On the Money: Jacinda Ardern, Mark Peterson, NZX, ANZ

On the Money: Jacinda Ardern, Mark Peterson, NZX, ANZ
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern shares her birthday with businessfolk. (Image: Supplied)
Victoria Young
A businessy birthdayOn the Money’s man in Wellington hadn't expected to be singing for his supper attending Business NZ's annual cocktail party on Tuesday. Businesspeople, politicians and a certain prime minister had braved a miserable winter's evening in Wellington for the annual Backing Business event, which tried to remind attendees other weather does exist with its “four seasons” theme. The weather, along with a covid surge, may be responsible for the somewhat thinner crowd noted by regulars...

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