Kylie Harvey, a baker who owns Khaos Cakery, is having trouble getting enough eggs for her creations and can't make pavlova, a popular dish that requires egg whites.
The Egg Producers Federation of New Zealand says more than 75% of its members have had to change their farming methods or leave the industry since 2012 when the government announced its intentions to ban eggs from battery-caged hens.
Mr Books says many farmers shifted to "colony" egg production, which gives birds bigger cages but in 2019, the two supermarket chains announced they would no longer sell eggs from colony cage system from 2025/2026, leaving farmers in disarray.