Did you know that New Zealand’s animal farming industries are so powerful that they dictate the country’s foreign policy? Our latest Surge Media production exposes the interconnectedness between New Zealand’s animal farming and Jacinda Ardern’s reluctance to take a stand against the genocide of muslims in China. This is the story of a country so crippled and weakened by its exploitation of animals, that even a genocide goes unchallenged because of the fear that it will disrupt the farming of animals. New Zealand is often portrayed as a picturesque and progressive country but under the green-washed narrative that New Zealand likes to present, there is a dark secret that needs to be unearthed.
I have to say, your message is a bit hazy. could you ask the author of your text what he really intended to say? I believe you are implying that the gun maker is guilty because the robber was murdered by a police officer during the crime?
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I have grown up in New Zealand my entire life, in a small rural town in the South Island. I went vegan a year and a half ago, and it was the best decision I've ever made. The animal agriculture industry (specifically dairy) here is beyond disgusting. It's borderline unbearable to go to school every day with 800 kids of dairy farmers. The way everybody is so ignorant to the blatant exploitation and cruelty is incredible, and I have been called delusional and stupid, even by my own father (who isn't a dairy farmer) just because I am the one abstaining from these things. I have lost friends because I'm vegan, even when I never mention it. Thank you so much for bringing light to the fact that NZ is not this beautiful oasis at the bottom of the world, yet a country where people take pride in our nature while simultaneously destroying it with these cruel and barbaric practices. Omg, thank you all so much for the amazing and kind replies!! I got home today and couldn't stop smiling at everybody's support, and rereading the kindest words. The community on Ed's channel is just incredible and makes me so proud and solidified in my choice to go plant-based. Thank you all for the suggestions and I hope you all have the most incredible weeks :)
You are a legend Amy! Don't deviate. Show your Dad a brilliant little book by 4th generation Kiwi farmer turned vegan, James Wilson called Plant Paradigm. Its $20 on his website or I would be happy to send you a free copy!
I think a good way to open up a discussion with people dear to you is to frame it as understanding each other. If you love each other, wouldn't you want to know why someone thinks the way they do? If they are then open to see what you has made you think a certain way about this topic, then that's a good point where you could invite them to watch something like this or a documentary about the animal industry.
Not many vegans down your way Amy! I'm in Dunedin, there's a few of us here. But I feel like the further south you go, the worse it gets. Just.. generations of farming and indoctrination.
stop pay for animals to get intentionally murdered for your vegan meals, before you talk about victims. do one better. go into the ocean and stop a dolphin from eating fish and shame them for eating food
please ignore the one-brain-cell troll under your comment trying to upset you and get a reaction out of you. They're just desperate and in denial and the only think they can resort to is harrassing vegans online. It's thanks to people like you that the world is changing, thank you for caring and thank you for being you.
My friend, please consider this issue from the animal's perspective. They are locked up their entire lives. We wouldn't want that for ourselves or our loved ones.
@@person737 IKR. how can a limp wristed vegan fight an entire country 1vs1. i am now interested to see the population of NS, and estimate how long Ed would get curb stomped
Epic job. Sadly, I believe most countries are run by animal agriculture. If you look into Brazil, where I live, you'll probably find that almost every politician is deeply involved with this horrible industry and all the dirt that comes with it. As Ed brilliantly said the other day, animal agriculture is a multifaceted beast, but it will fall apart.
animal agriculture is unsustainable - if we do not change before it’s too late we will be changed by the aftermath 🤷🏻♂️ oh and I hate to say it, but economics: as soon as lab meat becomes cheaper, it will outcompete animal agriculture by far. artificially breeding animals, fattening them up, keeping them, killing & processing them is quite the effort. 83% of global agricultural land is (miss)used for animal agriculture, which in turn only supplied 18% of consumed calories. It’s a pretty simple matter of efficiency: 20x more land per calorie than plant food. Example: In a vegan world we’ll supply 1.6x times the calories and 1.2x the protein on 1/3 of the agricultural land today, leaving 2/3 to re-wild, re-purpose …
I am from nz, and have witnessed the animal farming industry lie about human health issues, to make people believe that they need high amounts of red meat to be healthy. It's true that total disregard for animal rights often comes with a disregard for humanity too
but most people have access to the internet and could find out things for themselves. yes, the industry lies but don't forget that most people unfortunately gladly believe those lies because they don't want to change, be it for taste, habit or convenience. it's all very sad.....; that's why vegans must never stop educating others about the injustice we commit towards the animals, who are beautiful and most important, sentient beings.
I also wish I could’ve been vegan for 25 years…many animals’ lives would’ve been spared, and some of the people I personally know might still be alive and healthy today
In high school we did “Spoken word” each year where you can write about anything you’d like and share it with the entire school. They allow almost all topics to be discussed, I can recall a girl speaking on being raped by her family, and another who had several abortions without anyone knowing, these were all in very descriptive detail and made people cry listening to the stories and poems. ONLY when I auditioned and wanted to share my piece I had written on slaughterhouses and animal agriculture and animal cruelty, they would not allow me to speak on stage. They told me they didn’t want to make people feel uncomfortable. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
Big difference between sharing harrowing personal human interest stories, about your own trauma you are working to overcome, versus standing on a stage talking about voilence, murder, "rape" etc that you've never been up close and personal with and have no real way of determining what is true and what is fabricated. Honestly offensive to even compare the two. How would the girl who spoke about being raped feel having her experience compared to a cow being artificially inseminated for example? You don't know who might be sitting in that crowd, the majority of people don't take kindly to animal agriculture being compared to their own negative experiences. Also did they really not want you to speak because it made people uncomfortable or was it based on your piece maybe not being at the same standard as other stories and/or them choosing more appropriate for the subject pieces over yours? not saying for sure just saying perhaps there was other reasons they didn't want to platform it.
@@magnetshowdotheywork “a cow being artificially inseminated”.. um you mean being raped by a human. 🤦♀️ I’m a poet & a realist. I know exactly what goes on. My piece was art and they didn’t want me to speak on something so “taboo” and stir their thoughts, it would put them in their place and give them perspective and shame. And thats exactly what they told me. Wouldn’t even let me finish 2 mins into my audition they cut me off to tell me that. This is what spoken word was made for.
As someone from nz i was surprised to see you do a video on here, thank you so much for this ed unfortunately the culture here is very bad and no one ever talks about our problems in fact we have one of the worst mental health in the world so seeing someone talk about one of our biggest issues (our contribution to the mass slaughter and climate effect ) is really good to see ^^
I left New Zealand for better opportunities almost 20 years ago. I still describe economy there as 'cow rape and kiwifruit.' I'd say even your average New Zealanders is unawre of how brutal the dairy industry is to animals, although I think they're starting to get the environmental damage.
As a Kiwi, thank you so much for this. Chris Huriwai is becoming something of a local legend now too, even if all the farmers would probably rather him locked up or dead.
This was a very well-made video, Ed. As someone who has spent most of my life in NZ, I can confirm that animal farming is omnipresent. We are raised to believe it is a point of pride for our country. Many of my friends and immediately relatives have been employed in the dairy industry (mostly the one big name we all know) for their entire adult lives; I was very close to working for them myself. Animal Agriculture has grown to be the 'lifeblood' of our country. Our perspective is warped, so I welcome yours and anyone else's from the outside looking in. I've always appreciated how well-researched your videos are, Ed. They've certainly sparked many conversations over here in NZ.
So ashamed of my country. 😔 Our prime minister may as well be an employee of Fonterra. Thanks for making this video and bringing to light that our "clean, green, NZ" image is a complete facade.
Have been vegan for 10ish years and still, everytime I see animal abuse, it’s as if I lose all hope all over again like the first time when watching Earthlings. This world is too cruel.
Been vegan for only 2+ years and I STILL don't have the courage to watch Earthlings. Everytime I watch that kind of imagery I cry and I lose all hope, it's truly disheartening. I can't belive human beings torture, abuse and exploit living sentient beings like this. Sometimes I truly feels like a lost cause.
@@NeneChan203 I feel you! ((I watched it at the beginning of my journey when I found it hard to stay vegan due to social pressure/exclusion (at first I went raw vegan for health (and it helped me tonnes), although I was very aware of the cruelty of non-vegan diets and practices in other industries that profit off of animals), so I made myself watch the entire movie to really "absorb" the images/the message and remind myself and know why I am doing this; to recommit. If you are already vegan for 2+ years and have no problems staying vegan, I don't think you need to torture yourself with those images.))
@@drsalka Thank you for sharing your experience with me. 💚🌱 Yes I'm 100% committed to staying vegan my whole life with absolutely no doubt. My only regret is not going vegan any earlier. Sometimes it feels so hopeless, it's just so nice to see like-minded people who share the same love and compassion towards animals, nature and the planet. Thank you for being part of this, despite societal pressure 💚🌱 You're definitely making a difference 💚🌎🌱
@ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤٴ What we do to animals is in no way a natural ecosystem lol. Don’t appeal to nature when the production of our animal products is so disconnected.
Indeed the world is cruel, and it has never been different. The cruelty has now expanded to humankind and that is even worse, though certainly not exclusive...
Thank you so much for doing this video on Aotearoa. As a vegan kiwi, when discussing veganism and animal exploitation with people I know here - they agree, but tend to discuss that Aotearoa is seperate, just because of this clean and green image that is projected. It’s nice to have this concise source of information. Thank you endlessly!!!
Authority figures virtue signalling by bravely proclaiming such profound, controversial statements like "Racism is not welcome here" always sets something off in my mind lol. Imagine.
Thanks for your exposure Ed. I recommend viewing MILKED,which is an excellent documentary,made within New Zealand,about the devastating effects of the dairy industry,upon New Zealand's populace,land and water ways,as well as how corrupt,disingenuous and cruel the dairy industry is,backed by successive governments and embraced by the general population. It was devastating to watch,shocking...yet,MILKED also contained heartening examples of progressive change.
Thank you, Ed! Because of you I’m vegan for five months. My friends and family don’t understand and haven’t made it easy. Hopefully I can plant seeds and I want to help with activism. 🌱🐷🐮🐥🐝🐬🐠🦃🐑☮️
My family have been supportive Peg even though they are not vegan ( yet) I used to get really upset but now I try to love by Ed’s values and way of the Socratic method… have the data and reasons on hand and try to educate as opposed to change minds. I have bought Ed’s book which helps build my own knowledge for why I am now vegan for over a year.
7:47 Are those wounds caused by the cows biting each others backs? You can see bone! Thank you Ed and thank you Chris, this piece and MILKED are showing the truth behind all NZ's green washing.
It's chalk that is used to tell when the cows have been mounting each other as this is a sign that they are "ready" to be inseminated by the farmer. The bone is just the general thin condition of dairy cows :(
@@natalyaredmond5272 Thank you-I thought they were so jammed together they were biting each other. It's so terrible the nightmare we put these cows and their calves through.
@@natalyaredmond5272 Dairy cows aren't thin because they're malnourished they're thin because that's the breed standard. Do you think a cow who is malnourished and unhealthy would produce good milk?
🫶🏽 This video brings up so many thoughts and memories of a chicken vigil I sat in the first year I became vegan. The fact the New Zealand has the “higher” standard then the average country just makes knowing what happens on a daily basis all over the world unbearable. It’s so great that you have found a way to educate and enlighten people about how the label of the animals they eat is deceitful . No matter how good intentioned any farm, the problem persists and harms living, breathing, feeling beings.
Do feel ashamed same time living in nz. Food is so apart of people identity here. Those are more people are going vegan thank goodness. 8 year vegan now myself 🙃 that milked documentary Saddened me to the core 😭
Always looked towards New Zealand as an idyllic country to live in, and for other countries to strive towards. BUT. I had no idea of the scale of animal farming there and the atrocities that are being committed. Thank you for showing this and inspiring change!
Yea, it's actually horrible here. You take a one hour drive out of any city and all you see is hundred's of dairy cows. And speaking of exporting, we still do LIVE export! Jacinda said if elected she would abolish LIVE export, Instead the death ships get 3 years to 'phase out' In my vegan experience here, most people have this 'old school' way of looking at things. Vegans are ridiculed here, we have a huge rodeo Industry which I have never understand. We are not and never have been cowboys. Oh I could rant on. Dairy has destroyed our natural waterways and the land. The clean green image is a lie
@@Spiral_Out Isn't it 2 years to phase out live export? Anyway it's still horrendous in either case. At least veganism is starting to become more mainstream, I'm seeing increasing numbers of vegans and vegan places to eat and product lines, and there are some good support networks. But it does depend a lot on where you live, some parts of the country are very hostile and there's certainly a strong element of what you describe in the mainstream. Yes clean green is bullshit propaganda & marketing.
@Fibonacho Not really ,and if you haven't noticed vegan comments are hidden to a lot of them raising the question why they can't see their own comments, nice try though princess
Excellent video Ed - New Zealands image of being clean and green is a lie. Sadly over a long period dating back to the early European settlers the once beautiful landscape of NZ has been trashed and is still being exploited by the Ag industry. There needs to be a major overhaul of the way NZ operates if we are going to clean up our act, both morally and environmentally.
Another amazing production. Thank you so much to bring this information to the world and all of us. We need awarness to stop carnism and animal violence.
Big thanks Ed and Chris for exposing the falseness of New Zealand's 'clean green' marketing image. As a Kiwi vegan I am truly ashamed of how the unethical greed and scale of animal farming has turned New Zealand into a cruel, polluting, artery clogging, greenhouse gas factory instead of the organic plant-based paradise that it could be. I know which future I'd rather grow up in . . .
I learned a lot about the animal agriculture industry's in New Zealand. I didn't know about all the exports of animal flesh in New Zealand. I didn't know that New Zealand was the biggest exporter of dairy in the world. New Zealand does not have high welfare standards at all. New Zealands factory farms are just as horrific as the rest of them. Thank you for telling us about this Ed. The truth needs to be told about these horrible places. Keep up the great work Ed.
Ah man thank you so much for this. I am from New Zealand and the grip animal agriculture has on everyone is honestly unfathomable,,, yet nothing is being done and a lot of the time people forget about us when they’re discussing veganism and only really focus on the us or uk.
Hell yeah Ed! Kiwi Vegan here, nice to see this rank hypocrisy called out. It's embarrassing sometimes how unwilling our country is to take a moral stand or represent any real principles, our dependence on animal agriculture and international trade is a part of that weakness for sure.
The shot of the calf attempting to escape @ 12:23 has literally left me heartbroken. Anyone who can watch that and continue to consume dairy has no right to call themselves an animal lover
It was working on a dairy farm in NZ that made me go vegan. I realised that I loved the cows and therefore hated corraling them. The amount of land used was astounding. I would spend my days driving all over it dreaming of what was there before it was all pasture.
I'm from New Zealand, in a small horse and farm town in the north island. I went vegan 2 years ago then vegetarian, I really hope to go vegan again but holy f*ck! its so hard where i am, its probably like 0.1% of the population in my town thats meat free, its just such a meat eating country and town. once i move further up north to Auckland, there's way more vegan stores and options, and ill be able to finally go back to being vegan
Wherever there’s a will there’s a way :) maybe watch Joey carbstrongs milk make your own mind up. With conviction going vegan again will be a piece of cake.
As a kiwi vegan activist, I'm glad you've exposed this dark side to our country. Also cool to see my friend Chris and the milked documentary featured! Really well made video and I learnt a couple things.
Ironically, "The Lord of the Rings" was filmed in New Zealand because the U.K. didn't have sufficient Natural locations. The devastation of "Sauron" began from the "source" of INDUSTRY. Those of Us who Know, Know... Keep up the Good Effort, Ed! 🌎✌️🌱🎶
I think this vid needs a special shout out to ALL - they have a TH-cam channel and are a great intersectional vegan group run by indigenous vegans (who are still erased by non vegans in these debates over and over.)
I've lived in New Zealand my entire life, and have been vegan since 2015. Colonialism and the animal agriculture industry is astoundingly powerful here. I've felt frustrated for years about the insanely normalised animal cruelty which is literally the backbone of pākehā cultural identity. All our eggs are in one basket, and it feels utterly useless at times trying to challenge animal cruelty because without it, as our economy would collapse without a fundamental overhaul and transition to different exports. What's happening in China is horrendous. I didn't vote for Jacinda Ardern. I'm too left wing for our Labour party - the policies pander to swing voters who used to vote for National, before National became a literal joke post John Key's leadership (I'd argue it was a joke before that too, but anyway). In essence Labour does what every single other party in New Zealand does, ignoring the environmental and animal abuses of the animal ag industry in favour of the economy. She is not any more 'evil' than the leaders of our more conservative parties have far more regressive and harmful social beliefs, who also have done nothing meaningful to return stolen land, solve child poverty/our housing crisis or support mental health in order to lower our high suicide rates, who are racist and justify colonisation, who vocalise their support for conversion therapy, who are anti-abortion, who regularly bash those on the benefit, who have a vested interest in underfunding public necessities in order to create tax cuts that barely benefit the working class and only further line the pockets of landlords and businesses. I firmly do not agree with a lot of Jacinda Ardern's party's polices, but the opposition parties have never given a single f*ck about animals, the environment or social justice either. This video doesn't strike me as criticising her as a leader in particular, but as criticising our nation's status quo in general...but I guess I just wanted to say before I read the comments, that I do not tolerate the notion that she's an evil dictator, especially the idea that she's uniquely evil and her right wing oppositions are the answer. It's a rhetoric which is mainly fuelled by the anti-vax in our country who resent her for deciding to mandate vaccines in order to keep our nation out of our already crippled, overworked and understaffed hospitals and commendably keeping the worst of the virus out using lockdowns. Govt COVID management and its public communication here was messy and flawed like in every other country, and the unvaccinated needed more financial support after losing their jobs, but many of these folks were incredibly misogynistic and disgusting in their frustration and anger toward her. Some called for her execution at their recent four week occupation outside parliament which strained our public transport system, verbally abused school children and caused an entire university campus to shut down due to fears for student safety. They also lit a fire at the children's playground as a treat. I know that some of these protesters where vegans, cause vegans I personally know were there, shamelessly expressing their support for a movement rooted in individualist 'freedom', conspiracy theories and funded by those with alt-right sentiment. So yeah, our country is pretty fucked. I'm not okay with any of it.
As a kiwi there is nothing clean or green about NZ and we do nothing to keep that image up and no one seems to care 🤦🏻♀️ the price of dairy products here is ridiculous because we export it all, money talks and this government is destroying our country before our eyes
I live in NZ and yesterday the Green party (the farthest left party here) released their climate action plan and it as insanely disappointing. They didn't even mention animal agriculture and a whole lot of us are fuming. It's just so absurd to completely ignore the main contributor. I asked for clarification of their reasoning but haven't heard back yet :/
Excellent video as always, Ed! I especially love the style of these videos that you're doing. Very informative but also eye-catching as well! Keep it up!
Absolutely amazing, creators like ed and the team working behind the production are the real heroes, working so selflessly. With every video and debate you guys are making change, slowly but surely the change is happening. The love and kindness ed carry within his bones is what this world needs.
Great video. This is basically geopolitics, all the time. In geopolitics morality is only a tool to manipulate the population and its always on the service of whatever interest the state or the high ranking politicians pursue. This video is focused in the animal industry but the same principle can be applied for many situations in pretty much every country. And that's the nature of things really, I think is important for the average person to be aware that politicians in any state rarely ever care about the morals they say they defend (wich often morph with time for the sake of convenience) , and that even if they do care other interest will take precedence. Knowing that we can at least act in consequence and not be as easily manipulated, look more closely in search of the true objective behind goverment actions and try to make our own interest heard.
@@samanthafairley true. And the AM Show recently ambushed Chris Huriwai, co producer of Milked, live on air. They invited him for “an interview about the film”, then shot him down, shut him up and gave dairy nz spokes person the rest of the time with no opportunity for Chris to contribute any further. It can’t even be called journalism.
Please read the book "Becoming Vegan: The Complete Reference to Plant-Based Nutrition (Comprehensive Edition)" by Brenda Davis, RD and Vesanto Melina, MS RD for proper vegan nutrition guidance before becoming a vegan. Happy vegan journey!
please ignore the troll under your comment trying to upset you, that "vkb" user is under almost every vegan comment trolling, it's better to just ignore them and not give them any kind of answer. It's thanks to people like you that the world is changing, thank you for caring about voiceless victims and thank you for being you.
@@rondarkman. i'm not following you around, i'm just reading the comments and I see you under most of them, spamming rude comments trying to upset people. That's what a troll does. Have a nice day.
Wow. I loved the Milked film, but I did not realise this link. It's truly crazy what has become of New Zealand, and the colonialism that caused it all in the first place.
@Aaron Loos hey aaron 👋 I found you on Facebook. Just to make sure it's the profile with the brown dog and white snout? Along with the raccoon in the background? Maybe don't use your real name on TH-cam?
@@carnismiscancer2108 feeling threatened by him that you had to look him up. Carnism is rising and thriving and veganism is dying. Helpful tip, go carnivore you will feel better.
@Aaron Loos Why would attempt to troll online but use your real name? I'm generally curious. That's a really stupid thing to do. Even your carnivore friend will admit I'm right
Great production, team! Big ups to Karla, Ryuji and Ed. It's so refreshing to see issues, footage and studies from Aotearoa in this video- what a great resource for us! A pleasure to contribute to this amazing piece! Chris Huriwai
I'm a proud NZ'er BUT detest our treatment of animals here.....we are far from clean and green....our policies concerning animal welfare put profit over compassion and good farming practices... we're shameful. It's what drove me to becoming Vegan.... 💔
😥 I am vegan, year and a half now, and feel guilty for waiting so long to make this change. It was honestly the easiest thing I've ever done and I knew for 4 years that I had to do this. In that time I had a stroke and developed degenerative disk disease; both things that were directly tied to my consumption of dairy and animal fat. I would be much healthier now had I made the switch when my conscience screamed at me to. My health is improving daily now that my Saturated fat intake is minimal and cholesterol intake is basically zero. If you are reading this wondering if you should go vegan DO IT. I had a year long period as a vegetarian, but ultimately dairy and eggs are not worth the moral implications nor the negative health implications. Let me be a cautionary tale. My lifespan is likely a few years shorter because I waited when I knew better. I cant bend over normally to this day and my mental faculties never returned to normal either. Go vegan. It is better for you, the planet and the animals. There is no long term downside. Struggling to find restaurants in new cities and paying a few dollars more for clothes is an extremely small price to pay for increased lifespan, quality of life, and the guilt free existence of knowing you are not causing unnecessary death and suffering.
I turned 65 today -- May 17. I've been plant-based vegan for only 5 years. As you say it's the best decision to make for health, the animals (and the environment). I feel bad sometimes for waiting so long. Like you I have experienced a significant improvement in my health and my conscience is now clear. Even though I initially changed for my health, I'm now a full-on moral vegan. Never going back!
I share in that guilt James. I have to remind myself that I was indoctrinated like all of us were. That violence and objectification were normalised by our cultures. I love what you wrote man ✌️
@@mattbondcomposer I remember one night in particular my leg started tingling and went numb while I was asleep. I was vegetarian at the time but couldn't give up dairy. I remember the morbid realization that killing the baby cows for my dairy was killing me. And the second morbid realization that karmmically I would deserve it, because I was ending innocent lives unnecessarily. That my fate wasn't undeserved. It wasn't the last time I ate dairy but it was certainly a catalyst to that end. Cheese and yogurt were unbelievably hard for me to quit. It wasn't until I learned about quesomorphids that I committed absolutely to never eating them again, because it was apparent that I WAS addicted to cheese. Not figuratively but literally, that stuff is addictive. I don't have cravings anymore. I eat vegan cheese maybe once every few months and I think I prefer it now. I dont know because I'm never touching cheese again. I know I was addicted. Maybe not to the level of other opiates but I definitely was hooked. And it was killing me.
@@fpcoleman57 My dad never made it to 65. And I would not either if I continued down that path. My birthday is close to yours, I'm the 21st. Happy belated birthday. I got a couple decades to catch up to you.
NZ is dependent on the agricultural industry as their main income, so how can they be motivated to change? They aren't going to stop if there is no motivation to do so or practical solution. As a vegan, I'm all for pointing out these atrocities and problems, but we also need to work towards practical solutions. So what is the answer and how can those of us who don't live there help?
The answer is- you dont help who do not need it. We have some of the highest animal welfare in the world. Unlike overseas almost all of our farms are rural with happy animals We do not need help
Did you know that New Zealand’s animal farming industries are so powerful that they dictate the country’s foreign policy? Our latest Surge Media production exposes the interconnectedness between New Zealand’s animal farming and Jacinda Ardern’s reluctance to take a stand against the genocide of muslims in China.
This is the story of a country so crippled and weakened by its exploitation of animals, that even a genocide goes unchallenged because of the fear that it will disrupt the farming of animals. New Zealand is often portrayed as a picturesque and progressive country but under the green-washed narrative that New Zealand likes to present, there is a dark secret that needs to be unearthed.
I have to say, your message is a bit hazy. could you ask the author of your text what he really intended to say? I believe you are implying that the gun maker is guilty because the robber was murdered by a police officer during the crime?
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“Daily Milk Adolescence = +320% Prostate Cancer”. Peer review science 🧬.
“High Calcium = +297% Prostate Cancer”. Peer reviewed science 🧬.
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Heart attack pictures, fatty foods is animaIs cIogged arteries, hard arteries, PH 5, no fibre🧟♂️🦠🍔🥓🥩🍗🍳🧀... 🤮. Vegans don’t stink. PH 7 , plants have fibre ✅😉, vegans are peaceful, Peer review science. Actual pictures of the heart. th-cam.com/video/15wgYsToORM/w-d-xo.html !!! th-cam.com/video/pFPFnhfuLrE/w-d-xo.html Vegans don’t have this problem because that is the animals. Vegans don’t get clogged arteries, 4% cancer if you’re vegan. Meat based diet 51% death rate. That is extremely high for a frigging burger etc. Gorillas in the wild, have 1 percent cancer. And they never ever eat animals !!! Peer review science !!!!
TH-cam delicious vegan food. Time to change ✅❤️😉
. 6 hours !!!! 🔴🦌. 5 days or more sitting inside your stomach puuuu-trifying !!! No fibre if you eat animals in their secretions !!! Timelapse. th-cam.com/video/lmSrUvgWiqE/w-d-xo.html .... 🤢🤮.. That’s why I am vegan !!!! Your teeth are flat 😬. And your stomach is very very long, “combined length of the small and large intestines is at least 15 ft in length”. We are herbivores. The ape family. ✅❤️😬💪🦍 GorilIas never ever eat animals, they are huge !!! 98.6% the same as us !!! And I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and fitter on a plant based diet. Scientific fact !!!! Fat deposits clog the arteries, eating animals and their secretions. Deodorant mask the symptoms but the shoes and socks and armpits.. 🍳🍖🍔...🦠🧟♂️👕🧦🥾🤮...
@Hayvan Hakları Veganlıktır.🌱 Unfortunately Turkey became the land of bigots, very sad.
I have grown up in New Zealand my entire life, in a small rural town in the South Island. I went vegan a year and a half ago, and it was the best decision I've ever made. The animal agriculture industry (specifically dairy) here is beyond disgusting. It's borderline unbearable to go to school every day with 800 kids of dairy farmers. The way everybody is so ignorant to the blatant exploitation and cruelty is incredible, and I have been called delusional and stupid, even by my own father (who isn't a dairy farmer) just because I am the one abstaining from these things. I have lost friends because I'm vegan, even when I never mention it. Thank you so much for bringing light to the fact that NZ is not this beautiful oasis at the bottom of the world, yet a country where people take pride in our nature while simultaneously destroying it with these cruel and barbaric practices.
Omg, thank you all so much for the amazing and kind replies!! I got home today and couldn't stop smiling at everybody's support, and rereading the kindest words. The community on Ed's channel is just incredible and makes me so proud and solidified in my choice to go plant-based. Thank you all for the suggestions and I hope you all have the most incredible weeks :)
Show your father dominion.
Stay strong Amy, you're doing the right thing.
You are a legend Amy! Don't deviate. Show your Dad a brilliant little book by 4th generation Kiwi farmer turned vegan, James Wilson called Plant Paradigm. Its $20 on his website or I would be happy to send you a free copy!
I think a good way to open up a discussion with people dear to you is to frame it as understanding each other. If you love each other, wouldn't you want to know why someone thinks the way they do? If they are then open to see what you has made you think a certain way about this topic, then that's a good point where you could invite them to watch something like this or a documentary about the animal industry.
Not many vegans down your way Amy! I'm in Dunedin, there's a few of us here. But I feel like the further south you go, the worse it gets. Just.. generations of farming and indoctrination.
We live in a society where animal abuse has been so normalized and so trivialized to the point where animals aren't even considered victims.
stop pay for animals to get intentionally murdered for your vegan meals, before you talk about victims. do one better. go into the ocean and stop a dolphin from eating fish and shame them for eating food
@Aaron Loos Yes, they are.
animals make high quality food, not victims
They are commodities not victims
@@gilbertpillbrow6978 Q.E.D.
And this, my friends, is what happens when you value money over ethics and morality.
why do vegans still pay ppl to intentionally murder sentient beings for vegan food? you have no morals or ethnics, puppet
Sadly most welthy people are like that
@@ihavenoidea5845 *most people
Man-made? Sure. Relevant to the discussion? Not really.
@@lou__ley Yeah true...
As an animal rights activist from New Zealand, I thank you for sharing the TRUTH in this video!
Nz lamb is divine
please ignore the one-brain-cell troll under your comment trying to upset you and get a reaction out of you. They're just desperate and in denial and the only think they can resort to is harrassing vegans online. It's thanks to people like you that the world is changing, thank you for caring and thank you for being you.
@magnolia
Not trolling when its true, its ok animal are for our use its all good the like it
@@rondarkman. stop liking your own comments
@Radiodetective Wimerplant
I just liked them now which turned to 2 likes each so you were wrong very wrong, I will accept your apology now
Great production surge!
hey Joey, what's up?! could you stop gnawing the ear of that poor piglet? it looks kind of awful, you know.
@@v.a.n.e. pathetic attempt at joke, not funny. Leave Joey alone.
@@dominionthemovieisreality1181 party pooper
@@dominionthemovieisreality1181
Joey is a long-time friend of mine. we were having a great time until you pop up
My friend, please consider this issue from the animal's perspective. They are locked up their entire lives. We wouldn't want that for ourselves or our loved ones.
Ed is about to debate entire countries 1v1
and lose as always
@@person737 IKR. how can a limp wristed vegan fight an entire country 1vs1. i am now interested to see the population of NS, and estimate how long Ed would get curb stomped
@@person737 Garuda legends is a troll, I recognized him immediately.
As he should!
I am eating chicken
Epic job. Sadly, I believe most countries are run by animal agriculture. If you look into Brazil, where I live, you'll probably find that almost every politician is deeply involved with this horrible industry and all the dirt that comes with it. As Ed brilliantly said the other day, animal agriculture is a multifaceted beast, but it will fall apart.
That's why a boycott aka veganism is the only way to end it. If it's no longer profitable, these ghouls will have to start looking elsewhere.
im from argentina, and is the exact same story
What makes you sure it will fall apart?
animal agriculture is unsustainable - if we do not change before it’s too late we will be changed by the aftermath 🤷🏻♂️
oh and I hate to say it, but economics:
as soon as lab meat becomes cheaper, it will outcompete animal agriculture by far. artificially breeding animals, fattening them up, keeping them, killing & processing them is quite the effort.
83% of global agricultural land is (miss)used for animal agriculture, which in turn only supplied 18% of consumed calories.
It’s a pretty simple matter of efficiency: 20x more land per calorie than plant food.
Example: In a vegan world we’ll supply 1.6x times the calories and 1.2x the protein on 1/3 of the agricultural land today, leaving 2/3 to re-wild, re-purpose …
Same in hungary
I am from nz, and have witnessed the animal farming industry lie about human health issues, to make people believe that they need high amounts of red meat to be healthy. It's true that total disregard for animal rights often comes with a disregard for humanity too
but most people have access to the internet and could find out things for themselves. yes, the industry lies but don't forget that most people unfortunately gladly believe those lies because they don't want to change, be it for taste, habit or convenience. it's all very sad.....; that's why vegans must never stop educating others about the injustice we commit towards the animals, who are beautiful and most important, sentient beings.
I wish we had these videos when I was kid so I could be 25 years vegan instead of only 5.
Well done surge as usual 👏
I also wish I could’ve been vegan for 25 years…many animals’ lives would’ve been spared, and some of the people I personally know might still be alive and healthy today
@@vietnamd0820 that ain't no guarantee tho is it ? They could've still died
@@alexhardy4559 true
In high school we did “Spoken word” each year where you can write about anything you’d like and share it with the entire school. They allow almost all topics to be discussed, I can recall a girl speaking on being raped by her family, and another who had several abortions without anyone knowing, these were all in very descriptive detail and made people cry listening to the stories and poems. ONLY when I auditioned and wanted to share my piece I had written on slaughterhouses and animal agriculture and animal cruelty, they would not allow me to speak on stage. They told me they didn’t want to make people feel uncomfortable. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
Thank you for sharing.
Thats a shame.
Big difference between sharing harrowing personal human interest stories, about your own trauma you are working to overcome, versus standing on a stage talking about voilence, murder, "rape" etc that you've never been up close and personal with and have no real way of determining what is true and what is fabricated.
Honestly offensive to even compare the two. How would the girl who spoke about being raped feel having her experience compared to a cow being artificially inseminated for example? You don't know who might be sitting in that crowd, the majority of people don't take kindly to animal agriculture being compared to their own negative experiences.
Also did they really not want you to speak because it made people uncomfortable or was it based on your piece maybe not being at the same standard as other stories and/or them choosing more appropriate for the subject pieces over yours? not saying for sure just saying perhaps there was other reasons they didn't want to platform it.
@@magnetshowdotheywork “a cow being artificially inseminated”.. um you mean being raped by a human. 🤦♀️ I’m a poet & a realist. I know exactly what goes on. My piece was art and they didn’t want me to speak on something so “taboo” and stir their thoughts, it would put them in their place and give them perspective and shame. And thats exactly what they told me. Wouldn’t even let me finish 2 mins into my audition they cut me off to tell me that. This is what spoken word was made for.
As someone from nz i was surprised to see you do a video on here, thank you so much for this ed unfortunately the culture here is very bad and no one ever talks about our problems in fact we have one of the worst mental health in the world so seeing someone talk about one of our biggest issues (our contribution to the mass slaughter and climate effect ) is really good to see ^^
Watch Milked - White Lies in Dairy Land. Documentary by Chris Huriwai and Amy Taylor. th-cam.com/video/MCwpsMtmMhM/w-d-xo.html
Arden is seen a lot on the internet and speaking for myself, she is despised.
@@benton-benton only by anti vaxxers
I left New Zealand for better opportunities almost 20 years ago. I still describe economy there as 'cow rape and kiwifruit.' I'd say even your average New Zealanders is unawre of how brutal the dairy industry is to animals, although I think they're starting to get the environmental damage.
Because unlike you we actually visit New Zealand farms and talk to farmers and don't just listen to vegan extremists disinformation and propoganda
💯 most people are unaware
Thanks for highlighting what a fucked up economy we have in Aotearoa.
As a Kiwi, thank you so much for this. Chris Huriwai is becoming something of a local legend now too, even if all the farmers would probably rather him locked up or dead.
This was a very well-made video, Ed. As someone who has spent most of my life in NZ, I can confirm that animal farming is omnipresent. We are raised to believe it is a point of pride for our country. Many of my friends and immediately relatives have been employed in the dairy industry (mostly the one big name we all know) for their entire adult lives; I was very close to working for them myself. Animal Agriculture has grown to be the 'lifeblood' of our country. Our perspective is warped, so I welcome yours and anyone else's from the outside looking in. I've always appreciated how well-researched your videos are, Ed. They've certainly sparked many conversations over here in NZ.
Are you vegan?
So ashamed of my country. 😔 Our prime minister may as well be an employee of Fonterra. Thanks for making this video and bringing to light that our "clean, green, NZ" image is a complete facade.
The minister in charge of agriculture is an animal farmer, Damien O'Connor
Loved last time I was in nz bluff point oysters and nz lamb you guys have great food
@@rondarkman. conscience talking?- The last time i beat up a child it felt great!
But you've never been to nz
@Humanity is committing an Animal Holocaust
Yeah ok
Have been vegan for 10ish years and still, everytime I see animal abuse, it’s as if I lose all hope all over again like the first time when watching Earthlings. This world is too cruel.
Been vegan for only 2+ years and I STILL don't have the courage to watch Earthlings. Everytime I watch that kind of imagery I cry and I lose all hope, it's truly disheartening. I can't belive human beings torture, abuse and exploit living sentient beings like this. Sometimes I truly feels like a lost cause.
@@NeneChan203 I feel you! ((I watched it at the beginning of my journey when I found it hard to stay vegan due to social pressure/exclusion (at first I went raw vegan for health (and it helped me tonnes), although I was very aware of the cruelty of non-vegan diets and practices in other industries that profit off of animals), so I made myself watch the entire movie to really "absorb" the images/the message and remind myself and know why I am doing this; to recommit. If you are already vegan for 2+ years and have no problems staying vegan, I don't think you need to torture yourself with those images.))
@@drsalka Thank you for sharing your experience with me. 💚🌱 Yes I'm 100% committed to staying vegan my whole life with absolutely no doubt. My only regret is not going vegan any earlier. Sometimes it feels so hopeless, it's just so nice to see like-minded people who share the same love and compassion towards animals, nature and the planet. Thank you for being part of this, despite societal pressure 💚🌱 You're definitely making a difference 💚🌎🌱
@ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤٴ What we do to animals is in no way a natural ecosystem lol. Don’t appeal to nature when the production of our animal products is so disconnected.
Indeed the world is cruel, and it has never been different. The cruelty has now expanded to humankind and that is even worse, though certainly not exclusive...
Thank you so much for doing this video on Aotearoa. As a vegan kiwi, when discussing veganism and animal exploitation with people I know here - they agree, but tend to discuss that Aotearoa is seperate, just because of this clean and green image that is projected.
It’s nice to have this concise source of information. Thank you endlessly!!!
Knew there was something behind that facade of innocence.
wait till you hear about the treatment of the maori
There always is lol.
Authority figures virtue signalling by bravely proclaiming such profound, controversial statements like "Racism is not welcome here" always sets something off in my mind lol. Imagine.
@@Indrave_2274 When they start openly relishing the idea of creating a "two tiered society" it sets off a few alarm bells for me too.
So much suffering and death for needless products. These industries can't die soon enough.
Thanks for your exposure Ed. I recommend viewing MILKED,which is an excellent documentary,made within New Zealand,about the devastating effects of the dairy industry,upon New Zealand's populace,land and water ways,as well as how corrupt,disingenuous and cruel the dairy industry is,backed by successive governments and embraced by the general population. It was devastating to watch,shocking...yet,MILKED also contained heartening examples of progressive change.
Thank you Ed! I've been vegan for 20 months now, thanks to you and Joey! I love you 👏👍🙏♥️♥️♥️
👏👏👏👏
@@dawnhomer3951 Thank you 👍😀♥️
@Anthony Yes they do! Thanks 👍😊
awesome, way to go!
@@shro_okee Thank you!😁👍👏
One Struggle, One Fight! Human Freedom, Animal Rights!
Thank you, Ed! Because of you I’m vegan for five months. My friends and family don’t understand and haven’t made it easy. Hopefully I can plant seeds and I want to help with activism. 🌱🐷🐮🐥🐝🐬🐠🦃🐑☮️
Well done lovely. You are amazing. 👏🌱
what was the purpose of it, Peg? while it is true that you are in your prime years, do you really want to waste them?
@@dawnhomer3951 Thank you so much! 🦋💚
My family have been supportive Peg even though they are not vegan ( yet) I used to get really upset but now I try to love by Ed’s values and way of the Socratic method… have the data and reasons on hand and try to educate as opposed to change minds. I have bought Ed’s book which helps build my own knowledge for why I am now vegan for over a year.
These videos should be on the news.. everywhere..Thank you Surge for opening our eyes 🙏💚
Thank you for raising awareness Ed
7:47 Are those wounds caused by the cows biting each others backs? You can see bone! Thank you Ed and thank you Chris, this piece and MILKED are showing the truth behind all NZ's green washing.
It's chalk that is used to tell when the cows have been mounting each other as this is a sign that they are "ready" to be inseminated by the farmer. The bone is just the general thin condition of dairy cows :(
@@natalyaredmond5272 Thank you-I thought they were so jammed together they were biting each other. It's so terrible the nightmare we put these cows and their calves through.
@@lakehuron7733 non-vegans put them through it, not vegans
@@natalyaredmond5272 Dairy cows aren't thin because they're malnourished they're thin because that's the breed standard.
Do you think a cow who is malnourished and unhealthy would produce good milk?
Everyone go and support The Victim’s Perspective TH-cam channel, he’s a great animal rights activist from New Zealand
Done
He has great style as well. Very well spoken guy.
Agreed
Thanks for the tip. 😃
"As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love."
- PYTHAGORAS
Gonna tell my kids to say this when their teacher asks them the Pythagorean Theorem
@Aaron Loos OK I'll bear that in mind next time I have to work out the dimensions of a triangle.
Your work is really valuable Ed. Thank you.
Lol
🫶🏽 This video brings up so many thoughts and memories of a chicken vigil I sat in the first year I became vegan. The fact the New Zealand has the “higher” standard then the average country just makes knowing what happens on a daily basis all over the world unbearable. It’s so great that you have found a way to educate and enlighten people about how the label of the animals they eat is deceitful . No matter how good intentioned any farm, the problem persists and harms living, breathing, feeling beings.
Do feel ashamed same time living in nz. Food is so apart of people identity here. Those are more people are going vegan thank goodness. 8 year vegan now myself 🙃 that milked documentary Saddened me to the core 😭
Same… no words for that.
So proud of the work you do Ed, and your team at Surge! Thank you for your advocacy for those who need it.
Always looked towards New Zealand as an idyllic country to live in, and for other countries to strive towards. BUT. I had no idea of the scale of animal farming there and the atrocities that are being committed. Thank you for showing this and inspiring change!
Yea, it's actually horrible here. You take a one hour drive out of any city and all you see is hundred's of dairy cows. And speaking of exporting, we still do LIVE export! Jacinda said if elected she would abolish LIVE export, Instead the death ships get 3 years to 'phase out'
In my vegan experience here, most people have this 'old school' way of looking at things. Vegans are ridiculed here, we have a huge rodeo Industry which I have never understand. We are not and never have been cowboys.
Oh I could rant on. Dairy has destroyed our natural waterways and the land. The clean green image is a lie
@@Spiral_Out Isn't it 2 years to phase out live export? Anyway it's still horrendous in either case.
At least veganism is starting to become more mainstream, I'm seeing increasing numbers of vegans and vegan places to eat and product lines, and there are some good support networks. But it does depend a lot on where you live, some parts of the country are very hostile and there's certainly a strong element of what you describe in the mainstream. Yes clean green is bullshit propaganda & marketing.
Nz lamb is delicious, bluff point oysters, I often travel there for food alone
@Fibonacho
Not really ,and if you haven't noticed vegan comments are hidden to a lot of them raising the question why they can't see their own comments, nice try though princess
Excellent video Ed - New Zealands image of being clean and green is a lie. Sadly over a long period dating back to the early European settlers the once beautiful landscape of NZ has been trashed and is still being exploited by the Ag industry. There needs to be a major overhaul of the way NZ operates if we are going to clean up our act, both morally and environmentally.
Thanks Bob.
Thanks!
I’m only 2 minutes in but OMG THE QUALITY OF THIS VIDEO IS INSANE!!! Please someone give him a show on Netflix.
How about we share this video on all the social media pages run by the New Zealand government? Just linking this on the comment sections.
Another amazing production. Thank you so much to bring this information to the world and all of us. We need awarness to stop carnism and animal violence.
Big thanks Ed and Chris for exposing the falseness of New Zealand's 'clean green' marketing image. As a Kiwi vegan I am truly ashamed of how the unethical greed and scale of animal farming has turned New Zealand into a cruel, polluting, artery clogging, greenhouse gas factory instead of the organic plant-based paradise that it could be. I know which future I'd rather grow up in . . .
This video is so visual pleasing and so informative. Well researched. Thank you for educating us for free.
New Zealand has a lot to answer for...
I learned a lot about the animal agriculture industry's in New Zealand. I didn't know about all the exports of animal flesh in New Zealand. I didn't know that New Zealand was the biggest exporter of dairy in the world. New Zealand does not have high welfare standards at all. New Zealands factory farms are just as horrific as the rest of them. Thank you for telling us about this Ed. The truth needs to be told about these horrible places. Keep up the great work Ed.
Ah man thank you so much for this. I am from New Zealand and the grip animal agriculture has on everyone is honestly unfathomable,,, yet nothing is being done and a lot of the time people forget about us when they’re discussing veganism and only really focus on the us or uk.
Sending love to NZ! Thank you for being on the right side of its history.
Hell yeah Ed! Kiwi Vegan here, nice to see this rank hypocrisy called out. It's embarrassing sometimes how unwilling our country is to take a moral stand or represent any real principles, our dependence on animal agriculture and international trade is a part of that weakness for sure.
The shot of the calf attempting to escape @ 12:23 has literally left me heartbroken. Anyone who can watch that and continue to consume dairy has no right to call themselves an animal lover
It was working on a dairy farm in NZ that made me go vegan. I realised that I loved the cows and therefore hated corraling them. The amount of land used was astounding. I would spend my days driving all over it dreaming of what was there before it was all pasture.
Great production ed&team!
Thank you Ed for your research work 🙏🏽💚
I'm from New Zealand, in a small horse and farm town in the north island. I went vegan 2 years ago then vegetarian, I really hope to go vegan again but holy f*ck! its so hard where i am, its probably like 0.1% of the population in my town thats meat free, its just such a meat eating country and town. once i move further up north to Auckland, there's way more vegan stores and options, and ill be able to finally go back to being vegan
Wherever there’s a will there’s a way :) maybe watch Joey carbstrongs milk make your own mind up. With conviction going vegan again will be a piece of cake.
@@ianthai123 i love joey too, but rn its just super hard (im 16 too lol)
Breaks my heart every day .... Thank you for documenting it so clearly.
Try meat might toughen you up
As a kiwi vegan activist, I'm glad you've exposed this dark side to our country. Also cool to see my friend Chris and the milked documentary featured! Really well made video and I learnt a couple things.
Great video. Thank you.
Love you, Ed. You're the best
Animals, they are us.
tell that to a tiger or a shark
@@GarudaLegends we literally are animals dude
Animals are our food
@@ARKSURVIVOR879 please go tell that to a tiger in the jungle or a shark in the ocean. let me know how that works out.
@@rondarkman. so we eat each other?
Yep as a Kiwi and a recent vegan, this is shamefully horrendous. 100% Pure…Cruelty
Congratulations and well done on a very brave, bold and courageous expose
Kiwi vegan here thanks to yourself Ed, and also Alex O'connor. Keep up the amazing work.
Ironically, "The Lord of the Rings" was filmed in New Zealand because the U.K. didn't have sufficient Natural locations. The devastation of "Sauron" began from the "source" of INDUSTRY. Those of Us who Know, Know... Keep up the Good Effort, Ed!
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That's is a super necessary video. We need to talk about this.
I think this vid needs a special shout out to ALL - they have a TH-cam channel and are a great intersectional vegan group run by indigenous vegans (who are still erased by non vegans in these debates over and over.)
I've lived in New Zealand my entire life, and have been vegan since 2015. Colonialism and the animal agriculture industry is astoundingly powerful here. I've felt frustrated for years about the insanely normalised animal cruelty which is literally the backbone of pākehā cultural identity. All our eggs are in one basket, and it feels utterly useless at times trying to challenge animal cruelty because without it, as our economy would collapse without a fundamental overhaul and transition to different exports.
What's happening in China is horrendous. I didn't vote for Jacinda Ardern. I'm too left wing for our Labour party - the policies pander to swing voters who used to vote for National, before National became a literal joke post John Key's leadership (I'd argue it was a joke before that too, but anyway). In essence Labour does what every single other party in New Zealand does, ignoring the environmental and animal abuses of the animal ag industry in favour of the economy. She is not any more 'evil' than the leaders of our more conservative parties have far more regressive and harmful social beliefs, who also have done nothing meaningful to return stolen land, solve child poverty/our housing crisis or support mental health in order to lower our high suicide rates, who are racist and justify colonisation, who vocalise their support for conversion therapy, who are anti-abortion, who regularly bash those on the benefit, who have a vested interest in underfunding public necessities in order to create tax cuts that barely benefit the working class and only further line the pockets of landlords and businesses.
I firmly do not agree with a lot of Jacinda Ardern's party's polices, but the opposition parties have never given a single f*ck about animals, the environment or social justice either. This video doesn't strike me as criticising her as a leader in particular, but as criticising our nation's status quo in general...but I guess I just wanted to say before I read the comments, that I do not tolerate the notion that she's an evil dictator, especially the idea that she's uniquely evil and her right wing oppositions are the answer. It's a rhetoric which is mainly fuelled by the anti-vax in our country who resent her for deciding to mandate vaccines in order to keep our nation out of our already crippled, overworked and understaffed hospitals and commendably keeping the worst of the virus out using lockdowns. Govt COVID management and its public communication here was messy and flawed like in every other country, and the unvaccinated needed more financial support after losing their jobs, but many of these folks were incredibly misogynistic and disgusting in their frustration and anger toward her. Some called for her execution at their recent four week occupation outside parliament which strained our public transport system, verbally abused school children and caused an entire university campus to shut down due to fears for student safety. They also lit a fire at the children's playground as a treat. I know that some of these protesters where vegans, cause vegans I personally know were there, shamelessly expressing their support for a movement rooted in individualist 'freedom', conspiracy theories and funded by those with alt-right sentiment.
So yeah, our country is pretty fucked. I'm not okay with any of it.
Keep up the good work ed
P.S come to NZ Ed! Plenty of us activists would host you, and to see you debate with NZ farmers would be like dying and going to heaven!
Will be over nz by years end for superior nz lamb
As a kiwi there is nothing clean or green about NZ and we do nothing to keep that image up and no one seems to care 🤦🏻♀️ the price of dairy products here is ridiculous because we export it all, money talks and this government is destroying our country before our eyes
Great work!
A truly fantastic video.
I live in NZ and yesterday the Green party (the farthest left party here) released their climate action plan and it as insanely disappointing. They didn't even mention animal agriculture and a whole lot of us are fuming. It's just so absurd to completely ignore the main contributor. I asked for clarification of their reasoning but haven't heard back yet :/
Have been listening to James Shaw on RNZ,seems like greens defending cows everywhere,he is sick trailer to the environment
Excellent video as always, Ed! I especially love the style of these videos that you're doing. Very informative but also eye-catching as well! Keep it up!
I live in NZ. This sums it up perfectly.
Great video!
Absolutely amazing, creators like ed and the team working behind the production are the real heroes, working so selflessly. With every video and debate you guys are making change, slowly but surely the change is happening. The love and kindness ed carry within his bones is what this world needs.
Great video. This is basically geopolitics, all the time. In geopolitics morality is only a tool to manipulate the population and its always on the service of whatever interest the state or the high ranking politicians pursue. This video is focused in the animal industry but the same principle can be applied for many situations in pretty much every country. And that's the nature of things really, I think is important for the average person to be aware that politicians in any state rarely ever care about the morals they say they defend (wich often morph with time for the sake of convenience) , and that even if they do care other interest will take precedence. Knowing that we can at least act in consequence and not be as easily manipulated, look more closely in search of the true objective behind goverment actions and try to make our own interest heard.
Excellent video and research!! As always!!!
Wow thanks for making it. How can we send this to every NZ media outlet?
Can you imagine the response? New Zealand journalism is a joke, not a single critical thought given sadly, just perpetuate the status quo.
@@richardw7010 , yes I don’t watch any NZ news. I listen to a bit of RNZ, but the rest of it melts my brain it’s so idiotic
Sadly tvnz is influenced by beef and lamb nz, as well as Frontera. When the nz documentary Milked was made, tvnz refused to give it air time...
@@samanthafairley true. And the AM Show recently ambushed Chris Huriwai, co producer of Milked, live on air. They invited him for “an interview about the film”, then shot him down, shut him up and gave dairy nz spokes person the rest of the time with no opportunity for Chris to contribute any further. It can’t even be called journalism.
Please read the book "Becoming Vegan: The Complete Reference to Plant-Based Nutrition (Comprehensive Edition)" by Brenda Davis, RD and Vesanto Melina, MS RD for proper vegan nutrition guidance before becoming a vegan. Happy vegan journey!
no thanks. they are clearly suffering from health issues
Very informative and helpful book, definitely recommend.
Thank you so much for bringing this up! I always was very fond of NZ but this just changed drastically....
Wow these videos are excellently done!
I would love if you talked about Australia some day too!
We have great food to share with the world kangaroo, camel,crocodile, wild pig it needs to be on the world map
As per usual, an absolutely atrocious disgusting display by humanity. In this case, animal "farmers".
Meh animals are food get used to it
please ignore the troll under your comment trying to upset you, that "vkb" user is under almost every vegan comment trolling, it's better to just ignore them and not give them any kind of answer.
It's thanks to people like you that the world is changing, thank you for caring about voiceless victims and thank you for being you.
@magnolia
Telling someone to ignore me whilst you follow me round like a bad smell .
Ok makes sense
@@rondarkman. i'm not following you around, i'm just reading the comments and I see you under most of them, spamming rude comments trying to upset people. That's what a troll does. Have a nice day.
@@NeneChan203 No problem aha I've always been logical to a fault
Thank you Ed and the whole Surge team for making this
Wow. I loved the Milked film, but I did not realise this link. It's truly crazy what has become of New Zealand, and the colonialism that caused it all in the first place.
Extremely important video. Thanks for your work!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THIS
Very nice video thanks
Yesss, thank you.
Incredible work Ed, keep it up!
Amazing work as always Ed and the surge team.
Violence breeds violence, compassion breeds compassion!
Thanks for making this ed.
Everybody wants to talk about how veganism is colonial but never want to look at the status quo and how that is a human rights disaster
Veganism is rising and thriving while carnism is trying and dying!
@Aaron Loos hey aaron 👋 I found you on Facebook. Just to make sure it's the profile with the brown dog and white snout? Along with the raccoon in the background? Maybe don't use your real name on TH-cam?
@@carnismiscancer2108 feeling threatened by him that you had to look him up. Carnism is rising and thriving and veganism is dying. Helpful tip, go carnivore you will feel better.
@Aaron Loos Contact them and provide ID, they'll remove it.
@Aaron Loos Why would attempt to troll online but use your real name? I'm generally curious. That's a really stupid thing to do. Even your carnivore friend will admit I'm right
Thank you Ed! You're doing god's work.
Yes, and he will be well thanked for it in the afterlife.
@Dominion TheMovie is Reality lol
@@rondarkman. were you dropped in the head as a child or something? Or your mother fell down the stairs on accident?
Great production, team! Big ups to Karla, Ryuji and Ed.
It's so refreshing to see issues, footage and studies from Aotearoa in this video- what a great resource for us!
A pleasure to contribute to this amazing piece!
Chris Huriwai
Thank you Chris!
@@breninaotearoa4152 :)
Thank you Ed for bring awareness to the Uyghurs Muslims facing such atrocities and connecting the dots
I'm a proud NZ'er BUT detest our treatment of animals here.....we are far from clean and green....our policies concerning animal welfare put profit over compassion and good farming practices... we're shameful. It's what drove me to becoming Vegan.... 💔
😥 I am vegan, year and a half now, and feel guilty for waiting so long to make this change. It was honestly the easiest thing I've ever done and I knew for 4 years that I had to do this. In that time I had a stroke and developed degenerative disk disease; both things that were directly tied to my consumption of dairy and animal fat.
I would be much healthier now had I made the switch when my conscience screamed at me to.
My health is improving daily now that my Saturated fat intake is minimal and cholesterol intake is basically zero.
If you are reading this wondering if you should go vegan DO IT. I had a year long period as a vegetarian, but ultimately dairy and eggs are not worth the moral implications nor the negative health implications.
Let me be a cautionary tale. My lifespan is likely a few years shorter because I waited when I knew better. I cant bend over normally to this day and my mental faculties never returned to normal either.
Go vegan. It is better for you, the planet and the animals. There is no long term downside. Struggling to find restaurants in new cities and paying a few dollars more for clothes is an extremely small price to pay for increased lifespan, quality of life, and the guilt free existence of knowing you are not causing unnecessary death and suffering.
I turned 65 today -- May 17.
I've been plant-based vegan for only 5 years. As you say it's the best decision to make for health, the animals (and the environment).
I feel bad sometimes for waiting so long. Like you I have experienced a significant improvement in my health and my conscience is now clear. Even though I initially changed for my health, I'm now a full-on moral vegan. Never going back!
I share in that guilt James. I have to remind myself that I was indoctrinated like all of us were. That violence and objectification were normalised by our cultures. I love what you wrote man ✌️
@@mattbondcomposer
Second that!
@@mattbondcomposer I remember one night in particular my leg started tingling and went numb while I was asleep. I was vegetarian at the time but couldn't give up dairy. I remember the morbid realization that killing the baby cows for my dairy was killing me. And the second morbid realization that karmmically I would deserve it, because I was ending innocent lives unnecessarily. That my fate wasn't undeserved. It wasn't the last time I ate dairy but it was certainly a catalyst to that end.
Cheese and yogurt were unbelievably hard for me to quit. It wasn't until I learned about quesomorphids that I committed absolutely to never eating them again, because it was apparent that I WAS addicted to cheese. Not figuratively but literally, that stuff is addictive. I don't have cravings anymore. I eat vegan cheese maybe once every few months and I think I prefer it now. I dont know because I'm never touching cheese again. I know I was addicted. Maybe not to the level of other opiates but I definitely was hooked. And it was killing me.
@@fpcoleman57 My dad never made it to 65. And I would not either if I continued down that path. My birthday is close to yours, I'm the 21st. Happy belated birthday. I got a couple decades to catch up to you.
NZ is dependent on the agricultural industry as their main income, so how can they be motivated to change? They aren't going to stop if there is no motivation to do so or practical solution. As a vegan, I'm all for pointing out these atrocities and problems, but we also need to work towards practical solutions. So what is the answer and how can those of us who don't live there help?
The answer is- you dont help who do not need it. We have some of the highest animal welfare in the world. Unlike overseas almost all of our farms are rural with happy animals
We do not need help
What a greatly made video! Amazing job Ed!