New Zealand bans battery cages
3 January, 2023
According to The Guardian Battery cages for layer hens will become illegal in New Zealand in 2023.
The plan to ban battery cages has been 10 years in the making - in 2012, the previous National party government committed to phasing them out by 1 January 2023.
New Zealand has 3.9 million hens for egg production. As of December 2022, 10% were in conventional cages (and would be gone by 1 January), 33% in colonies, 29% in barns and 34% free range. In December 2012, 86% were in battery cages.
