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Infratil lifer and Wellington identity Tim Brown has left the board of Wellington airport after 23 years. (Image: supplied)

Pattrick Smellie

Sat, 23 Apr 2022

Welcome to On the Money, our weekly column on money and the people making it.The great resignation hits c-suite hard A lot has been written about “the great resignation” – where workers quit their jobs en masse and seek a flexible lifestyle or better roles in a tight labour market. It’s been more visible offshore than in New Zealand – the great resignation was a major trend in the US at the height of the covid pandemic.However, there is some evidence of an exodus of New Zealand Stock Exchange-listed...

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