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NZ King Salmon shuts down sale rumours
Markets

NZ King Salmon shuts down sale rumours

The salmon farmer scotched rumours in Australian media it's up for sale.

Staff reporters 30 Jun 2022
Nestlé subsidiary to buy NZ group
Health

Nestlé subsidiary to buy NZ group

Swiss-based Nestlé Health Science will take full control of a New Zealand manufacturer of honey and health supplements, subject to overseas investment office approval. 

Greg Hurrell 30 Jun 2022
Govt signs off on treating Fonterra fund investors badly
Markets

Jenny Ruth: Govt signs off on treating Fonterra fund investors badly

Agriculture minister Damien O’Connor has acknowledged the fund investors may feel “unfairly prejudiced” and failure to buy them out could hurt NZ’s investment climate.

Jenny Ruth 29 Jun 2022
Seeka sets its sights on being carbon neutral

Seeka sets its sights on being carbon neutral

Seeka is benchmarking intensity-based performance indicators to capture efficiency gains as the business grows.

Rebecca Howard 28 Jun 2022


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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