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Ngāi Tahu Holdings takes stake in Rockit
News in Brief

Ngāi Tahu Holdings takes stake in Rockit

Mini-apple marketer Rockit's capital raising oversubscribed but it won't say how much it got.

Rebecca Howard 05 Mar 2021
Fonterra hikes payout forecast on solid demand
Economy

Fonterra hikes payout forecast on solid demand

The new payout means Fonterra will pump $11.5b into economy through milk payments.

Rebecca Howard 05 Mar 2021
Synlait pulls guidance on uncertainty
Markets

Synlait pulls guidance on uncertainty

Previous guidance won't be met amid volatile commodity prices and doubts about A2 Milk's expected demand.

Rebecca Howard 04 Mar 2021
Fonterra assessing jump in dairy prices while economists lift forecasts
Markets

Fonterra assessing jump in dairy prices while economists lift forecasts

Bank economists were quick to lift their forecasts to well above Fonterra’s mid-point.

Rebecca Howard 03 Mar 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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