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Seabed miner seeks top court hearing
Trans-Tasman Resources has gone back to court in a bid to keep alive a proposed seabed mining project off the southern Taranaki coast. The firm, which wants to mine mineral-rich iron sands from the seafloor more than 20 kilometres off the coast, has sought approval from the Su...
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Primary Sector
Fieldays' No 8 fencing wire solution – go online
National Fieldays is going virtual following the postponement of this June's event as event organisers cling on to their fading hope that the event could still proceed later this year. But a number of exhibitors say, with virtually zero prospects of large events being allowed...
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Primary Sector
Don't bank on dairy saving the day
New Zealand’s primary sector exports – dairy in particular – may help weather the covid-19 storm but a sharp fall in global growth coupled with a spike in unemployment could see demand go down the drain. “New Zealand has always been dependent on agriculture and is even more so n...
Primary Sector
Moo moves: Gypsy Day gets green light
New Zealand's dairy cows will be on the move on June 1 regardless of the lockdown level.
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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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