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Appetite for business, mortgage holiday schemes fades
Primary Sector

Appetite for business, mortgage holiday schemes fades

Many firms aren't making use of the business finance guarantee scheme once they realise the government's guarantee of 80 percent of the loan is given to the bank, not the borrower, who still has the same obligation to repay.Similarly, individuals interested in taking mort...

Jenny Ruth 14 Apr 2020
Partial closure shouldn't undermine OceanaGold
Primary Sector

Partial closure shouldn't undermine OceanaGold

OceanaGold's hedging programme or its A$78.5 million forward sale agreement won't be affected by the partial closure of its Macraes and Waihi mining operations under New Zealand's covid-19 shutdown rules.The company’s hedging programme includes New Zealand dollar hedges capped at...

Brent Melville 12 Apr 2020
Talley’s sues nutriceuticals firm in mussels spat
Primary Sector

Talley’s sues nutriceuticals firm in mussels spat

Talley’s Group has taken a small nutriceutical producer it supplied to court, claiming it breached their agreements.  According to the judgment of associate judge Peter Andrew, the family-owned food group is suing Biomex Trustees and seven other related parties claiming a supp...

Victoria Young 10 Apr 2020
Forester urges focus on restart, jobs
Primary Sector

Forester urges focus on restart, jobs

Forestry stands to be a major export earner in coming months and the country needs to focus on maximising those gains as the lockdown is lifted and harvesting resumes, IFSGrowth chief executive James Treadwell said.Harvesting could have continued safely during the past two weeks...

Gavin Evans 09 Apr 2020
Two Fonterra Edendale workers test positive for covid-19
Primary Sector

Two Fonterra Edendale workers test positive for covid-19

Rebecca Howard 08 Apr 2020
Govt to consider levy on log exports to ensure home supply
Primary Sector

Govt to consider levy on log exports to ensure home supply

Gavin Evans 08 Apr 2020
Meat Industry Association wants 2-metre rule adjusted
Primary Sector

Meat Industry Association wants 2-metre rule adjusted

Rebecca Howard 08 Apr 2020
Dairy product price index posts first gain in five auctions
Primary Sector

Dairy product price index posts first gain in five auctions

Margreet Dietz 08 Apr 2020
Seasonal workers face heightened insecurity as cyclone batters Pacific
Primary Sector

Seasonal workers face heightened insecurity as cyclone batters Pacific

Brent Melville 08 Apr 2020
Foresters, processors readying for restart
Primary Sector

Foresters, processors readying for restart

Gavin Evans 06 Apr 2020
Pork industry works with MPI to solve pig surplus issue
Primary Sector

Pork industry works with MPI to solve pig surplus issue

Brent Melville 06 Apr 2020
Queues grow for meat processing space
Primary Sector

Queues grow for meat processing space

Brent Melville 06 Apr 2020
Cargo planes starting to fill bellies
Primary Sector

Cargo planes starting to fill bellies

Brent Melville 03 Apr 2020
Letting butchers process pigs 'not enough' - pork industry
Primary Sector

Letting butchers process pigs 'not enough' - pork industry

Brent Melville 03 Apr 2020
Tissue maker confident of fibre supply amid forestry lockdown
Primary Sector

Tissue maker confident of fibre supply amid forestry lockdown

Gavin Evans 02 Apr 2020
Nutritional market spike benefits Mataura Valley
Primary Sector

Nutritional market spike benefits Mataura Valley

Brent Melville 01 Apr 2020
Farmers want us to eat more pork, save their bacon
Primary Sector

Farmers want us to eat more pork, save their bacon

Brent Melville 01 Apr 2020
Newsprint-maker Norske Skog grapples with shutdown order
Primary Sector

Newsprint-maker Norske Skog grapples with shutdown order

Gavin Evans 31 Mar 2020
Gisborne lobster back on China's menu
Primary Sector

Gisborne lobster back on China's menu

Brent Melville 30 Mar 2020
Kiwifruit growers have enough workers, for now
Primary Sector

Kiwifruit growers have enough workers, for now

Rebecca Howard 30 Mar 2020
South Port cuts guidance on forestry export ban
Primary Sector

South Port cuts guidance on forestry export ban

Gavin Evans 30 Mar 2020
GAVIN EVANS: Virus plan must protect economy and lives
Primary Sector

Gavin Evans: GAVIN EVANS: Virus plan must protect economy and lives

Gavin Evans 29 Mar 2020
Wood supplies a 'potential challenge' - Oji Fibre
Primary Sector

Wood supplies a 'potential challenge' - Oji Fibre

Gavin Evans 27 Mar 2020
Wrightson backs itself to pay upcoming dividend
Primary Sector

Wrightson backs itself to pay upcoming dividend

Paul McBeth 26 Mar 2020
Riley Kennedy
Riley Kennedy

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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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