Talley's Group
{{Short description|New Zealand agribusiness}}
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| industry = Fisheries, meatworks
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| predecessor = Talley's Fisheries Ltd
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| founded = 1936
| founder =Ivan Peter Talijancich
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Talley's Group Limited is a privately owned, New Zealand–based agribusiness company that provides seafood, vegetable and dairy products.{{cite web |url=http://www.talleys.co.nz/about-us/our-heritage/ |title=Our Heritage " Talleys |publisher=Talleys.co.nz |access-date=14 July 2016}} Talley's was established in 1936 in Motueka by Ivan Peter Talijancich (later known as Ivan Talley) as a manufacturer of seafood, and has since grown into one of the largest agribusiness companies in New Zealand.{{cite web |title=Talleys makes play for Affco – Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/news/business/117075/talleys-makes-play-affco |website=Otago Daily Times |date=22 July 2010 |access-date=14 July 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/5359887/Talley-family-wealth-increased-by-10m |title=Talley family wealth 'increased by $10m' |date=29 July 2011 |publisher=Stuff |access-date=14 July 2016}}
The company's Port Motueka site incorporates the Group Head Office, the Seafood Division and the Dairy Division. The Vegetable Division began operations in 1978 at Motueka, but has since been relocated to Blenheim and Ashburton.{{cite web |url=http://talleys.co.nz/aboutus.htm |title=Our Heritage " Talleys |publisher=Talleys.co.nz |access-date=14 July 2016}} The meat division, AFFCO Holdings, has been majority-owned by Talley's since the early 2000s.
In 2016 Talley's diversified into coal mining in a joint purchase with Bathurst Resources of former Solid Energy mines at Stockton, Rotowaro and Maramarua.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/85911498/bathurst-resources-and-talleys-buy-three-solid-energy-mines |title=Bathurst Resources and Talley's buy three Solid Energy mines |website=Stuff |date=31 October 2016 |language=en |access-date=4 February 2018}}
History
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The company's first fishing vessel was the Janie Seddon. Built in the United Kingdom in 1903, the Janie Seddon was one of two submarine minelaying vessels brought out from England to New Zealand that same year. The Janie Seddon was based in Wellington, with its twin, the Lady Roberts, based in Auckland. The Janie Seddon was used in port during World Wars I and II, and was also the examination vessel during World War II.
In 1936 the Janie Seddon was purchased by Talley's Fisheries, and was their first vessel. Retired in 1955, she is now a rusting hulk on the Motueka foreshore, near the headquarters of Talley's.{{cite web |url=http://maanz.wellington.net.nz/nzhistoricships/directory/Janie%20Seddon.html |title=Janie Seddon |website=maanz.wellington.net.nz |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014092045/http://maanz.wellington.net.nz/nzhistoricships/directory/Janie%20Seddon.html |archive-date=14 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |date=9 September 2021 |title=The Janie Seddon Motueka Shipwreck |url=https://ilanwittenberg.com/motueka-shipwreck/ |access-date=21 November 2021 |website=Ilan Wittenberg Photographer |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=20 November 2014 |title=Old wreck's days may be numbered |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/63407740/old-wrecks-days-may-be-numbered |access-date=21 November 2021 |website=Stuff |language=en}}
Industrial relations
Talley's has courted controversy for its approach to industrial relations,{{cite web |url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/275984/meatworkers-punished-over-union-material |title=Meatworkers punished over union material |date=11 June 2015 |publisher=Radio New Zealand }}{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11467424 |title=Blaming staff won't end injuries |author=Dita De Boni |date=19 June 2015 |work=The New Zealand Herald }}{{cite news |url=http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/affco-workers-vote-strike-meat-company-first-apply-under-new-bargaining-laws-b-176613 |title=Affco workers vote to strike as meat company first to apply under new bargaining laws |author=Fiona Rotherham |date=4 August 2015 |publisher=National Business Review }}[http://www.neon.org.nz/documents/Talleys%20Judgement.pdf Talleys Fisheries Ltd v Lewis HC Auckland CIV 2005-485-1750 [2007] NZHC 1845; (2007) 8 HRNZ 413; (2007) 4 NZELR 447 (14 June 2007)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115081808/http://www.neon.org.nz/documents/Talleys%20Judgement.pdf |date=15 January 2015 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/6485210/Talleys-at-centre-of-strike-wave |title=Talley's at centre of strike wave |author=Danya Levy, Shane Cowlishaw and Sophie Speer |work=Nelson Mail |date=27 February 2012}} and has lobbied for curbs on trade unions and the watering down of occupational safety legislation.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-nz/50SCTIR_EVI_00DBHOH_BILL13016_1_A388867/d5a8a06b845a673934d6166c582399b60f01ea31 |title=Submission by Talley's Group Ltd to the Health & Safety Reform Bill |date=2 April 2014 |website=Parliament.nz |access-date=16 July 2016}}
In 2015 Talley's locked out union members. The workers were allowed back to work five months later in 2016 when the lock-out was ruled illegal. Talley's was ordered to pay $144,000 to the Meat Workers Union for repeated breaches of union access rights.{{cite web |title=Meatworker lock-out ends |work=Stuff |access-date=20 February 2016 |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/beef/76985888/affco-talleys-meatworkers-in-wairoa-to-return-to-work-after-five-months}}{{cite web |title=Union wins big victory over Talleys |work=Newstalk ZB |access-date=20 February 2016 |url=http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/union-wins-big-victory-over-talleys/}}{{cite web |title=Talley's ordered to pay $144,000 penalties to Union |access-date=20 February 2016 |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1602/S00639/talleys-ordered-to-pay-144000-penalties-to-union.htm |publisher=Scoop.co.nz}}
Health and safety
Talley's has been found guilty on many occasions over health and safety breaches, including an incident where a fisherman was decapitated.{{Cite web |date=9 June 2016 |title=Talley's pays reparations to decapitated crewman's family after safety failure |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/80905946/talleys-pays-reparations-to-decapitated-crewmans-family-after-safety-failure |access-date=2 July 2021 |website=Stuff |language=en}}{{cite web |date=13 June 2015 |title=Meat worker gets over $10k compensation |url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/276177/meat-worker-gets-over-$10k-compensation |publisher=Radio New Zealand }}{{cite news |author=Charles Anderson |date=29 April 2015 |title=Talley's to pay $80,000 for death of crewman |publisher=Stuff |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/68135403/Talleys-to-pay-80-000-for-death-of-crewman}}{{cite news |author=Tova O'Brien |date=15 June 2015 |title=Talley's pays worker $6000 over unsafe workplace |publisher=3 News |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/talleys-pays-worker-6000-over-unsafe-workplace-2015061517}}
Between 2018 and July 2021, Talley's Group faced formal enforcement actions 43 times from WorkSafe New Zealand, including 22 health and safety improvement notices and a recommendation for prosecution.{{Cite news |title=Talley's launches independent review in response to allegations in 1 NEWS story |language=en-NZ |work=TVNZ |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/talley-s-launches-independent-review-in-response-allegations-1-news-story |access-date=3 July 2021}} In December 2020, was fined $334,000 when they pleaded guilty over two different breaches where employees injured their hands.{{Cite web |date=8 December 2020 |title=Talley's fined more than $300,000 for worker safety breaches |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123637986/talleys-fined-more-than-300000-for-worker-safety-breaches |access-date=2 July 2021 |website=Stuff |language=en}}
In July 2021, Talley's threatened an injunction to prevent One News running a story on leaked photos showing potential health and safety breaches.{{Cite news |title=Exclusive: Whistleblower shares images of filthy conditions at Talley's factory |language=en-NZ |work=TVNZ |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/exclusive-whistleblower-shares-images-filthy-conditions-talleys-factory |access-date=2 July 2021}} Talley's denied these claims, saying the photos were taken out of context. Following further allegations, Talley's initiated an independent review of their health and safety policies and WorkSafe New Zealand announced they were taking a closer look at their operations.{{Cite news |title=Exclusive: Former Talley's employee feared he would die on the job |language=en-NZ |work=TVNZ |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/exclusive-former-talleys-employee-feared-he-would-die-job |access-date=3 July 2021}}
In October 2021, it was revealed that a female Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) fisheries observer was repeatedly sexually harassed during a ten-week fishing trip.{{Cite web |last=Mead |first=Thomas |title=Female fishing observer 'repeatedly sexually harassed' in nightmare Talley's voyage |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/10/24/female-fishing-observer-repeatedly-sexually-harassed-in-nightmare-talleys-voyage/ |date=24 October 2021 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=1 News}} This led to an industry-wide review of health and safety of the inspectors by MPI, and another private review undertaken by Talley's themselves.
In December 2021, Talley's Group filed a defamation suit against TVNZ for their reporting of the above health and safety issues, saying that TVNZ had made a "series of false and defamatory broadcasts."{{Cite web |date=10 December 2021 |title=Talley's Group sues TVNZ |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/127247867/talleys-group-sues-tvnz |access-date=11 December 2021 |website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=10 December 2021 |title=Talley's sues TVNZ over health and safety breach allegations |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/457654/talley-s-sues-tvnz-over-health-and-safety-breach-allegations |access-date=11 December 2021 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}
In June 2023, Talley's was fined $502,500 for the death of a worker in Affco's freezing works that was described by the presiding judge as a 'wholly avoidable event'.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-23 |title=Affco fined $500,000 over worker's 'wholly avoidable' death in freezer |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/492508/affco-fined-500-000-over-worker-s-wholly-avoidable-death-in-freezer |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}
Environmental impact
In 2016, Talley's invested in a 35% share of Wellington-based Bathurst Resources' Stockton mine on the West Coast, as well as the Rotowaro and Maramarua mines in the Waikato. {{Cite web |title=Bathurst Resources and Talley's buy three Solid Energy mines |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/85911498/bathurst-resources-and-talleys-buys-three-solid-energy-mines |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=www.stuff.co.nz}} Talley’s is now the largest New Zealand investor in coal mining.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-21 |title=A Wicked Problem {{!}} Forest and Bird |url=https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/wicked-problem |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=www.forestandbird.org.nz |language=en}}
A subsidiary of Talley's, Amaltal Fishing Co., was convicted and fined for trawling in Hikurangi Marine Reserve in March 2019.{{cite news |title=Fishing company fined $27,600 for fishing in a protected marine reserve |url=https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-releases/fishing-company-fined-27600-for-fishing-in-a-protected-marine-reserve/ |work=Ministry for Primary Industries |date=9 March 2021}} Amaltal Fishing Co. denied the charge, and Talley's denied responsibility.{{cite news |date=8 March 2020 |title=Amaltal denies fishing in Hikurangi Marine Reserve |publisher=Radio New Zealand |agency=RNZ News |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/411223/amaltal-denies-fishing-in-hikurangi-marine-reserve}}{{cite news |last1=Neal |first1=Tracey |title=Talley's skipper fined for marine reserve fishing, company denies responsibility |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/423199/talley-s-skipper-fined-for-marine-reserve-fishing-company-denies-responsibility |agency=RNZ News |publisher=Radio New Zealand |date=10 August 2020}}
In January 2021, RNZ reported that Talley's was one of company's in New Zealand that regularly breached their trade waste consents.{{Cite web |date=25 January 2021 |title=Revealed: The companies dumping contaminants down the drain |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/435111/revealed-the-companies-dumping-contaminants-down-the-drain |access-date=2 July 2021 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}{{Cite web |title=Companies dumping contaminants down the drain: Talleys, Ernest Adams and Yoplait identified |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies-dumping-contaminants-down-the-drain-talleys-ernest-adams-and-yoplait-identified/UCFD7V2SYVSCNCOPOTTUQQWYOM/ |access-date=2 July 2021 |website=The New Zealand Herald |date=25 January 2021 |language=en-NZ}} In response, Talley's said that they were making substantial improvements towards "full compliance, all of the time" at their Motueka plant.{{Cite web |date=25 January 2021 |title=The companies who breached their trade waste consents respond |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/435110/the-companies-who-breached-their-trade-waste-consents-respond |access-date=2 July 2021 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}
In June 2021, Talley's replaced their polystyrene packaging with cardboard packaging, saving an estimated 180,000 polystyrene containers from landfill each year.{{Cite web |date=28 June 2021 |title=Talley's switches from {{sic |nolink=y |reason=error in source|polysterene}} to cardboard for fish transport |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/innovation/125582558/talleys-switches-from-polysterene-to-cardboard-for-fish-transport |access-date=2 July 2021 |website=Stuff |language=en}}
Also in June 2021 Talley's was criticised by Greenpeace and the Australian Marine Conservation Society for their use of bottom trawlers in their fishing business, citing the negative environmental impact.{{Cite web |date=30 June 2021 |title='We're the bad guys': Conservationists want NZ deep sea trawlers gone from Australia |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/125608823/were-the-bad-guys-conservationists-want-nz-deep-sea-trawlers-gone-from-australia |access-date=2 July 2021 |website=Stuff |language=en}} Talley's said that they were responsive to these concerns, and worked with government bodies to only trawl areas with healthy fishy stocks.
Another case found Amaltal breached the conditions of its fishing permit in 2018, when Amaltal Apollo bottom-trawled on Lord Howe Rise, an area protected by the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation.{{Cite web |last=Bohny |first=Skara |date=10 March 2022 |title=Talley's subsidiary found guilty of bottom trawling in conservation area |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300536576/talleys-subsidiary-found-guilty-of-bottom-trawling-in-conservation-area |access-date=25 March 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://talleys.co.nz/index.htm Official Talley's Group Homepage]
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