On The Money: Vitalis and Whineray hats, Luxon's kid-lash and Wayne manor moves

On The Money: Vitalis and Whineray hats, Luxon's kid-lash and Wayne manor moves
Matt Whineray (left) and Vangelis Vitalis (right). (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
Is New Zealand any closer to getting Saudi Arabia back on board the free trade train?This is one of the rumours that Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Mfat) deputy secretary Vangelis Vitalis will likely be able to address when he returns from an unexpected trip overseas with trade minister Todd McClay, on work related to the much-delayed NZ Gulf Cooperation Council free trade agreement (GCC FTA).His trip overseas, however, meant that he was unable to speak at The Aotearoa Circle (TAC) event at Chapman Tripp’s Auckland offic...

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