PIGS IN THE MEDIA   2010 Sunday, 19 December NZ Herald  Foodies 'fooled' by label   Thursday, 16 December Taranaki Daily News Changes to pig farming   Tuesday, 7 December Waikato Times Editorial: Let consumers decide   Sunday, 5 December NZ Herald Pay your share to support sow crate ban    Friday, 3 December NZ Herald Editorial: New pig code shows power of shoppers Waikato Times Ban expected to push prices up Rural News Vets welcome sow crate ban   Thursday, 2 December Wairapara Times-Age Govt bans 'cruel' sow stalls Otago Daily Times  Carter credits Kedgley for change in pigs' welfare rules NZ City Consumers urged to make a difference RNZSPCA MEDIA RELEASE  Now it's up to the farmers NZ Herald (Opinion) Will the ban on sow crates make you more likely buy NZ pork?  Otago Daily Times  Limiting sow stalls good for pork industry - Carter TV3 Cruel farrowing crates should also be banned - SAFE Radio NZ (audio) Morning Report discusses the impact of the ban Newstalk ZB  Consumers urged to make a difference Radio NZ Pork industry says it needs help Radio NZ (audio) Agriculture Minister David Carter on Morning Report Dominion Post Pork prices set to increase NZ Herald Pig farmers hope ban on sow stalls will buy loyalty   Wednesday, 1 December TVNZ News  SAFE director, Hans Kriek talks about sow stall ban TV3  Sow crate ban will increase NZ pork price Checkpoint (audio) SPCA CEO comments on stall ban UK News  Sow crates to be gone by 2015 NZPA  NZ 'leading the way' on pig welfare - minister TV One  Govt bows to public pressure, bans sow crates early Channel 9 Sow crates to be banned Checkpoint (audio)  Pig farming in for shake-up with phasing out of sow crates Radio NZ (audio) Pork Industry Board Sam McIvor National Business Review Sow stalls to be banned Radio NZ Sow stalls to be banned TV3  Sow stalls to be phased out by 2015 NZ Herald  Sow crates to be phased out by 2015 TV One  Govt bows to public pressure; bans sow crates early Radio NZ Sow crates to be banned by 2015 SOIL AND HEALTH NZ MEDIA RELEASE  Country Of Origin Labeling Needs To Follow Ban On Sow Crates GREEN PARTY MEDIA RELEASE  Public Opinion Forced Government's Hand On Sow Crates Stuff Sow crates on their way out! Newstalk ZB  Sow crates to be phased out by 2015 SAFE MEDIA RELEASE Sow stall ban first important step GOVERNMENT MEDIA RELEASE   New pig welfare code to phase out sow stalls TV3  Sow crates to become illegal in 2015 Newstalk ZB  Sow crate ban expected today   Thursday, 11 November Dominion Post Piggy should go to the market happy SAFE MEDIA RELEASE -  Govt fails to ban factory-farmed animals TVNZ  Animal welfare bill fails to fire NZPA Animal cruelty bill defeated in Parliament Newtalk ZB Kedgley vows to continue fight   Wednesday, 10 November TVNZ Kedgley's animal cruelty bill defeated   Tuesday, 9 November Radio NZ  Banning sow stalls possible, says PM TV3  PigCare scheme only justifies pig suffering - SAFE. Monday, 8 November TV3  Businesswoman joins fight against animal cruelty Radio NZ Welfare group dismisses whistle-blower criticisms TV One Pork industry says cruelty fund unnecessary Radio NZ Most pig farmers pass welfare audit Topnews First step against animal cruelty Christchurch Press  Govt may ban pig farming practices TV3  Factory farming fund unnecessary - pork industry TV One  $2m fight 'just the beginning' against animal cruelty TV3 Kathmandu founder's $2m to fight factory farming Newstalk ZB  SAFE to take on factory-farmers Radio Live Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron wants farm workers to dob in bosses for animal cruelty. Marcus Lush (audio) Otago Daily Times Kathmandu founder gives $2m to fight factory farming Malborough Express  Kathmandu's Cameron funds pig fight Breakfast  Will $2m save NZ's abused animals? NZ Herald  Magnate's $2m fights cruelty on farms SAFE MEDIA RELEASE - $2m Anti-factory Farming Fund Launched    Sunday, 7 November Sunday - Dob in your boss! TV One - Reward offered in factory farm fight   Saturday, 6 November Dominion Post -  PigCare labels fail to meet approval of welfare group Thursday, 30 September  TV3 -  Pork board to introduce labeling scheme Tuesday, 14 September NZPA - Bid To Free Chickens And Pigs From Cages Slammed TV3 - Animal rights activists rally in Wellington NZPA - Animals Welfare Advocates Appeal For Bill Support SAFE MEDIA RELEASE - Animal welfare Bill in political peril Friday, 13 August Newstalk ZB - Pig protest in Petone SAFE MEDIA RELEASE  - Bacon judges urged to fail on cruelty Tuesday, 10 August Horowhenua Mail -  Pig farmers victimised RNZSPCA MEDIA RELEASE - Excuses are outdated, end Animal Welfare breaches Friday, 6 August SAFE MEDIA RELEASE -  MPs called to support new animal welfare bill RadioNZ - Green Party to seek to ban use of sow stalls NZPA -  Green Party bills to be debated in Parliament   Thursday, 5 August Voxy - Greens: Sow Crates Could Be In Our Past If Green Bill Gets Support Newstalk ZB -  Crate pig farming's days numbered?   Tuesday, 3 August NZ Herald - Pork Industry Board questioned Newstalk ZB -  Poke for Pork Board from Minister NZPA - Pork Industry Board Questioned Again Monday, 2 August Otago Daily Times -  Pork Industry Board denies tracking activist NZ UK News - Law Change Can Protect Kiwis From Private Spies Tumeke! -  Why the Pork Board wants the power to spy on you Sunday, 1 August NZPA - Change the law to stop spying, says MP Sunday Star Times - Spies target animal rights activists. Pork board suspected client Friday, 30 July Foodnews - Leaked letter challenges pork industry credibility Dominion Post -  Pork still off and rotten tomatoes for stink show Thursday, 29 July NZPA - Minister says he can't force board to disclose piggery audit Tumeke! -  Filthy farmers actively tell porkies about pig welfare Otago Daily Times -  Minister says he can't force board to disclose piggery audit RadioNZ -  Pork industry may be subject to an complaint to Ombudsman Green Party release - Government must demand release of pig audits TV3 news - Leaked letter embarrassing for pork board Dominion Post - Farmers try to conceal pig welfare data (same story appears in Taranaki Daily News, The Press, Southland Times and Waikato Times) Saturday, 24 July One News - Levin farm owner insists piggery legal and safe TV3 news - Animal rights groups urges ban on sow crates Friday, 23 July Close Up -  New pig farm footage shows more abuse One News -  Pig farming conditions still unacceptable Monday, 19 July One News - Pork welfare labels misleading SAFE MEDIA RELEASE - Consumer Ad Campaign Challenges Pig Industry Tuesday, 29 June Meat Trade News Daily (UK) - Talking Sow Crates Wednesday, 23 June One News - Welfare approved pork labels misleading   Tuesday, 22 June SPCA MEDIA RELEASE -  SPCA slams proposed pork labelling scheme Sunday, 20 June Prime TV - Welfare labels under fire Sunday Star Times - Pork labelling attacked Newstalk ZB - NZ Pork industry gets a roasting SAFE MEDIA RELEASE - Documents reveal NZ Pork defiant Thursday, 27 May Christchurch Press - Animal-safety activists critical of pig-care code Sunday, 18 April Sunday Star Times - PM gets a grunty animal welfare protest Thursday, 15 April Waikato Times - A fine line for farmers Wednesday, 14 April Dominion Post - Acting like a pig, for a good cause Tuesday, 13 April Pundit - Saving the piggies' bacon from the draft welfare code Waikato Times - Pig farming protestor unrepentant Monday, 12 April TV3 news - Cruel pig farming must end - activist NZ Herald -  Police remove pig farm protestor Waikato Times - Pig protest ends in a cell NZ Herald - Pig farm protest has vegan in chains Sunday, 11 April TV3 news - Pig farm protestor chains himself to silo  TV3 news -  Waikato man in pig farm protest TV One -  Pig farm protestor locks himself to silo Waikato Times - Waikato factory farm protest underway Yahoo news - Cambridge pig farm protest Yahoo news - Factory farming activist holding peaceful protest SAFE media release -Disturbing new pig footage reveals no change to pig welfare Friday, 10 April Close Up - Undercover pig footage shock again SAFE campaign director Hans Kriek debates with pig industry CEO Radio NZ - New footage of appalling conditions of pigs Manawatu Standard - Piggery owners fined   Thursday, 9 April Scoop - Sow crate in the city Sunday 5, April Manawatu Standard - Pigs deserve better, says animal rights group   Monday, 29 March  NZ Herald - Time for action on pig welfare   Friday, 26 March Radio NZ - Farming groups raise concerns about pig welfare bill SAFE media release - Leaked code spells end of sow crates Green Party media release -  Pig-Headed Pork Board Damaging Their Own Industry   Monday, 22 March Sunlive - Your chance to free the pigs   Monday, 8 March Farmers' Weekly - Welfare body wants sow stalls gone   Friday, 5 March  Breakfast - Spotlight on pigs   Thursday, 4 March SAFE media release - Code spells pigs in crates forever RadioNZ - Sow crates limits proposed in draft welfare code TV One - Greens say pig stall recommendation a cop out TV One - Animal welfare body defies farmers on pig code   Wednesday, 3 March 2010 Newstalk ZB - Sow code draft released Beehive - Pig welfare code released   Thursday, 25 February  TV One -  Pigs may be kept caged for years to come TV One/Sunday - Sunday exposés leaked welfare code       Tuesday, 10 November 2009 NZ Herald - Release of pig welfare code 'ridiculous'   Wednesday, 3 November Newstalk ZB -  Green Party speaks out TV3 - Draft pig code out soon   Tuesday, 2 November Campbell Live - Mike King calls for boycott The Standard - Pigs continue to suffer SAFE Media Release - Pig industry outed for more pig cruelty   Wednesday, 22 July Radio NZ - Audio - Industry discusses new labelling scheme TV One - Improved auditing and labeling scheme   Tuesday, 21 July National Business Review - Animal welfare still an issue - Minister  Manawatu Standard - Pork producers cop a roasting   Monday, 20 July NZ Herald - Govt urges pork industry to address welfare concerns TV One  - Minister reminds industry of animal welfare Scoop - David Carter's speech to the NZ Pork Board SAFE MEDIA RELEASE -  Pig welfare conference challenged   Friday, 3 July The Press - Contentious pig farm gets all-clear Otago Daily Times - MAF clears piggery at the center of media row SAFE media release - Welfare laws fail pigs miserably Dominion Post - Inquiry clears piggery over welfare code Newstalk ZB - Pig farmer not surprised about being cleared   Thursday, 2 July TV One - Levin piggery cleared of welfare breaches Newstalk ZB -  Piggery cleared of animal welfare breaches   Tuesday, 16 June Manawatu Standard - Farm break-in defended Tuesday, 9 June Manawatu Standard -  Activists talk on pig cruelty Manawatu Standard -  Protestors snort at pig farmers Stuff - Opinion - Getting pig cruelty into the closet Sunday, 7 June NZ Herald - What's really in your bacon?   Saturday, 6 June Waikato Times -  Makin' bacon Nelson Mail -  Ethical pork and body bits as art Tuesday, 2 June Stuff - Opinion - Open those cruel cage doors Thursday, 28 May CTV - SAFE protests outside Pack N Save (8 mins 40 sec into programme) Wednesday, 27 May TV3 - Govt must fix sow stall problem Dominion Post - Keys hints at pig farm rule changes NZPA - Key must fix sow crate problem, says Greens Dominion Post - Safe way to rugby oblivion   Tuesday, 26 May Nelson Mail -  Tastes great, but where is it from? Whangarei Leader - Whangarei's thoughts on pig welfare NZ Herald - Prime Minister says changes needed if pigs being treated badly Manawatu Standard - Welfare woes Stuff - Opinion - Pig farming rules a legal cruelty   Monday. 25 May Otago Daily Times - Opinion - Examining pork's ethics  The Marlborough Express - Consumers have control Dominion Post - The true cost of cheap meat New Zealand Farmers Weekly - Pig industry looks for good from controversy NZ Herald - Little wonder public confused in great pork debate NZ Herald - Editorial - Writing on the wall for sow stalls Taranaki Daily News - Smarter, but what of other causes SAFE MEDIA RELEASE - Minister's animal welfare chief a ‘dim-witted dinosaur'   Sunday, 24 May Sunday - Video - If pigs could talk (8 mins) Herald on Sunday - Editorial: Plight of pigs is nothing new but it is time we confronted it Sunday News -  King's week from hell. No porkies! RadioNZ - MediaWatch - Pig farming cruelty hits the headlines and reviews coverage.   Saturday, 23 May The Press/Dominion Post - Suddenly it's the time of the pig NZ Herald - Minister calls for urgent review of sow crates   Friday, 22 May Mike Moreu - Cartoon - Price controls  Dominion Post - Out of the crate and into the public eye The Press - All creatures fried and broiled Radio NZ - Denise Welsh reviews SAFE media campaign   Thursday, 21 May Murray Webb - Cartoon - Pig Farmer Colin Kay Dargaville News - Pig farmer backs Kay's farm The Daily Post - Disgraceful treatment of pigs must end Scoop - NZ Free Range Pigs Farmers Deserve CoOL Support Gisborne Herald -  Courageous piggery expose by King Otago Daily Times - Cruelty to animals: does nothing matter except the money? Southland Times -  City link in Mike King's pig crusade The Standard - Cartoon - The Pork Industry, circa 1860 NZ Herald -  Peter Sankoff: Piggery stink emanating from Government's backyard NZ Herald - Minister orders review of welfare code for pigs The Press - Shoppers opt for free range pork Wairarapa Age-Times -  Piggery faces court action Dominion Post - Pig welfare code review ordered   Wednesday, 20 May Close Up - Video - Where does our pork come from? Manawatu Standard -  Piggery practice legal but not acceptable TV One news - Video - Pork industry confronts farming criticism NZPA - Pig code review 'highest priority' Prime TV News - Video (from 7.35mins) - Pig farm cruelty RadioNZ - Audio - Animal welfare officials to investigate sow crates (3mins) TV One news - Video - Pig crate farming fallout hits supermarkets Manawatu Standard - Neighbours create a stink over piggery Nelson Mail - Sow crates abhorrent RadioNZ - Audio - MAF prepares report on controversial pig farm (5mins) Manawatu Standard - Push for eco-friendly pig shelters NZ Herald - Cartoon Piggie in the middle!   Good Morning Show - Video - Animal rescuer, Carolyn Press-McKenzie, who saved Piggy Sue from the Sunday programme, appears with her cute friend Yogi the Kunekune pig (nb: 7 mins into show). Manawatu Standard -  Activists stressed animals - Farmer Bay of Plenty Times -  Pig farms in Bay under microscope RadioNZ - Audio - Pig farm says he's 100% compliant (4mins) NewstalkZB -  Piggery cleared NZPA - Pig farmer clear of cruelty charges after raid Timaru Herald - Editorial: Piggery probe must be thorough The Press - No plan to develop free-range brand for pork Otago Daily Times - Pig code review should be priority: Carter Southland Times - Editorial - Pig in a poke Timaru Herald -  Pig farmer cleared of cruelty charges after raid Stuff - Welfare v cost saving NewstalkZB - Political report for Wednesday: Pigs Dargarville News - Ex-pork board director claims doco misleading Dominion Post - Cartoon - Tom Scott: Swine Flu SAFE MEDIA RELEASE -  Legal pig cruelty sickens nation TV One news - Video - Animal welfare review expected after pig row Dominion Post - Farmer insists: My pigs meet the welfare code NZ Herald - Piggery still under MAF review ClearNet - Whistleblowers sought to name dodgy piggeries   Tuesday, 19 May 2009 NZ Herald -  MAF inspection found nothing wrong with pig farm: Owner TV One news - Video - Crate pig farming fallout hits supermarkets Campbell Live - Video - MAF inspection found nothing wrong with pig farm, owner says TV One news - Video - Pig farmer says MAF found nothing wrong TV One news - Video - Pork chair, King to team up for random checks Close Up - Video - Farm owner fronts up to Close Up Hawke's Bay Today -  Consumers urged to check pork source TV3 Sunrise - Video - SAFE to reveal location of intensive pig farm today RadioNZ - Pig farm at centre of welfare row 'broke no rules' Stuff - Minister confirms probe into intensive piggery TV3 News - Video - Intensive piggery owner former NZ Pork Industry Board chairman NZ Herald - SPCA call for ban on sow stalls NZ Herald - Piggy Sue free to frolic Dominion Post - Plea to ban disgusting sow crates RadioNZ - Audio - MAF investigates animal cruelty claims (4mins) Stuff -  Officials plan to check pigs' welfare RadioNZ - Audio - Pig farm controversy (24mins)   Breakfast - Video - Treatment of pigs by pork industry   TV One news - Video - Pig farmer at centre of debate identified Newstalk ZB - Pig farmer identified   Monday, 18 May 2009 Close Up - Video - Pork industry plunges into panic  NZPA - Key finds pig probe 'disturbing' One News - Video - Industry supports investigation of pig farms Scoop - PORK BOARD MEDIA RELEASE -  Bacon of the Year Awards postponed Otago Daily Times -  Minister orders investigation into pig farm NZ Herald - Have your say - Will allegations about pig farming techniques stop you purchasing pork products? Infonews -  GREEN PARTY MEDIA RELEASE: Greens Call on Agricultural Minister to visit intensive pig farm Scoop -  GOVERNMENT MEDIA RELEASE: Minister wants pig farm investigate