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...
Recent Comments