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NZ dairy farmer looks to head up world body
Primary Sector

NZ dairy farmer looks to head up world body

Katie Milne is standing for election as president of the World Farmers' Organisation at the upcoming general assembly in Budapest.

Rebecca Howard 12 May 2022
Go-ahead for West Coast mineral sands mine
Primary Sector

Go-ahead for West Coast mineral sands mine

The mining company hopes the decision heralds the beginning of a new industry for the West Coast.

Oliver Lewis 11 May 2022
NZ King Salmon rights issue ends with $9.8m shortfall
Primary Sector

NZ King Salmon rights issue ends with $9.8m shortfall

Owners of about 16.4% of NZ King Salmon shares, likely most of its retail shareholders, didn't take up their rights and were savagely diluted, without compensation.

Staff reporters 10 May 2022
Foot and mouth would bring agriculture to its knees
Primary Sector

Foot and mouth would bring agriculture to its knees

An outbreak of the highly infectious foot and mouth disease in Indonesia has our agriculture industry on high alert.

Rebecca Howard 10 May 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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