On the Money: SkyCity, an Auckland Uni conspiracy, WellingTEN, and more..

On the Money: SkyCity, an Auckland Uni conspiracy, WellingTEN, and more..
Even SkyCity's communications manager took the Friday of Waitangi day week off. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
On the Money is our weekly newsletter of general frippery from the worlds of business and government.Chances are, if you’re reading this, you have currently been on holiday for three days. A fate OTM became intimately acquainted with on Friday when almost every email sent prompted an out-of-office reply announcing someone had taken Friday off. This strategic use of leave meant workers and bosses who seized on it could have a straight four-day run of days off since Waitangi Day fell on a Thursday this year. Feb 7 was such a...

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