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Recruitment campaign won't turn 'flight attendants into dairy workers'
Pivoting unemployed New Zealanders into the agriculture and primary sector won’t turn former Air New Zealand flight attendants into dairy workers or remove the need for specialist skills across the processing sector, according to a change consultant. The comments come as the M...
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BRENT MELVILLE: The zombie company of Mataura Valley
When it started production outside Gore in late 2018, Mataura Valley Milk was greeted with huge excitement.
Primary Sector
Sealord $24m vessel forfeited for fishing breach
Sealord Group has been ordered to forfeit a $24 million vessel and fined $24,000 for bottom trawling in a protected area almost two years ago. The fishing giant reported the breaches of the fishing regulations and the firm was sentenced in the Nelson District Court today on th...
Primary Sector
Fonterra gets more choice of supplier under new dairy law
After an extensive review and months of haggling, new dairy legislation passed unanimously through Parliament and gives Fonterra Cooperative Group more flexibility on choosing its suppliers. “The most significant change has been the removal of the open entry provisions, which...
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Riley Kennedy
Senior Journalist
Riley Kennedy joined BusinessDesk in 2022 and covers New Zealand’s primary sector, with a focus on the country’s agribusinesses and the broader food and fibre economy. He won the DairyNZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024, and was named Emerging Journalist of the Year by the New Zealand Shareholders Association in 2022. Riley previously worked as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times and holds a diploma in journalism from Wintec.
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