The familiar colours of Sir Owen Glenn earned a major chunk of the $1,000,000 prizemoney associated with the initial running of the Golden Gift (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney, when seen sported by the first and third in the feature juvenile event in the form of Dame Giselle (by I Am Invincible) and Blaze…
**From a Chinese website… see translation below** In order to welcome our new Masters in Business in April 2019, the University of Auckland Business School offers a four-day orientation program that includes social and academic activities. According to Li Sichen’s 360 students, the new entrance training allows students to better understand the things they need to…
Radio New Zealand: Sir Owen Glenn says PM should fly to Fiji over development stoush (go here to listen)
The Chinese developer of a new resort on a Fijian Island faces a massive clean-up bill after Fiji’s Department of Environment cancelled the project’s approval. The cancellation came a day after Newsroom journalists who have been investigating the development on Malolo Island were freed after being detained by police in the capital, Suva, after seeking answers…
Controversial businessman Eric Watson has lost a long-running dispute with Inland Revenue, with a High Court judge today ruling companies he owns are liable for $51.5m in back-taxes. Since becoming a society page fixture in the 2000s with lavish living and relationships with lingerie models, Watson has since faced fallout from the collapse of Hanover…
Remarkable producer Mica’s Pride, the dam of Group I superstars Criterion and Comin’ Through, made it 10 winners from 10 foals to race when three year-old Fastnet Rock gelding Sir Owen saluted at Wyong on Thursday. Retained to race by Sir Owen Glenn’s Go Bloodstock, Sir Owen is trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, who…
Hager quit his post last month to take up a role with the England and Great Britain women’s programme heading into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hager’s departure ignited Glenn’s frustration and last week NZME reported he had suspended his $1million a year commitment to the women’s Black Sticks. Glenn is concerned Hockey NZ has adjusted…
The inaugural winners of the Sir Owen G. Glenn Study Abroad Scholarship will begin their funded experience abroad this week in the United States. Businessman and philanthropist Sir Owen Glenn has invested in the education of nine high-achieving students in their second year of a business degree at the University of Auckland. “I’m immensely proud…
Businessman and philanthropist, Sir Owen Glenn, has invested in the education of nine high-achieving students in their second year of a business degree at the University of Auckland. “I’m immensely proud to contribute to the beneficial economic future of New Zealand by supporting the University of Auckland Business School and these exceptional students,” says Sir Owen. “Investing…
… Watson, meanwhile, appears in financial trouble following an expensive legal stoush with Sir Owen Glenn. Last month a court heard that he didn’t have the assets to pay Glenn $54m that an English judge ordered him to hand over. That was after the High Court in England and Wales ruled Watson had engaged in…