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Outrage at cruelty stops shipments
Australia has suspended shipments of live cattle to 11 Indonesian abattoirs after footage of animal cruelty was released.
Te Aroha folk share the love for affected workers
Te Aroha locals are supporting the families of workers who lost their jobs when the local meatworks went up in flames.
Prospects bleak for Te Aroha workers
'They're calling it a seasonal lay-off which is bull,' a worker at Silver Fern Farm's fire-hit Te Aroha factory says.
Nearly half meatworks' staff will be laid off
About 160 of the 350 workers at Silver Fern Farms' Waikato beef slaughter plant at Te Aroha are likely to only be paid a minimum wage until Christmas.
Meat works CEO meets with anxious workers
The 200 workers left jobless after a massive fire gutted a Waikato freezing works remain cautiously optimistic.
Contractor's saw sparks blamed for meat plant blaze
Sparks from a contractor's saw are believed to have ignited the fire that gutted a Waikato freezing works.
Staff worried after meat works fire
The beef processing plant badly damaged by fire at Te Aroha, near Hamilton, overnight may be rebuilt into a world-class plant, owner Silver Fern Farms says.
Massive blaze at freezing works
Photos from the fire at the Silver Fern Farms freezing works in Te Aroha, Waikato.
Jewish spokesman defends kosher poultry killing
A spokesman for the New Zealand Jewish community has defended the animal-killing practice of shechita.
Animal welfare groups slam shechita reversal
Animal welfare organisations are disappointed by the Government's decision to reverse a ban on the kosher killing of chickens.
MP Carter makes quick u-turn
A farming company part-owned by a Cabinet minister was able to brief him on how the Govt could protect its trade with Muslim countries.
Employees laid off weeks after returning to work
More than 100 workers at Affco's Wairoa meatworks have been laid off, just weeks after returning to work.