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Primary Sector
Forestry group plans recruitment, training
Forest owners, processors, officials and educators met today to identify training and recruitment priorities for the sector as the economy emerges from the covid-19 lockdown. The Forestry and Wood Processing Workforce Council was formed earlier this year to tackle skill shorta...
Primary Sector
Manufacturing at risk without targeted policy, investment
Manufacturing’s contribution to the economy has been falling faster than in other developed countries during the past decade and risks further decline without more targeted policy and investment, a recent study says.While the sector has grown in terms of both employment and GDP i...
Primary Sector
NZ Food Basket adapts to moving feast
The New Zealand Food Basket, a coalition of 17 New Zealand food and beverage exporters to China, has pressed the reset button on its business strategy. The group, which works with Alibaba's Tmall Fresh platform to market everything from Pure South lamb racks and Fjordland lobs...
Primary Sector
Z Energy considers wage subsidy
Z Energy will decide whether to apply for a government wage subsidy next week.
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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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