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Kōrero: Poultry industry

Caged hens

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Caged hens

More than 83 million eggs are produced annually by hens kept in battery cages. There is debate as to whether such an intensive production system is humane.

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Egg Producers Federation of New Zealand

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Vanessa Wintle rāua ko Stacey Lepper, Poultry industry – Egg farming and production, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17299/caged-hens (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Vanessa Wintle rāua ko Stacey Lepper, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.