Summer reads: Exclusive profiles of top Kiwi businesspeople
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The New Zealand Herald is bringing back some of the best premium stories of 2020. Today we look at profiles of prominent New Zealand businessmen and women. I can t spend my salary : Briscoes boss on money, business and why Kiwis love a sale
Catch sight of Rod Duke puffing away on a fag outside his Morningside office and you just wouldn t know. Rich Lister ($800-odd million at last count), the man who wants helicopters to land on a boatshed below his four-level Herne Bay mansion, CEO of a $1 billion company. He looks more like a bloke who might have a lawn mowing round.
Matthew Hooton: Plan on borders staying closed until 2022
14 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Back in June 2020 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand is in a privileged position due to its hard-won gains , and opening the borders up while the pandemic was escalating came at a potential price.
Back in June 2020 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand is in a privileged position due to its hard-won gains , and opening the borders up while the pandemic was escalating came at a potential price.
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No doubt everything will be all right in the end, but it seems we re doomed in early 2021 to re-watch the same political pantomime we endured in early 2020.
Fran O Sullivan: Air New Zealand and Infratil two big New Year business hangovers
1 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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It s important Air New Zealand preserves plenty of domestic passengers to feed into its international business once long-haul travel opens back up, writes Fran O Sullivan. Photo / Getty Images
COMMENT:
Welcome to my Christmas-New Year hangovers .
These are two issues that I have been writing about which will not be resolved without some leadership from politicians and business alike in 2021.
First up, Will the punters still prefer to Fly Air NZ when international travel resumes?
Loyalty to an airline covers a complicated matrix of issues.
Rob Fyfe recognised for his services to business and tourism
Rob Fyfe recognised for his services to business and tourism Thu, 31 Dec 2020, 1:40PM
Rob Fyfe was formerly CEO of Air New Zealand and CEO chairman of Icebreaker. Photo / Doug Sherring
Rob Fyfe recognised for his services to business and tourism
Veteran businessman and proud Kiwi Rob Fyfe has been recognised for his services to business and tourism.
Fyfe, who for the past nine months has played a critical role when it came to the Government s relationship with the private sector during the Covid-19 response, has been appointed as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM).
New Year 2021 Honours: Constellation of Kiwi stars shine bright
30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Arise, Sir Dave Dobbyn (left). The artist has been honoured for services to music over decades. Dame Anne Salmond (right) has been made a member of the Order of New Zealand. Photo / Files
Many of the people lauded in this year s New Year honours will come as no surprise - they are already household names.
One of those is musician Dave Dobbyn, whose classic tunes are well known to many and will more than likely be on the playlist at many New Year gatherings tonight.
Dobbyn is one of four people to be made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.