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Ice cream export boom drives industry growth
Primary Sector

Ice cream export boom drives industry growth

NZ ice cream exports could grow fivefold in the coming years, one analyst said.

Gregor Thompson 20 Sep 2024
A2 gave Synlait lifeline but its future is elsewhere
Primary Sector Analysis

A2 gave Synlait lifeline but its future is elsewhere

For a2 to deliver on its plans, it needs to break Synlait's China label stranglehold.

The man leading Synlait Milk’s recovery
Primary Sector

The man leading Synlait Milk’s recovery

George Adams says he's quite happy to have a beer with co-founder John Penno.

Riley Kennedy 19 Sep 2024
'Watershed' $217m Synlait vote passes
Primary Sector

'Watershed' $217m Synlait vote passes

Minority shareholders take their lumps as Bright Dairy takes more than 65% of dairy firm.



Riley Kennedy
Riley Kennedy

Journalist

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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