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Comvita narrows annual loss after profitable 2nd half
Comvita narrowed its annual bottom-line loss and stressed the turnaround in operating results with a second-half profit on record revenue. The honey products company reported a $9.7 million net loss for the year ended June compared with a $27.7 million loss the previous year....
Primary Sector
Just how exposed is Zespri to Chinese 'counterfeit gold'
Zespri, the world’s dominant kiwifruit marketer, is underestimating the level of counterfeit gold variety kiwifruit being grown in China, New Zealand growers say. Concerns over the scope of the problem follow the disclosure by Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson at last week’...
Primary Sector
Mataura Valley ticks all the boxes - A2 Milk CEO
A2 says relationship with Mataura's majority shareholder China National Agriculture Development Group is an 'important linkage'.
Primary Sector
Skellerup shares hit record as US dairy sales support profit
Skellerup Holdings shares rose to an all-time high as sales growth in the United States dairy industry helped the rubber goods maker match last year's record profit despite the pandemic knocking its industrial unit. The shares rose as high as $2.63 and were recently up 4.4 per...
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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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