By Kate Green of RNZ
Trade Me search data might have cracked the question of what comes first, the chicken or the egg? It turns out, it’s the chicken.
Interest in online auctions for chickens has more than doubled amid a nationwide egg shortage.
Trade Me spokesperson Ruby Topzand said searches for chickens, coops and feed had risen to more than 21,400 in the past week - up from 9300, a 129 per cent increase.
A ban on battery-caged hens announced in 2012, came into effect at the end of last year. It left supermarket shelves sparse and prompted some stores to limit purchase quantities.