West Auckland farm accused of hiding 180,000 chicken deaths from MPI

December 4th, 2019

A west Auckland poultry farm is being accused of hiding the death of around 180,000 chickens from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). The birds were found suffocated to death on Saturday morning after a power cut caused equipment which pumped air into the sheds to fail.

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