Saturday, September 27, 2025
Farmed Animal Welfare Law in New Zealand: Investigating the gap between the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and its delegated legislation.
The New Zealand Animal Law Association is excited to release a research report which focuses on farmed animals in New Zealand.
This report, funded by the New Zealand Law Foundation, has revealed a substantial gap between the overarching standards of animal welfare prescribed by the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and the standards that are provided for in its codes of welfare and regulations.
The report will be launched at a parliamentary event on Wednesday 22 February.
Speaking in this video:
Kari Schmidt:
Solicitor in the Dispute Resolution team at Gallaway Cook Allan in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Danielle Duffield:
Litigation lawyer and Adjunct Animal Law Lecturer; co-founder of NZALA.
Marcelo Rodrigues Ferrere:
Senior lecturer at the University of Otago Faculty of Law.
Andrew Knight:
Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics and Founding Director of the Centre for Animal Welfare at the University of Winchester.