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...
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