates 13. Nigel Gordon Nationwide Stockcrates 14. Tony Dench Dairy NZ 15. Peter Hyde MPI 16. David Burt Federated Farmers 17. Mark Ngatuere RTF 1. WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS: Chairman Don Wilson opened the meeting at 9.00 am. Welcome to Tony Dench from DNZ as replacement for Chris Leach. 2. APOLOGIES: Apologies were received and sustained from: 1. Ken Shirley RTF 2. Hayden Cox RTF 3. John Tacon Deer Industry NZ 4. Al McCone Worksafe 3. LATE ITEMS: Trucking Brief Affco Horitiu gantry

2 4. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING: The minutes of the previous meeting held on Friday 17 March 2017, having been circulated were taken as read and confirmed as a true and correct record. Moved/Carried Don Wilson/Glenn Carroll 5. MATTERS ARISING: Affco Horotiu Noted at last meeting Affco had erected a gantry to ease access to livestock in stock crates. Improvements have been made since then. Chair to send letter of support for their initiative. RTF to be asked for an article Woodville effluent dump site Kate to circulate information to group members for dissemination amongst their organisations/members. The conversation traversed cost recovery for handling effluent. Memo to be drafted to membership. July Trucking Brief image showing single ramp for loading. Not the correct image to display to industry. Chair to address this with RTF. Moved/Carried Marco Woelders/Glenn Carroll 6. CORRESPONDENCE The Secretary tabled the following inward and outward correspondence and commented on various items. RTF 3 April Livestock Transporter Advance Warning Contact Details (Infringements) MPI 21 April Request from MPI to add meeting agenda items RTF 27 April Memo Farmers Must Stand Stock Prior to Transport RTF 1 May Reducing Effluent Still Concerns Manawatu Gorge Closure RTF 26 May Livestock Transporters Fit For Transport App Released Dairy 30 May Article: Handling Bobby Calves News Dairy NZ 4 June From; Helen Thoday, advising that Tony Dench will be Dairy NZ Rep on the group Affco Bobby Calf Collection Docket RTF 27 June Animal Welfare Calf Regulations 2016 (Loading Platforms) RTF 27 June Regulation 8 Feedback (Loading Platforms)

3 7. FINANCIAL UPDATE Finances read. An anonymous sponsor has donated $1,500 to the group. 8. OSPRI UPDATE No Ospri representation to provide update. 9. ANIMAL WELFARE PHONE APP Welfare App. Being updated regularly and feedback to MPI welcome. Livestock standing is one item that is worth adding. Chance for MPI rep to be available at RTF conference to talk to the App 10. MPI COMPLIANCE REPORT Peter covered court cases. None involving carriers strategy straight to infringement for supplier and warning to carrier. warning system is running. Carriers invited to provide details to MPI. The will be sent same time as hard copy. 13 carriers have registered to date. MIA looking to do the same for farmers. AE s to be advised again of the benefits to carriers to register. Not having loading facility is an infringement offence. Not using a facility to load is a summary offence. The Bobby calf pick up declaration was covered. Peter offered to send the MPI weekly report to the Secretary. The NLT&SG recognised the efforts of MPI and the opportunity to utilise MPI representatives to assist with issues they strike. 11. EMERGENCY KILLING IN TRANSIT A long time since this was discussed. Raised now to formalise that if drivers have issues to consult company management for further direction. 12. NZLTA UPDATE Pat not at meeting Mark N mentioned the NZLTA manual and Crate Code are being amended to incorporate crate tags and other updates. AsureQuality to provide update. 13. WORKPLACE SAFETY ITEMS Gavin covered the stockyard protocol. Inductions going well. Discussion on Horotiu Affco plant. 14. ROUND TABLE UPDATE Robin. HWR group retro fitting hand rails to their equipment. Gelnn. Digital App. Calf tracking system. Potential issues with the App noted.

4 The Silver Fern programme is a good model to copy. Dean. Gore meeting. Went very well. Alliance driver accreditation underway at the moment. Transfer of effluent costs to transporters and how to recover that cost. Nigel. CoF compliance with NZS 5413 or Some testing stations are inconsistent with internal crate retention certification. Marco. Thanks to Kate and MPI personnel that attended their meeting in March. Very positive outcomes. Kate. No dates set for Regulations release or related information. Mark. RTF conference November Claudelands Hamilton. Political Summit 22 August Wellington. Peter. Opportunities for MPI, DNZ and transport industry to work collaboratively to resolve issues. David. Gavin. Welfare issues with livestock on trucks to be dealt with by transport operator rather than sale yard staff. Greater scrutiny on transport operator sale yard entry. Don. Complications with passing aggressive stock on to saleyards. 15. GENERAL BUSINESS Nil NEXT MEETING: The next meeting is to be advised CLOSURE: The meeting closed at 11.45am Read and confirmed: Signed: Date: / 2017

5 Action points Chair RTF Kate Address issues with Trucking Brief with RTF Letter of thanks to mystery benefactor Letter to Affco recognising their H&S improvements. Request to RTF for an article on this. Follow up AsureQuality on crate tag implementation Memo regarding Environmental charge to be drafted Share information for dissemination on dump sites