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Comvita says 618 festival sales in China rose 31%

Comvita says 618 festival sales in China rose 31%

Comvita is leaving its operating profit guidance for the year ending this month unchanged. 

Staff reporters 25 Jun 2021
Consumers need to trust green tick labels stand for more than just profit
Opinion

Nicola Harvey: Consumers need to trust green tick labels stand for more than just profit

What’s lacking now, urgently, for NZ's rural sector is one label that stands for full system change – farm driven supply chain transparency. 

Nicola Harvey 25 Jun 2021
Second carbon auction raised almost $200m for govt
News in Brief

Second carbon auction raised almost $200m for govt

NZU auction shows strong interest near the secondary market price.

Ian Llewellyn 23 Jun 2021


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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