Primary Sector
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Primary Sector
Energy costs driving business closures
Central North Island sawmill closing for two weeks as high energy costs bite.
Primary Sector
Fonterra chair Peter McBride wants another three years on co-op's board
John Nicholls is also standing again but Leonie Guiney is standing down.
Primary Sector
New chair for Pāmu
John Rae has been appointed chair of Landcorp Farming, which trades as Pāmu.
Primary Sector
Foresta cashflow crisis led to removal of managing director
The board has moved to stop the appointment of directors it says are unqualified.
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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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