Photo of Pokeno looking south. White dairy factory RHS is Yashili-Mengniu. White dairy factory LHS is the new Synlait plant. Hinds Pipes on the other side of Synlait. The land with the covenants extends behind these to the south, up and over the hills. Both Yashili and Hinds were established years before Synlait.
Why did the objector to Synlait not object to Yashili and Hinds who must have been subject to the same covenants. A judge may say the previous two set a precedent by building there with no objection heard, but it was only when a direct competitor in the form of Synlait turned up that the objector decided to play the covenant card. Hmmm... it will be a test of the strength of covenant law, or rather who can play god when deciding who to allow to be your neighbour. A similar situation was the blocking of building of PaknSave (I think it was) on Lincoln Road Henderson by a rival supermarket. Eventually they built but held up for years.
Maybe Synlait Pokeno will sell to Yashili next door then put all their efforts into Dunsandel where they already have the approvals to export IF to China.
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