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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Passing the buck for egg shortage
Egg shortage shows lack of leadership by the egg industry, who are trying to shift blame away from itself.
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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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What we’ve achieved for animals in 2022, with your help
After two years in existence, this is what we’ve achieved at Animals Aotearoa for farmed animals.
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New billboards call out companies like Nando’s and Pita Pit selling free-range cruelty.
Animals Aotearoa’s latest billboard campaign highlights the huge gap between what people imagine when they think of ‘free-range’ chicken meat and the reality.
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A year ago Aotearoa was shocked to see the inside of a free-range factory farm
11,000 people watched Farmwatch footage on RNZ’s Facebook page, and countless more heard the story on the radio or watched it on TV. But a year on, what has changed for chickens?
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Media release: World’s largest meal kit, HelloFresh, joins the Better Chicken Commitment
HelloFresh is demonstrating a serious commitment to higher animal welfare by signing the Better Chicken Commitment in New Zealand.
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World’s largest meal kit, HelloFresh, joins the Better Chicken Commitment in NZ
HelloFresh brings their commitment to chicken welfare from overseas to customers in NZ.
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Media release: Nando’s and Pita Pit’s double-standards on chicken welfare exposed in new campaign
Animals Aotearoa has launched a petition to Nando’s and Pita Pit for selling suffering and for failing to provide their New Zealand customers with the same standards of chicken meat as they do overseas.
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Media release: New Zealand’s public agrees – factory farming puts profits ahead of climate and animals
New international opinion polls and billboards in capital cities mark launch of major new celebrity-backed global movement to end factory farming.
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Nando’s and Pita Pit’s chicken double-standards exposed in latest Animals Aotearoa campaign
Today, we launched a campaign against Nando’s and Pita Pit, two fast-food companies from the Delivering Better report, on their failure to improve chicken welfare.
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My Food Bag, the latest company to sign the Better Chicken Commitment
Always free-range, My Food Bag takes the next step in improving chicken welfare.
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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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* 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.)
