On the Money: The EU, Todd McClay, Christopher Luxon, Nikhil Ravishankar, Greg Foran, and more

A royal succession plays out in the skies and Luxon talks about toast. (Image: Supplied/NZME/BusinessDesk)

Sat, 25 Oct 2025

On the Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.Forget the House of Windsor HR headache that is the former Prince Andrew; the real royal drama this week happened at 30,000 feet on a humble Air New Zealand flight. On board NZ7 from San Francisco to Auckland on Sunday, Oct 25, was Air NZ’s then-reigning monarch, Greg Foran and his heir apparent, Nikhil Ravishankar. Foran was set to remain chief executive till midnight, but Ravishankar was due to...

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