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...
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 21, 2024 | Uncategorised
There’s a nasty theme emerging in New Zealand politics. It’s come on gradually, particularly over the last year or so, but has become somewhat exaggerated recently, particularly in the months since the new government was sworn in. I refer to the use of highly emotive...
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
There’s a new theme emerging in the comments coming from members of the government and others in positions of authority. It’s quite refreshing to hear them saying it. I’ve heard a few of them interviewed this week, and they’ve been making comments along the lines of...
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
I sometimes think we’re quite good at double standards. It’s one of our quirky little habits and it has surfaced again this week. I’m referring to the hand-wringing over the Prime Minister’s decision to live in his own apartment in Wellington rather than in Premier...
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 2, 2024 | Uncategorised
In business, it’s the equivalent of being shifted sideways. It’s always a difficult thing to have happen to you. But political life is cruel. Very cruel. When you lose, you don’t go sideways, you go downways. Such is the life of the Labour Party front bench, all...
by Bruce Cotterill | Feb 22, 2024 | Uncategorised
It hasn’t taken long has it. Since returning from the summer break I’ve been watching the reaction to the new government. There is already plenty of criticism. I’m hearing and reading views that they’re not moving quickly enough, that the new PM is not aggressive...
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