A former Auckland business executive who was convicted of hiring an underage girl for "commercial sexual services" can now be named.
He is Greg Hornblow, former chief executive at NZME's OneRoof.
Hornblow pleaded guilty in November 2025 to receiving "commercial sexual services" from a person aged under 18.
He was sentenced to 10 months home detention in the Auckland District Court in March and ordered to pay $3000 in emotional harm reparation.
Judge Kathryn Maxwell said Hornblow "enticed" the victim knowing she was too young to be offering commercial sex services.
She referred to the summary of facts where he had described himself as a "sugar daddy" and admitted coaching the girl in an attempt to avoid prosecution, by telling her she could not say he had paid her for sex.
He can be named after he abandoned an appeal against the decision to refuse him name suppression.
NZME chief executive officer Michael Boggs said he was "appalled" to learn of the charges against the company's former employee.
"At the time the charge came to our attention, we had an active disciplinary investigation underway involving Mr Hornblow relating to a separate matter," Boggs said.
"When we learned of the charge, we immediately terminated his employment."
Boggs said an allegation of "inappropriate behaviour" was made against Hornblow following an off-site work event in June last year, which resulted in him being issued a final warning.
An investigation was launched two months later when NZME received a separate formal written complaint relating to Hornblow's "behaviour in professional settings".
The complaint included accusations him of making inappropriate comments in meetings and office environments.
"Based on the findings of that investigation, I anticipated we would terminate Greg Hornblow's employment with NZME," he said.
Boggs said Hornblow's employment at NZME was officially terminated the day of his court appearance in November.
"With the suppression order in place, we have been very limited in what we could say to our OneRoof team, other NZME staff, our clients and other stakeholders. NZME fully supported lifting the suppression order," he said.
"We have zero tolerance for inappropriate behaviour at NZME and we are committed to maintaining a safe workplace for all our people."
OneRoof is a real estate platform which is owned by NZME.
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