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Group Urges Mayor Radich To Join Sister City In Taking Plant-Based Pledge
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 12:35 pm | PETA
Dunedin – Following news that the Scottish city of Edinburgh has become Europe’s first capital to sign the Plant Based Treaty, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has sent a letter to the mayor of Edinburgh’s ... More >>
PETA Comment In Response To PM Announcement
Thursday, 1 December 2022, 3:39 pm | PETA
The New Zealand government’s kowtowing to famers on climate tax by proposing to allow “sequestering” technology and pledging $4 million towards research into “low-methane sheep” is a step backwards when it comes to future-proofing the ... More >>
PETA Calls On New Zealand Government To Ban Meat
Friday, 17 December 2021, 10:02 am | PETA
Group Urges PM to Phase Out ‘Harmful Products of Animal Exploitation’ Wellington – As the New Zealand government moves forward with plans to phase out tobacco sales, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written to Prime Minister ... More >>
Otago Ski Resort Nabs PETA Award
Friday, 3 September 2021, 6:34 am | PETA
Cardrona Alpine Resort Helps Animals and the Environment With Vegan Options Otago – As the world’s attention begins to zero in on animal agriculture as a leading cause of climate change, PETA has named Cardona Alpine Resort on New Zealand’s ... More >>
PETA Statement On NZ Live Export Ban
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 2:24 pm | PETA
The New Zealand Government has made a historic and compassionate decision in banning live-animal exports, and here at PETA, champagne corks are popping! With this decision, the Ardern administration has said “no more” to sending millions of animals – ... More >>
PETA Pushes New Zealand Government To Ban Live Export As Decision Looms
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 9:54 am | PETA
Wellington – As the New Zealand Government is expected to make a decision on the future of live export any day, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have written to the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, urging the government to adopt ... More >>
PETA Urges Government To Ban Sale Of Fireworks
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 3:11 pm | PETA
Wellington – Ahead of Guy Fawkes Night (5 November), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written a letter to Minister for the Environment David Parker asking that he heed the concerns of the thousands of Kiwis who have long been demanding ... More >>
PETA Sends Duncan Garner Vegan Goodies
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 11:30 am | PETA
As Auckland-based radio host Duncan Garner prepares to begin his new life as a vegan, making good on his promise to go vegan for a year if Labour won the 2020 election, animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) ... More >>
In Regards to Footage of Animal Cruelty at a NZ Dairy
Thursday, 28 June 2018, 3:52 pm | PETA
In regards to the recent footage of animal cruelty at a NZ Dairy, please see below statement from PETA spokesperson Emma Hurst: More >>
Jacinda Ardern's Baby Gift From Peta: a Faux-Sheepskin Rug
Thursday, 14 June 2018, 11:27 am | PETA
Auckland – As Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern prepares for the birth of her first child, PETA has sent her a gift that'll help her give the newborn a warm welcome: a faux-sheepskin baby rug. More >>
Born free, live unfree
Thursday, 7 June 2018, 4:12 pm | PETA
Auckland Zoo's last two lions, Kura and Amira, were euthanised this week. The death of these two lions should be a wake-up call for anyone who still harbours the illusion that zoos serve any purpose beyond incarcerating intelligent animals and sentencing ... More >>
M.Bovis: Profits before lives
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 9:35 am | PETA
What is extraordinary about the government’s plan to cull (or more accurately kill) some 150,000 cows in the hope of eradicating Mycoplasma bovis is not the astronomical number of individual animals involved, nor the amount of taxpayer money being used ... More >>
Please don't buy flat-faced dogs
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 12:24 pm | PETA
Trade Me's decision to ban the sale of bulldogs and pugs from March 1 is a great start, but more needs to be done to restrict the breeding of brachycephalic, or flat-faced, dogs. More >>
Disturbing increase in cruelty offences
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 1:06 pm | PETA
It is very disturbing to see that animal cruelty has become a major problem in the Tauranga area. Local vets are saying they have had to euthanise hedgehogs and birds that had been attacked by children, and the Tauranga SPCA reports 431 complaints ... More >>
PETA Statement Regarding Otago Easter Bunny Hunt
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 5:18 pm | PETA
By perpetuating this cruel and ineffective killing cycle each Easter, the Central Otago region will only exacerbate its environmental problems. Science tells us that lethal control doesn't provide a long-term solution to invasive animal populations ... More >>
Make the punishment fit the crime
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 2:20 pm | PETA
People of the West Coast and throughout New Zealand are rightly appalled at the light sentence handed out in the case of the Karamea farmer who broke the tails of 210 cows, or almost half of the cows on the property. Inspectors found that 20 cows had ... More >>
Oamaru Community Wins Peta Award for Penguin Passage
Friday, 18 November 2016, 11:51 am | PETA
'Proggy' Stands for 'Progress': Town Works Together to Help Smallest Residents Oamaru – For their commitment to providing penguins with a safe passage between their nests and the sea via an underpass – without the stress of traffic or humans in ... More >>
Kimbra's Newest Video a Plea to Ditch Angora
Tuesday, 27 September 2016, 4:53 pm | PETA
Singer Makes 'Cameo' Appearance in PETA PSA With Shocking Eyewitness Footage Showing Workers Rip Fur Out of Rabbits' Skin While They Scream More >>
Nearly Naked Christchurch Beauties Take on Annah Stretton
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 2:41 pm | PETA
Christchurch - Wearing nothing more than black briefs and holding a banner that read, “Compassion Is Always in Fashion – Go Fur-Free”, sexy supporters of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Australia today descended on fashion ... More >>
PETA Calls On Government To Swap Tobacco Tax For Meat Tax
Wednesday, 8 June 2016, 10:33 am | PETA
Auckland – After the announcement that taxes on tobacco will increase by almost 50 per cent by 2020 in New Zealand, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Australia has written to New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English asking him to ... More >>
