by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 26, 2023 | Uncategorised
Our little country has its fair share of challenges at the moment. Most of it is not good. The stuff that’s important is in bad shape. Education, health, law and order, the cost of living; the list goes on. And that’s before we get to the broken economy the new...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 24, 2023 | Uncategorised
Given the current state of the country, the election campaign has so far been disappointing. First, I’m over the petty stuff already. One party launches a pledge card with eight pledges. A week later the other party launches their own, with nine pledges. Really? Who...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
It’s a funny thing, pride. Too much of it and you can come across as arrogant or buffoonish. Not enough and you can become lazy and dependent. You can’t buy pride, but we can all be proud about some things: our children perhaps, or our job or where we live. Others can...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 20, 2023 | Uncategorised
It’s amazing how, after years of inaction, this Government is passing legislation like there’s no tomorrow. Workers in health and education have finally had pay offers they can agree to. Both Three (or 10) Waters and the first phase of David Parker’s replacement for...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 7, 2023 | Uncategorised
The period immediately before an election is seldom a time when a country is putting its best foot forward to those watching from afar. Most of us will have noted how ugly things became during both US elections involving Donald Trump. Or the Morrison v Albanese...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 24, 2023 | Uncategorised
You may have noticed that the election campaign is under way. The woefully lame slogans have been rolled out, the TV news features politicians walking the streets shaking hands, and our leaders are asking us to forget about their past and instead consider how...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 16, 2023 | Uncategorised
We seem to be on a run of elected leaders getting caught out. Whether it’s a secret text message, the unsold shares or an unpaid restaurant bill, the stories eventually come out, usually when the spin doctors can no longer cover up the misbehaving politician’s antics....
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 27, 2023 | Uncategorised
It’s interesting that the Greens want a discussion about wealth. The announcement of their new “Greens with envy” tax policy certainly started a conversation. For as long as most of us have lived, we’ve been regarded as a prosperous country. But we’re not any more....
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 13, 2023 | Uncategorised
Our politicians are in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Again. Hard on the heels of the confidential Cabinet leaks and the sudden defection to a rival political party, we now have a couple of ministers falling foul of Parliament’s rules. Education Minister Jan...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 29, 2023 | Blog
It hasn’t been a good couple of weeks for the Police Minister. She’s been out on the circuit, putting out press releases and doing interviews. She’s been celebrating the additional 1800 recruits who have joined the police force, and in doing so congratulating herself...
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