by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
I watched Wednesday’s announcements with great interest. Of course, we had the Finance Minister in celebratory mood as he opened the books for the year ended June 2022 and declared the highest tax revenue in our history. On the same day, the governor of the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 28, 2022 | Uncategorised
The local body elections are just around the corner, with the October 8 close-off date now just a couple of weeks away. So the candidates have their signboards out and their websites up. They’ve delivered more public speeches, press releases and commentary in...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 11, 2022 | Uncategorised
As the news feed starts suggesting the Government is finally ready to eliminate our outdated Covid traffic light settings, I’ve been reflecting on the unusualness of the past two-and-a-half years. As an Aucklander, even in retrospect, the lockdowns were tough....
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 30, 2022 | Uncategorised
I’ve just had a week overseas. It’s the first time in over two and a half years that I’ve stepped out of the country. Those 30 or so months have felt like a long time. So it was good to get out again. The beauty of getting out of the country is that...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 13, 2022 | Uncategorised
Back in the early 2000’s, I had the good fortune to meet the legendary Australian billionaire Kerry Packer a number of times. At the time I was working in his media company and fromtime to time we would end up meeting to discuss the business I was responsible...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 13, 2022 | Uncategorised
I’m starting to worry about the work. I’m not bothered about what to do or even how much there is to do. I’m worried about who is going to do it. There has been a bit of commentary lately about a lack of workers. The trouble with the commentary is...
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