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New Zealand's importing masses of meat and dairy products from countries where the animals may have been treated cruelly, because of less strict welfare laws.
Now a collective of animal welfare groups is calling for Aotearoa to extend it's animal protection laws to all products sold here, effectively banning some imports.
A new trade report by Animal Policy International details animal goods imported in to NZ, including chicken, pork, egg products and wool that are farmed in ways Aotearoa has outlawed, because they're cruel.
It concludes the double standard is harming local farmers and is not want consumers want.
Animal Policy International co-executive director, Mandy Carter speaks to Lisa Owen.