Each year in Aotearoa, approximately 120 million chickens are farmed for meat in industrial and factory farm conditions. Measured only in tonnes, an unknown amount of fishes* are farmed in underwater factory farms.
These animals live some of the worst lives of any farmed animals but are underrepresented when it comes to news, education and campaigns to improve the lives of animals.
We’re here to change that!
Learn about the reality of chicken and fish farming in Aotearoa, about the labels on the meat sold at retailers, about the lives of rescued chickens, and ways that you can help.
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Is your favourite food delivery, leading or lagging in chicken welfare?
First-of-its-kind ranking report shows which food businesses are leading and which are lagging on chicken welfare.
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What do the labels on chicken meat mean?
Aotearoa has no laws or regulations regarding the labelling of meat, so how do companies decide what is free-range, cage-free, and hormone-free? Find out the truth about labelling.
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Farmwatch Investigator Speaks Out
One of the brave volunteer investigators of Farmwatch shares, in a very personal way, just what it was like to gather the footage that was released by Radio New Zealand earlier this week.
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Which meal kits care the most about animal welfare?
Meal kits are becoming an increasingly popular way for people to get their kai. Most of these companies market on their ‘ethical’ standards for animal welfare, but how do they stack up?
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How do delivery brands stack up on animal welfare?
Demand food brands deliver better! We’ve exposed food delivery brands that use chickens bred to suffer
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Five fascinating facts about fishes
Fishes are fascinating; they are clever with good memories and amazing sensory abilities.
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Media release: Consumers deserve to know the painful truth behind food delivery companies
First-of-its-kind ranking report highlights food delivery companies taking important steps to improve chicken welfare in New Zealand and those lagging behind.
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Ready meals, the latest in a long line of companies doing better for chickens
Another win for chickens from Sweden.
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Are plant-based diets becoming less popular? Here’s what you need to know…
What does the research say about plant-based diets in New Zealand?
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Animals Aotearoa submits on Pigs Code of Welfare
Animals Aotearoa is calling an end to crates and stalls, tail docking and other changes as part of our submission on the proposed Code of Welfare Pigs.
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New chicken standards raise the bar for New Zealand food businesses
New Zealanders can look forward to higher welfare standards for chickens with today’s launch of the Australia-New Zealand Better Chicken Commitment.
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Media release: SPCA and Animals Aotearoa launch chicken standards that raise the bar for NZ food businesses
New Zealand consumers will be able to look forward to higher welfare chicken products available with today’s launch of the Australia-New Zealand Better Chicken Commitment.
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Want to learn more about chicken farming? Start here!
What are the lives of chickens that are farmed for meat and eggs really like? And what can we do to improve them?
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Why are NZ meal kits lagging so far behind in chicken welfare?
Marley Spoon is one of 42 meal kit companies who are taking animal welfare seriously. NZ meal kits are choosing to continue to profit from cruelty.
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The life of farmed salmon in New Zealand
Read what life is like on NZ salmon farms, from the perspective of Chinny the Chinook.
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Global milestone shows the way forward for companies in Aotearoa.
546 and counting. Global companies are changing the way they source their chicken meat. It is time for us to catch up.
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Is free range chicken meat really better?
Labels such as free range, cage-free and no added hormones can jump out at you, but what do they really mean? What kind of lives did the animals lead? Is free range chicken really better or are there even kinder choices?
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* The term ‘fishes’ rather than ‘fish’ is increasingly being adopted by the animal advocacy movement to recognise and emphasize the individuality of the intelligent, feeling individuals we are describing. (The fish-farming industry only measures fishes in tonnes, rather than numbers of individuals.)