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Waiū Dairy’s Crown loan adjusted after ‘various setbacks’
Primary Sector

Waiū Dairy’s Crown loan adjusted after ‘various setbacks’

It received a $4.9m loan under the PGF to set up a butter-processing facility.

Riley Kennedy 03 Sep 2024
Former HortNZ CEO joins Scales Corp as chief risk officer
Primary Sector

Former HortNZ CEO joins Scales Corp as chief risk officer

The busy executive has been keen to restore her work-life balance.

Riley Kennedy 02 Sep 2024


Riley Kennedy
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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