Sow Stall Ban Improves NZ Pig Farmers' Image
NEW ZEALAND - The sow stall controversy could be influencing shoppers to choose New Zealand products over imported meat, as pork consumption rises.

NZ Pork Does Not Guarantee Good Welfare
NEW ZEALAND - Despite consumer pressure, many pig farmers are still using inhumane rearing methods with up to 45 per cent of sows confined in sow stalls and farrowing crates for much of their lives, says...

Consumers Urged to Buy NZ Pork These Holidays
NEW ZEALAND - Christmas ham shoppers received a stern reminder from NZPork today to be wary of poorly labelled imported ham.

New Code Released on Welfare for Animal Transport
NEW ZEALAND - Minimum standards of animal welfare and recommended best practices for everyone involved in transporting animals in New Zealand were outlined in a new code of welfare issued last week by...

Import One Pork Disease, Get the Second One Free?
NEW ZEALAND - Proposals by the Ministry of Agricultural and Fisheries (MAF) to relax import health standards for raw pork from the United States, Canada, Mexico and the European Union (EU), is like playing...

Pork Prices Expected to Rise with Crate Ban
NEW ZEALAND - A ban on sow crates will mean price rises and some farmers may be driven out of the industry, the Pork Industry Board says.

New Code of Welfare for NZ Pigs Released
NEW ZEALAND - The Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2010, released today by the Minister of Agriculture, encourages all those responsible for pigs to adopt the highest standards of husbandry, care...

Phasing Out of Gestation Stalls Gets Support
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand pork industry supports the phasing out of gestation stalls by December 2015, announced today by Agriculture Minister David Carter.

Pork Industry: Factory Farming Fund Unnecessary
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Pork industry says a $2 million fund set up to fight factory farming is unnecessary as independent animal welfare audits are already carried out on the country's pig farm...

Welfare Accreditation Scheme Launched for NZ Pigs
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand Pork has launched the latest audit results and the PigCare accreditation label.

Bid to Free Caged Pigs and Chickens Slammed
NEW ZEALAND - The Government is opposing a bill which aims to free chickens and pigs from constraining cages.

Civil Disobedience Leads Pig Protestor to Court
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand Open Rescue activist John Darroch, will appear in Hamilton District Court at 10am tomorrow defending charges after chaining himself to a piggery in Roto-O-Rangi near Cambridge...

National Should Sort Out Pork Iindustry Concerns
NEW ZEALAND - Minister David Carter needs to step up and resolve the growing concerns in the pork industry, says Labour Agriculture spokesperson Damien O’Connor.

Government Must Demand Release of Pig Audits
NEW ZEALAND - The Pork Industry Board's attempt to evade the Official Information Act on top of its stalling attempts to strengthen any new pig welfare code shows the need for urgent government intervention,...

Pig Farming Conditions Still Unacceptable
NEW ZEALAND - The Levin pig farm that was exposed by TVNZ's Sunday programme for animal cruelty more than a year ago has been called into...

NZ Pork Products Still Not Kosher
NEW ZEALAND - Animal rights activists demonstrated outside a Wellington supermarket today to protest a “welfare approved� label on pork products that they say is misleading.

Proposed Pork Labelling Scheme is Misleading
NEW ZEALAND - The Royal New Zealand SPCA is concerned that the proposed new pork industry labelling system runs the risk of misleading consumers. Proposed 'Welfare Approved' wording is confusing and will...

Documents Reveal New Zealand Pork Defiant
NEW ZEALAND - The pork industry has again come under scrutiny after documents released under the Official Information Act reveal the industry will not accept a ban on pig crates and wants to confine pregnant...

Fears Welfare Code Will Disadvantage NZ Farmers
NEW ZEALAND - A number of submitters to a new pig welfare code are calling for a levy to be imposed on pork imported from countries that do not meet the animal welfare standards it sets.

NZ Pork Board Watches EU Animal Welfare Standards
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand's Pork Industry Board is keeping a close eye on animal welfare standards in the European Union, after reports it's going ahead with plans to restrict the use of sow stalls.

Pork Industry Takes Steps to Ensure Animal Care
NEW ZEALAND - The Pork Industry Board says it is taking steps to ensure farmers are looking after their animals while it waits for the outcome of a new welfare code.

New Pig Welfare Code Draws Big Public Response
NEW ZEALAND - A new pig welfare code has drawn a big response from the public calling for an end to the use of sow stalls and farrowing crates in the pork industry.

New Zealand Sees No Changes to Pig Welfare
NEW ZEALAND - The cruelty of the New Zealand pig industry has once again been exposed as disturbing new footage on TV One’s Close Up programme tonight reveals there is no change to the way tens of thousands...

Feedback Sought on Code; ‘Pigs in Crates Forever’?
NEW ZEALAND - The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) yesterday completed a review of the Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2005 and a draft code was released for public consultatio...

Pig Welfare Code Released; Defiance Shown
NEW ZEALAND - Agriculture Minister David Carter is inviting public discussion on a draft code of welfare for pigs released for consultation today.

Pork Board Alleged to be Damaging Industry
NEW ZEALAND - The Pork Industry Board continues to damage its own brand with the revelation it is fighting to keep pigs in sow crates, Green Party Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley has alleged. ...

Welfare Prosecution Sends Message to Farmers
NEW ZEALAND - The prosecution earlier this week of a farmer who ill-treated livestock sends an important message, says Federated Farmers of New Zealand.

Pig Code Delayed, Ag Minister Disappointed
NEW ZEALAND - The pig-headed Pork Industry Board is holding a gun to the Minister of Agriculture, David Carter, and delaying the release of a new pig code, Green Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley...

Confusion 'Likely to Continue' for Pork Products
NEW ZEALAND - Consumer New Zealand says new labelling for fresh pork products is unlikely to prevent confusion among customers.

Clear Labelling Standards Urged in Pork Industry
NEW ZEALAND - A farmer of free-range pigs in Northland is urging clearer labelling to give shoppers more information about how the pork they are buying is farmed.