On March 25
Being Doug Myers
Douglas Myers is best known as the hard-nosed boss of
Lion Nathan and the head of the Business Roundtable during the
economic reforms of the 1980s. But as TVNZ's Sunday programme found
out - in a rare interview - he is a man of many talents
Myers occupation is now listed on the NBR rich list as
philanthropist and though he may be in semi-retirement he still has
an eye for a business deal.
He gives $200,000 annually for a student to go to Cambridge
University and a scholarship for teachers from Kings College to
study abroad. He's given Auckland University $1 million for a new
business school and $1.5 million for a performing arts centre named
after his father. And at 69 the former beer baron entered the music
business, bankrolling one of the biggest hits in the world last
year Crazy by Gnarls Barkley.
Myers rarely gives interviews but
Mark Crysell
met the businessman to talk about his fascinating life.
Then There Were Two
Two little Kiwi girls born joined together; it would take a team of
55 doctors and nurses 22 hours to separate them. This is an
untold story of hope and love as
Jackie Maher
takes you behind the scenes in this miracle of modern
medicine.
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