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NZ mines help OceanaGold surpass $1.5b in sales

NZ mines help OceanaGold surpass $1.5b in sales

The country's biggest gold miner has achieved record annual revenues.

Brent Melville 22 Feb 2023
$25m available to help farmers and growers clean up
News in Brief

$25m available to help farmers and growers clean up

The government has announced how it will allocate initial emergency funding to assist farmers and growers hit by Cyclone Gabrielle.It's setting aside $25 million out of the $50m support package announced earlier this week.This includes:  Grants for growers of $2,000 per hecta...

Staff reporters 22 Feb 2023
Revenue rises, profit slips in PGG Wrightson's first half
Finance

Revenue rises, profit slips in PGG Wrightson's first half

The company reported a net profit of $21.2m for the six-month period to Dec 31.

Riley Kennedy 21 Feb 2023
It's not just about China for A2 Milk

It's not just about China for A2 Milk

Investors are interested in whether the company has made inroads in the US.

Rebecca Howard 21 Feb 2023


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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