Putting animals on the agenda: SAFE’s 2026 election scorecard
October 8, 2026
Find out how each party’s animal welfare policies stack up for the 2026 General Election.
Animals in New Zealand are experiencing harm on a massive scale, trapped inside systems designed to protect them (and us all). See the latest investigations, public awareness campaigns and actions that accelerate progress for animals, and learn how we can challenge the systems that harm them.
Find out how each party’s animal welfare policies stack up for the 2026 General Election.
A chicken can be bred to grow so quickly that she struggles to walk and still be raised on a farm certified by a
Fish farms are underwater factory farms, where intelligent, sentient animals are confined in crowded, barren cages.
Every summer in New Zealand, gentle natured animals are subjected to intense fear, distress and the risk of injury and death at rodeo events.
Most of us like to think of New Zealand as a nation of animal lovers. But what many Kiwis don’t realise is that the