30 Mar 2020

Call For halal butcher's to be classed an essential service

From Afternoons, 1:39 pm on 30 March 2020

1:40 Call for Halal butcher's to be classed an essential service

Some Muslims in New Zealand are struggling to access Halal meat, because halal butchers have not been classed as an essential service under the Government's lockdown restrictions.  

The Government has said that the businesses and services classed as essential may change during the shutdown period. We speak to Guled Mire who is a Muslim community advocate

A picture taken on March 15, 2012 in the French northern city of Hazebrouck, shows the Halal meat produce section of a Carrefour supermarket.

Photo: AFP