Obama's dinner guest list is a who's who of business and politicsSTEFFI LOOS/GETTY IMAGES Former US president Barack Obama will host 1000 people invited from a cross section of New Zealand. Former United States President Barack Obama will address and dine with 1000 people in Auckland on Thursday night. DAVID WHITE/STUFF The ANZ Viaduct Events Centre will host 1000 people for dinner with former US president Barack Obama on Thursday night. Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns, Xero founder Rod Drury and Spark chief executive Simon Moutter said they were not attending. Although media were barred from the event, Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher and RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson would also attend the dinner.

Source: Stuff March 21, 2018 05:11 UTC