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Hunting and farming of native animals proposed

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 9 Dec 2018, 4:08PM
New Zealand's native bird, the Kereru. Photo / Getty Images

Hunting and farming of native animals proposed

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 9 Dec 2018, 4:08PM

Instead of a traditional ham, would you consider putting a roast weka on the table for Christmas this year?

There are growing calls from the food industry to allow the hunting, farming and sale of native animals.

South Island farmer Roger Beattie told Larry Williams endangered bird species like weka and kereru should be farmed to preserve them.

"With Kereu, you would probably have a fisheries type regime or a quota management system, but with something like weka, you can fence them in like sheep."

LISTEN ABOVE AS ROGER BEATTIE SPEAKS TO LARRY WILLIAMS

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