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He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of ...
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Kiwis are now spending a reported $1.8 billion a year on their pets.
Insurance, food, grooming, and daycare make up the bulk of the spending, with luxuries and niche businesses playing a part as well.
Dog Zen founder and animal behaviourist Mark Vette told Mike Hosking over time the relationship between pets and their owners has become more like that of a surrogate parent-child relationship, which drives people to spend more.
But he says there’s definitely been a push for those who have the money to spend it on “wants” instead of “needs”.
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