Economy

Were whistleblowers trying to ‘steal’ the America’s Cup event?

Pattrick Smellie
Wed, 11 Nov 2020

Organisers of the Auckland America’s Cup regattas are pressing government officials to disclose whether they were planning to have whistleblowers Mayo & Calder take over the event.Emirates Team New Zealand chairman, Stephen Tindall, told BusinessDesk this manoeuvring appears to have been the case. He is also calling on government agencies to clear his and other high-profile New Zealanders’ names after a report yesterday suggested the Serious Fraud Office was becoming involved.Tindall says he was told in a phone call in June...

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