On The Money: 50 Cent Luxon, crime, cones and more...

On The Money: 50 Cent Luxon, crime, cones and more...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon takes a stroll to Chemist Warehouse. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
On the Money is our weekly newsletter of general frippery from the worlds of business and government.On Friday, Auckland’s city centre was swamped by a rarely-seen sight: police. All thanks to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Police Minister Mark Mitchell, Associate Police Minister Casey Costello, and outgoing Police Commissioner Andrew Coster, who seemed to require a battalion of officers for the simple act of walking past Chemist Warehouse.The show of force has made OTM wonder if we need to hire a similarly sized private...

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