On the Money: Jamie Gough, Jay Robertson, Team New Zealand's wage subsidy, and more

On the Money: Jamie Gough, Jay Robertson, Team New Zealand's wage subsidy, and more
Yes. Jamie Gough is from that Gough family. (Image: Supplied)
Rebecca Stevenson
Welcome to On the Money, our column on money and the people making it.I do declare Local body politicians will have to be more upfront about their personal interests when government backbench MP – and former Palmerston North deputy mayor – Tangi Utikere’s member’s bill gets passed into law.The bill passed through its first reading without a hitch, although National’s Ian McKelvie – a former Manawatū mayor and no slouch in the interests department – did have some reservations about whether that leve...

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