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Exclusive interview: What's behind Kiwi billionaire Richard Chandler's big new move

Grant Bradley
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Deputy Editor - Business·NZ Herald·
10 mins to read

Richard Chandler says he loves to take on big global challenges - and de-carbonising aviation is one of the biggest around.

The Kiwi billionaire helped grow a fortune out of a Hamilton-based department store chain and is now at the forefront of the push for emissions-free air travel. This week he was on-site in the United States for the landmark flight of a battery-powered plane developed by two of his companies.

In a rare New Zealand media interview, Chandler told

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