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Primary Sector
Fonterra divestment ‘not about waving the white flag’
Fonterra seeks strong support for divestment, but Hurrell denies white flags on brands.
Primary Sector
Kiwifruit record: Zespri achieves $5b sales milestone
Zespri sold a record 220.9 million trays of kiwifruit in 2024-25.
Primary Sector
Record gold prices boon for scrap buyers
New Zealanders are looking for money to be made in their jewellery drawers.
Primary Sector
Wine sector has harvest windfall, faces pricing pressures
The harvest jumped as much as 39% compared with the prior season.
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Riley Kennedy
Senior Journalist
Riley Kennedy joined BusinessDesk in 2022 and covers New Zealand’s primary sector, with a focus on the country’s agribusinesses and the broader food and fibre economy. He won the DairyNZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024, and was named Emerging Journalist of the Year by the New Zealand Shareholders Association in 2022. Riley previously worked as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times and holds a diploma in journalism from Wintec.
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