On the Money: Peter Beck, Wayne Brown, Fonterra smoke signals, Rakon, Fletcher Building and more

On the Money: Peter Beck, Wayne Brown, Fonterra smoke signals, Rakon, Fletcher Building and more
The war on cones claims its first casualties, and other tales from the week. (Image: Supplied/NZME/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
On The Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.Wayne Brown’s War on Cones is heating up with the Auckland Mayor recruiting Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck to the cause. Brown interviewed Beck as part of the Mayor’s “Unfiltered” social media video series, and while innovation was a key part of their discussion it is perhaps not surprising that the conversation eventually turned to cones. “The cones are the symbols for the waste,&r...

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