by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 8, 2024 | Uncategorised
For the first time in a generation, we now have two sides of the political spectrum that stand for very different things. Traditionally, our two major parties have straddled the political centre and that has resulted in decades of very stable government. But as MMP...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 30, 2024 | Uncategorised
Normally we have to wait until the budget comes out before we hear that most overused of post-budget phrases, “there’s nothing in the budget for me”. This time around, the serial compainers have beaten even the finance minister to it, with claims that there’s nothing...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 25, 2024 | Uncategorised
Statistics NZ announced last week that our population has now reached 5.339 million people. For decades we said that we needed our population to be over five million. Population was cited as a solution to our economic growth and financial freedom. A few years back, we...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
It’s nice to see our political leaders playing a constructive role on the international stage again. Last week, we saw our Foreign Minister joining other global leaders in calling for both sides in the Israeli conflict with Palestine to give serious consideration to...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 3, 2024 | Uncategorised
The latest announcements by the Remuneration Authority suggesting an increase in parliamentary salaries strikes me as a government department that is tone deaf to the state of the country and the needs of the people. Most of us are feeling the pressure brought about...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 27, 2024 | Uncategorised
Can you feel it? It’s the early stages of something called momentum. We’re starting to get things done. And it feels like we have some direction again. It’s a direction that not everyone will agree with. That’s ok. That’s democracy. But the majority of us voted to get...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 23, 2024 | Uncategorised
Media people love reporting on the media. As a result when media companies start shedding services, people or programmes in this case, it can become the biggest story in town. And so we’ve had the news items, the coverage of meetings with staff, and finally the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 13, 2024 | Uncategorised
There is plenty of noise coming from commentators and observers alike, suggesting that the Government should abandon their tax reduction programme. They make a fair point. The Government has given us some dark financial and economic news over the last six months as...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 11, 2024 | Uncategorised
Last week’s news that New Zealand school students are among the worst behaved in the OECD came as quite a surprise. On reflection, it probably shouldn’t have. My immediate reaction was one of embarrassment. Those inside the education system were not so surprised. The...
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 30, 2024 | Uncategorised
The comments of Sir Russell Coutts in the aftermath of the cancellation of racing on day one of SailGP in Lyttleton should serve as a warning to our country. For far too long we have had our otherwise massive potential cut down by minority interest groups. People...
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