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  • 2 weeks ago | newsroom.co.nz | Tim Murphy

    Heading an NZ-headquartered multinational operating across the Asia-Pacific region is not for the easily rattled right now. Global markets are in upheaval after the US imposition of tariffs – and countries and businesses are struck by economic uncertainty, with the outlook unclear and implications unknown.

  • 3 weeks ago | newsroom.co.nz | Tim Murphy

    The success of public transport emissions cuts in Auckland will no longer be measured, deemed too difficult to calculate and replaced by a simple number for electric buses in the fleet. Auckland Transport is deleting emissions reduction from its list of operational performance measures. At the same time, it’s also pledging to “seek continuous improvement in reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with our assets, operations, services and corporate activities”.

  • 3 weeks ago | newsroom.co.nz | Tim Murphy

    Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown realises he “risks public opprobrium” but is questioning ratepayer funding for the “motherhood and apple pie” causes of surf lifesaving and Watersafe Auckland. He claims one surf club is like a big babysitting operation, has questioned the value of money going to clubs operating on relatively calm northeast Auckland beaches like Red Beach, Mairangi Bay and Orewa, and says surfers help out more than lifeguards where he surfs.

  • 4 weeks ago | newsroom.co.nz | Tim Murphy

    Analysis: A fancy new stadium for the Auckland waterfront has yet again been vanquished by the wily ageing edifice in Mt Eden, but ratepayers aren’t yet off the hook. Eden Park ‘won’ the vote by Auckland councillors, who for now will put no money into its development project. But essentially all they did was rule out a grand proposal for waterfront land at Quay Park, and endorse Eden Park to try to win funding of hundreds of millions in funding elsewhere.

  • 1 month ago | newsroom.co.nz | Tim Murphy

    Jim Grenon is probably not someone opponents should take lightly, in business or in court. The Canadian immigrant and private equity investor, who wants to clean out the board of media firm NZME and reshape its New Zealand Herald, can be like a dog with a bone. Already have an account?

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Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy @tmurphyNZ
10 Apr 25

The crux of it all ...

Robert Peston
Robert Peston @Peston

We just learned that the world’s most powerful person, Donald Trump, has a boss: the bond market. He may not have acknowledged this to himself, yet, but the global financial tumult he caused - and has temporarily eased - has locked him in a fiscal prison. Because, as I have

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Tim Murphy @tmurphyNZ
8 Apr 25

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Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy @tmurphyNZ
8 Apr 25

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