Your Homekill meat can only consumed by you as the animal's owner, your family, your household, and any farm workers employed in an ongoing manner in the farm's daily operations and their family and household. Homekill can be served on a marae for traditional activities within iwi or hapu. If there is any element of trade, commercially processed meat must be used.

You cannot serve homekill meat to paying customers, (for example to guest at bet and breakfast or lodges), or barter, raffle or donate the meat for use as a prize or as a fundraiser. Homekill cannot be used by schools, universities, hospitals or prisons.

There are significant penalties on conviction for breaching the rules: Individuals face fines of up to $100,000 and two years imprisonment, and corporations face fines of up to $500,000.