On the Money: The Warehouse, an ex-MI6 agent, Peter McBride and his McBridesmaids, and more

We visit a British High Commission event, the Deloitte 200 awards, and lots and lots of summits. (Image: Jacques Steenkamp/NZME/Supplied)

Dileepa Fonseka

Sat, 06 Dec 2025

On the Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.The long-anticipated Ikea store opened at Sylvia Park this week, prompting dire predictions of a traffic meltdown.In the end, the meltdown proved to be more of a mildly irritating queue.The Warehouse Group, however, chose not to leave congestion to chance.Either that, or it didn’t think things through, which, to be fair, would also be very on-brand for the group.On opening day, the group launched The Warehouse Bargain Sh...

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