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Animal Matters — 74 episodes

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From the archives: Kōrero with Chlöe Swarbrick

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What's in a name: Is the term 'plant-based' a help or hindrance when it comes to the vegan activist movement?

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Animal abuse, extensive injuries and methamphetamine: Is the end near for New Zealand’s greyhound racing industry?

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‘Kind’ cages, horses who love to race and other lies we tell ourselves

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A deep dive into human-animal studies with Annie Potts

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Greyhound racing cleaning up its act? Yeah right.

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Do you know who to call? Whistleblowers, witnesses and wading through mud

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'No way to treat a mother' - lifting the lid on the dairy industry's dirty little secret

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Rodeo cowboys miss the point of a recent High Court decision

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Cowboys in Court

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Kōrero with Lynn Charlton, Anti Rodeo Action

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The forgotten victims of factory farming

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Political shenanigans over the bill to ban live export

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Kōrero with Abigail Penny, Animal Equality UK Executive Director

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NZ officials at IPCC summit, shockingly, missed the point

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Live pig delivery market exposed

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Kōrero with Christine Dorchak, GREY2K USA Worldwide

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Kōrero with Daisy Lab's Irina Miller

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2022 a bleak start for horses in the racing industry

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Almost 200,000 chickens killed - we now have answers, but no accountability

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Precision fermentation set to turn NZ’s dairy industry upside down

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Guy Fawkes and horse racing, more of a fizzle than a bang

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Kōrero with Chris Huriwai and Amy Taylor

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Kōrero with Lynn Tan, Animal Advocacy Africa

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An open letter to the Agriculture Minister

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The salmonella outbreak and greyhound racetrack woes

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Kōrero with Kelly Phelps, Free As A Bird Rescue

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Greyhound racing still struggling with doping and injuries

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Northern Eggs colony cage cruelty

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The beginning of the end for greyhound racing?

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Kōrero wth Luiza Schneider, VP of Investigations, Mercy for Animals

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The latest animal news from lockdown

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They belong on the couch, not the racetrack

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Kōrero with Emma Hurst, Member of Parliament for the Animal Justice Party, NSW Australia

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Justice for all animals in rodeo

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Kōrero with Chlöe Swarbrick

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"The writing's on the wall" for cage eggs

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The Melbourne Cup of greyhound racing

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Kōrero with Shanti Ahluwalia from NZAVS

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A wild goose chase

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Kōrero with Philip McKibbin, on the Politics of Love

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Budget 2021 - A missed opportunity for animals

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Kōrero with Aysha Akhtar, President and CEO of the Center for Contemporary Sciences

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The racing industry's kangaroo court

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Kōrero with Kari Schmidt, co-author of the NZALA's latest report: Farmed Animal Welfare Law in New Zealand.

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April was for animals

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Antibiotic resistance - Kōrero with Dr. Heather Hendrickson

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Winter grazing deferment a win for agriculture lobbyists

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Kōrero with Geoff Regier, former undercover investigator for Mercy for Animals

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A Cabinet full of decisions

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Kōrero with Angel Food's Alice Shopland

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Biscuit tins, and what they have to do with greyhounds

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What came first, the chicken or the egg?

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A conversation with Aaron Cross from the Greyhound Protection League

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Greyhound summer death toll soars

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Long boys and legnthy girls

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Victory for mother pigs

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Post election limbo, and bobby calves with Lynley Tulloch

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Election 2020 and dirty dairying with Mike Joy

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Slow progress with fisheries and live export, and ditching dairy with Kylie Dale

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Live export crisis in the East China Sea

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Winter grazing debate hits boiling point while cows give birth in mud

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The dairy industry's uncomfortable truth, and carnism with Melanie Joy

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Putting the chicken before the egg, and a conversation with Jake Conroy

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Political Panel for Animals 2020 - It's Time!

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The dairy industry's failings, and rescuing animals with Shawn Bishop

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In memory of Regan Russell, featuring her friends, Toronto Pig Save, and Camille Labchuk

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Our attitudes towards animals considered pests, and going plant-based with SAFE’s Eat Kind team

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The historic court case to free mother pigs, and zoonotic diseases with Dr. Michael Greger

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Budget 2020 and the amazing world of fish with Jonathan Balcombe

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Greyhound racing, animal cruelty in isolation, and animal law with Danielle Duffield

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Animals in captivity, live export, and human animal relationships with Dr. Nik Taylor

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Justice for pigs, and a conversation with Gareth Hughes

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How to launch a podcast during a pandemic