by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 23, 2025 | Uncategorised
I’ve been putting off writing this column for a couple of years. I don’t like the idea of knocking a national icon. You don’t mess around with national icons. But at the same time, it’s getting hard to remain silent. It all started a couple of years ago, in Rotorua....
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 8, 2025 | Uncategorised
In a week where our unemployment rate hit a post-Covid peak of 5.3%, I’m starting to wonder if Kiwis want to work any more. In a recessionary, low-growth environment, we’re seeing well-paid government servants, people earning more than $100,000 per year, protesting...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 26, 2025 | Uncategorised
A few weeks back, the Prime Minister wrote a letter to the Leader of the Opposition, urging him to join a bipartisan agreement committing to offshore gas exploration for 10 years. Unfortunately, the Labour leader dismissed the letter as a “political stunt”. I took the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 13, 2025 | Uncategorised
I should start with an apology. I’m sorry that I am finding it really difficult to get too exercised about what’s happening in Gaza or Israel at present, or for that matter, what’s going on in Ukraine or Russia. Don’t get me wrong. Those wars are brutal and the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorised
When the latest quarterly GDP result came out last week, many of the accompanying commentaries expressed surprise that it could be so bad. The June quarter result came in with a negative result of 0.9%. That means that the economy shrank during the quarter. Most...
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