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Skellerup: the more than 11-year overnight success story
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Jenny Ruth: Skellerup: the more than 11-year overnight success story

Turning Skellerup around proved to be a long hard slog in which changes took years to pay off.

Jenny Ruth 06 Sep 2021
Rocket Lab, Orion Health received millions in growth grants
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Rocket Lab, Orion Health received millions in growth grants

Callaghan Innovation’s now-defunct grant scheme paid millions to four NZ businesses over 7 years.

Henry Burrell 06 Sep 2021
Coffee prices hit by global supply issues
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Coffee prices hit by global supply issues

Coffee snobs can expect to pay more for their morning habit as prices hike on global supply and production issues.

Brent Melville 03 Sep 2021
Fonterra holds payout midpoint steady
Economy

Fonterra holds payout midpoint steady

The dairy cooperative is tipping a payout price of $8.00 per kilogram of milk solids, which will help offset rising costs for farmers. 

Rebecca Howard 03 Sep 2021


Riley Kennedy
Riley Kennedy

Journalist

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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