On the Money

On the Money: John Key, car boss's big bonus, Chris Meehan, and more

Rebecca Stevenson
Sat, 16 Oct 2021

On the Money: John Key, car boss's big bonus, Chris Meehan, and more

Who do you trust? (Image: Supplied)

Rebecca Stevenson
Sat, 16 Oct 2021

Welcome to On the Money, our column about money and the people making it.John Key's trusted adviserFormer PM and covid agitator John Key was infamously close with trust supremo Ken Whitney, but these days it's rich people's professional adviser Pravir Tesiram who helps Key with his paperwork.Tesiram has been helping Key with his trust work for a while and was previously dragged into a political spat when Key was PM and the then opposition Labour party was trying to prove Key’s trusts weren’t actually blind and he ha...

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