Church member fined

Christchurch Samoan church member fined after illegally storing pork for church fundraiser

Aso Lino Mika, 51, felt under pressure from her Samoan church in Christchurch to help store the pork at her Stanmore Rd dairy, Faithful Daez.

The church had bought 19 pigs and had them slaughtered by two other church members at their homes who are now under investigation for allegedly processing them without proper authorisation or registrations.

The carcasses and cuts were taken to Mika who had reluctantly agreed to store them in her dairy's freezer.