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Sanford slapped with fine and ordered to forfeit $20m boat
Primary Sector

Sanford slapped with fine and ordered to forfeit $20m boat

Listed fishing company Sanford has forfeited a $20 million trawler and been fined for fishing in a protected BPA.

Brent Melville 23 Feb 2021
Class action against Fonterra Australia needs more farmers
Primary Sector

Class action against Fonterra Australia needs more farmers

Litigator says he'd feel better if the number of registered farmers were double the 300 or so that have signed up to claw back price drop.

Rebecca Howard 22 Feb 2021
CORRECT: Cavalier 'at least doubling' Aussie store presence
Primary Sector

CORRECT: Cavalier 'at least doubling' Aussie store presence

Cavalier Corp. has some big, woolly ideas for moves into Australia, and growth opportunities into Asia and the US.

Staff reporters 17 Feb 2021
Marlborough Wine Estates to raise $2m at steep discount
Primary Sector

Marlborough Wine Estates to raise $2m at steep discount

The company is selling shares at the price they traded at in early December. 

Staff reporters 17 Feb 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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