NZ's other man at Raisina: Silver Fern Farms chair Rob Hewett

NZ's other man at Raisina: Silver Fern Farms chair Rob Hewett
Rob Hewett was the only other New Zealander, apart from Christopher Luxon to speak at Raisina. (Image: Dileepa Fonseka)
Dileepa Fonseka
Included in a lineup of speeches and talks from prime ministers, secretaries of state, national security advisers, generals, admirals and even economist Nouriel Roubini at India’s Raisina conference, was NZ primary sector leader Rob Hewett.The Silver Fern Farms chair had a lot to say at India’s foremost conference on geopolitics. “Geopolitics in New Zealand has always been important, but it’s been brought into really stark contrast in the last two years,” Hewett told BusinessDesk during a brief interview after...

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