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Alliance farmers offered ‘false hope’ in co-op solution – chair

A group of the meat processor’s shareholders is trying to rally support for alternative to $250m Dawn Meats scheme.

Alliance processes red meat at six plants – two in the North Island and four in the South.

Tim Hunter Tue, 23 Sep 2025

A group of Alliance shareholders has published an open letter seeking support for a $50 million capital raise to avoid the meat processing co-op’s sale to Dawn Meats.

Signatories include NBR Lister Mark Gunton, whose Gunton Farms Ltd owns the lease on the 14,186ha Argyle Station in

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Tim Hunter Tue, 23 Sep 2025
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