Shannon PitmanOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Whangārei·NZ Herald·21 Jun, 2026 04:00 AM4 mins to read‌The Ruakākā property was registered as a property holding cattle, which was incorrect. Photo / GoogleA recent court case has exposed weaknesses in New Zealand’s national cattle-tracing system after thousands of animals were recorded as being held on a suburban lifestyle block that never housed a single beast.

While prosecutors argued false information had been entered into the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) system,