NZME's Chapman 'misleading' says Caniwi's Bowker

NZME's Chapman 'misleading' says Caniwi's Bowker
Barbara Chapman chairing last year's NZME AGM. (Image: NZME)
Pattrick Smellie
NZME chair Barbara Chapman is making “deliberately misleading” statements that presume she will have a say in the appointment of prospective director Steven Joyce to chair a refreshed board for the Auckland-based news publisher, according to Troy Bowker, one of the shareholders who is moving against the current board.“She doesn’t get to decide whether she resigns,” the founder of Caniwi Capital told BusinessDesk. “The only thing she gets to decide is whether she stands as a director.”Caniwi interests ho...

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