On the Money: Davos, sprinklers and is it Steven Joyce?

Flying the flag at Davos: Infometrics CEO Brad Olsen hobnobs with new chum Han Duck-soo, the South Korean prime minister. (Image: Instagram)

Pattrick Smellie

Sat, 20 Jan 2024

Nicola Willis blindsided KiwiRail chair David McLean and chief executive Peter Reidy before Christmas with her emphatic “no” to more funding for the Interislander ferry replacement project, dubbed iReX.McLean and Reidy, who supposedly expected a couple of months for discussions, were said to be gobsmacked by the swift and merciless call.As the country reawakens from its summer slumber, thoughts turn to what comes next and who will step in to right the ship. At the very least, a board shake-up and a promised ministerial advisory pane...

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