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NZ King Salmon books a $1.9m annual net profit
Primary Sector

NZ King Salmon books a $1.9m annual net profit

New Zealand King Salmon is forecasting pro-form Ebitda between $21m and $25m for the current year.

Staff reporters 29 Mar 2023
Log prices up, but local market 'oversupplied'
Primary Sector

Log prices up, but local market 'oversupplied'

New Zealand is now facing an oversupply of structural wood in the construction sector after the pandemic panic buying.

Staff reporters 28 Mar 2023
Fonterra's new capital structure launches
Primary Sector

Fonterra's new capital structure launches

One farming operation that won’t be selling down is Trinity Lands, whose chief executive officer is Fonterra chair, Peter McBride.

Rebecca Howard 28 Mar 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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