On the Money: China, Miles Hurrell, David Wilson, Tanya Unkovich, Nathan Guy, Air NZ CEO speculation, and more

Christopher Luxon finally makes it to China. (Image: NZME/Supplied/BusinessDesk)

Sat, 28 Jun 2025

On The Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week. It was a return to reality for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s travelling troupe of CEOs and chairs this week as several of them made their way back to New Zealand from China.They had just been on a semi-whistlestop tour of Beijing and Shanghai. Those who took the Royal New Zealand Air Force 757 there in both directions would have spent a combined total of more than 40 hours in the air just so they could sp...

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