On the Money: Luxon v the sharks, Nick Lissette, Amazon, IKEA, Ben Rose, and more

Christopher Luxon pulls off a famous Fonzie moment and the other things that happened this week. (Image: Supplied/NZME/Jacques Steenkamp)

Dileepa Fonseka

Sat, 06 Sep 2025

On The Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.Did anyone have a more unintentionally awkward week than Prime Minister Christopher Luxon? Yes: Blackpearl Group chief executive Nick Lissette did.In what must now feel like a regrettable decision, the NZX-listed firm’s CEO was given two minutes of stage time at the Robert Walters NZ leadership awards in Auckland on Thursday night as his firm had sponsored an award.Unfortunately, two minutes of intended inspiration...

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