{"id":404975,"date":"2026-04-30T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/404975\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:53:10","slug":"talleys-westport-fish-factory-to-close-with-loss-of-92-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/404975\/","title":{"rendered":"Talley\u2019s Westport fish factory to close with loss of 92 jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThese gains have been supported by ongoing investment in technology and innovation, ensuring Talley\u2019s remains efficient and competitive. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs a result, the company can process its full volume of fish through its two larger facilities located in Motueka and Timaru.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">Talley\u2019s Seafood said the 92 affected staff will be offered employment opportunities, including those in roles that will remain in Westport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">The company is offering work at its Motueka, Blenheim, Canterbury, Timaru and Greymouth sites, as well as at sea on factory vessels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur Westport team have made a significant contribution to Talley\u2019s Seafood over many years,\u201d Hazlett said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis is a difficult decision, but it reflects how our business has evolved and how we need to operate into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wrLLDwyWye\" style=\"display:none\">Operations at Talley\u2019s Seafood\u2019s other fish processing sites are unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>Stay ahead with the latest market moves, corporate updates, and economic insights by subscribing to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\">Business newsletter<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 your essential weekly round-up of all the business news you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThese gains have been supported by ongoing investment in technology and innovation, ensuring Talley\u2019s remains efficient and competitive.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[35877,651,13741,8321,232,2225,111,43,139,69,1118,26859,70675,312,5513,23947,61,148362,1533,102],"class_list":["post-404975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-35877","tag-close","tag-factory","tag-fish","tag-jobs","tag-loss","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-operations","tag-processing","tag-says","tag-seafood","tag-talleys","tag-to","tag-westport","tag-will","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}