Education officer Nichola say "SAFE's Animals & Us programme wins international education excellence award"

Administrator Nicole says "Animal charity celebrates record fundraising appeal"

Promotions manager Amanda says "SAFE staff wins millions!"

Shop manager Caro says "SAFE's Cruelty Free Shop opens in Wellington"

Campaign officer Eliot says "New Zealand animals safe from intensive farming"

Campaign director Hans says "New Zealand animal lovers celebrate the surprise election of Hans Kriek as Prime Minister of New Zealand"

Fundraising programme coordinator Chloe says "Flappers delight: animal welfare rappers destroy music charts"

Appeals assistant Deirdre says "SAFE animal advocates lead the charge against factory farmed cruelty"

Campaign assistant Hana says "Life of suffering ends for Jumbo the circus elephant"

Education officer Nichola says we are celebrating because after the publication and distribution of four outstanding secondary school resource books SAFE's Animals & Us education programme has been awarded the ‘excellence in student support award.' These awards are designed to showcase and highlight excellent practice in international education, and to recognise and celebrate those who are ‘making it happen.'

Animals & Us is the only education programme in New Zealand/Aotearoa that opens the hearts and minds of our youth to the ever worsening plight of animals. Teaching values of compassion and respect towards all beings will help take our society to a new level of civilisation and empathy.

Administrator Nicole says because the government has decided to ban intensive farming altogether (chickens and pigs!), phasing it out by 2012.

Shop manager Caro says we are celebrating because the Wellington store has been such a success. The new SAFE shop has been so popular a second staff member has been employed to assist with shop duties and the coordination of local volunteers and actions. The number of volunteers in Wellington has tripled since the store opening.

Appeals assistant Deirdre says we are celebrating because SAFE's high-profile advocacy for animals confined to factory farms has resulted in bans on sow crates and battery hen cages from 2010. SAFE's successful campaigns worked to mobilise hundreds of thousands of kiwis to take a stand against factory farmed cruelty, demanding the government take compassionate action for these animals.

Campaign officer Eliot says after an unprecedented year in which both battery cages and sow crates were banned, the government was surprised by the huge positive response from the general public and decided to embrace animal ethics as part of its economic policy. It now seeks to take advantage in difficult economic times of the new policy directions by creating a niche market and promotes New Zealand as a world leader in the humane treatment of animals.

Campaign director Hans says after a short but intense campaign, the Battery Hen Strikes Back Party won the right to govern New Zealand after leader of the National Party John Key called for a snap election due to the sudden uprising of the country's three million battery hens. Breaking out of their cages and taking over the military forced the sitting government's hands. The New Zealand public voted overwhelmingly for change by electing Hans Kriek, former campaign director of SAFE, as their new leader as he was the only person in the country able to negotiate a deal with the chickens, thereby preventing the New Zealand population from being hen pecked to death.

The SAFE team is celebrating because one of its own has made it into parliament and more importantly out of the SAFE office - no more weekly cleaning duties, boring muffin meetings or lectures about battery hens!

Campaign assistant Hana says SAFE ensured Jumbo would return home to Africa following lengthy talks with the Loritz Circus. The negotiations had been going on for months and after meetings with animal experts it was concluded that the best place for Jumbo was a sanctuary in Africa. Public support was overwhelming, with SAFE raising nearly $1,000,000 to relocate her to Africa.

Fundraising programme coordinator Chloe says SAFE has taken the music charts by storm with their debut album ‘Un-cage My Crib,' selling 5 million copies in the first week. The album has been described by Rolling Rock magazine as ‘... an in-your- face lyrical explosion destined for the rappers' hall of fame.' ‘Un-cage My Crib' is a fresh and poetic exploration into the life and times of battery hens. All profits from the album go towards SAFE's campaign for battery hens, and business is said to be booming.

We are celebrating because after receiving countless Grammy awards and raising millions of dollars for SAFE, Mix-Masta Terry is working on a second album which is rumoured to be even better than the first (if that is even possible) and set to change the lives of battery hens worldwide for the better. Fo rizzle!

Promotions manager Amanda says each week a SAFE staff syndicate purchases a workplace lotto ticket. We really struck the big time, winning six million big ones!!! Each staff member has agreed to take a portion of the winnings and donate the lion's share to SAFE.

We are celebrating because our hopes for SAFE are starting to be realised. We now own a building and regularly place public awareness adverts on TV, which are having a huge effect. Industries have agreed to phase out sow stalls, farrowing crates and battery hen cages as a result of a successful advertising campaign calling for the public to make submissions. It's the largest number of submissions parliament has ever seen. Factory farming becomes unlawful.