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Mind the productivity gap: commission launches 'helicopter' review
Primary Sector

Mind the productivity gap: commission launches 'helicopter' review

A year after the commission's final report into frontier businesses, the Labour government wants a report card on progress. 

Brent Melville 03 Nov 2022
A2 Milk gets green light to export to the US
Primary Sector

A2 Milk gets green light to export to the US

The US Food and Drug Administration says A2 Milk can now sell infant milk formula products into the United States. 

Rebecca Howard 03 Nov 2022
Waste not, want not: food giants tackle waste
Primary Sector

Waste not, want not: food giants tackle waste

New Zealand's largest food businesses have signed a voluntary commitment to reduce food waste.

Oliver Lewis 02 Nov 2022
A2 Milk goes after competitor for stealing A2 brand
Primary Sector

A2 Milk goes after competitor for stealing A2 brand

The NZ premium-branded dairy nutritional company wants a permanent injunction and damages. 

Rebecca Howard 02 Nov 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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