26.11.2010

Authorities had forbidden kosher slaughter, saying method of not stunning livestock before their slaughter is inhumane.

New Zealand lifted a ban on Jewish slaughter of poultry, reaching a deal that allowed the practice of kosher slaughter to resume there on a limited scale after a prohibition was put in place last May.
The local government dropped its objections to the practice only two days before it was scheduled to be debated in court, where a judge would have determined whether or not the ban was an infringement on religious rights. A ban on the preparation of kosher mutton and beef remains in effect, but is being negotiated.