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Farming investor Dairy Farms NZ posts $2.4m loss

Farming investor Dairy Farms NZ posts $2.4m loss

The company's seven farms across the South Island are going on the market.

Riley Kennedy 11 Sep 2024
Ravensdown sells central NI lime operation to Palmers Resources
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Ravensdown sells central NI lime operation to Palmers Resources

The fertiliser co-operative is also closing one of its Northland quarries.

Riley Kennedy 11 Sep 2024
Peter Nation to step down as CEO of NZ National Fieldays Society
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Peter Nation to step down as CEO of NZ National Fieldays Society

New Zealand National Fieldays Society CEO Peter Nation is stepping down on Dec 20.The society owns and operates the 114 hectares of Hamilton's Mystery Creek Events Centre and the Fieldays event.“I have made the decision to step aside so I can pursue more personal interests an...

Staff reporters 10 Sep 2024


Riley Kennedy
Riley Kennedy

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Riley won the Dairy NZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024. He was the New Zealand Shareholders Association emerging journalist of the year in 2022.  His journalism experience includes more than a year as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times. He has a diploma in journalism from Wintec. 

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