The Life

The Life is a BusinessDesk section for people with an appetite for living well, who like to celebrate the good things in life – whether that’s investing in your health and wellness or a weekend at a lodge.

Review: Naumi Studio Hotel, Wellington - a place for the bold and the beautiful
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Review: Naumi Studio Hotel, Wellington - a place for the bold and the beautiful

We check into the Naumi Studio Hotel, an extravagant addition to the Wellington scene.

Dan Brunskill 11 Dec 2020
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My Net Worth - Rob Everett, CEO, Financial Markets Authority
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My Net Worth - Rob Everett, CEO, Financial Markets Authority

Welcome to My Net Worth, our regular column on the lives and motivations of our country’s top business, legal and political people, in their own words. Rob Everett has been chief executive of the FMA since February 2014. Originally from the United Kingdom, he was previously a dir...

11 Dec 2020
Man the barricades - in defence of the necktie
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Man the barricades - in defence of the necktie

Shaken to the core by assaults on the necktie in Parliament and last week's endorsement of widespread chino-wearing by BusinessDesk columnist Jehan Casinader, serial suit wearer Pattrick Smellie comes out swinging.

Pattrick Smellie 11 Dec 2020
For love or money? The smart way to invest in art
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For love or money? The smart way to invest in art

Specialist fine art valuer Briar Williams on getting your art buying basics right.

Briar Williams 11 Dec 2020