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How does the primary sector keep its people safe?
As New Zealand moves into a four-week lockdown of all non-essential services we all need the primary sector keep operating. Food is essential. The question is how to keep it operating safely.Tens of thousands of workers across the country will mobilise to continue operating meat...
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Meat sector striving to keep people safe through covid-19
New Zealand’s meat sector is developing a sector-wide protocol to ensure it operates in a manner that doesn’t endanger people’s health and safety, said Meat Industry Association chief executive Tim Ritchie.Ritchie told BusinessDesk it is a privilege to be considered an essential...
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Sky TV, Scales and Sanford soldier on as essential businesses
Fishing company Sanford, apple marketer Scales and Sky Network Television have all been classed as essential services and will continue operating through the national lockdown aimed at stemming the spread of the covid-19 virus.Sky said it had reduced its on-site resources to "ess...
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Dairy resilient as covid-19 decimates other sectors
Markets are getting roiled and fear is riding high but one sector seems to be weathering the covid-19 storm so far: dairy.“To date, dairy processing and exporting has not experienced any significant disruption as a result of coronavirus. While there was some slowing of logistics...
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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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