Wow. It’s all basketball!

Wow. It’s all basketball!
The new American ambassador to NZ, Jared Novelly, is stirring up the Australian basketball world. (Image: Getty)
Pattrick Smellie
Among the few consistencies in the Donald Trump presidencies so far is that his picks as ambassador to New Zealand are not dull.Scott Brown, who served at Trump’s pleasure in Wellington between 2017 and 2020, was not only a full-throated Maga-man, but he also threw great parties where he got an excuse to play electric guitar and had, in the distant past, been a male pinup for Cleo magazine.This time around, Trump has nominated Jared Novelly, a Sydney-based scion of a billionaire Missouri family whose wealth stems from Apex Oil.In 2023, Fo...

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