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 | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorised
Somebody once said that the trouble with common sense is that it is not particularly common. And you would have to agree that the antics of our various elected officials over the past few years seem to support that view. So what a pleasure it is to see that things are...
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 27, 2023 | Uncategorised
In a week when we’ve seen overseas banks start to collapse, it seems that New Zealand continues to underperform economically as a result of decisions past and present. The news that the New Zealand economy contracted by a surprisingly high 0.6 per cent in the December...
by Bruce Cotterill | Feb 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
It’s been a tough couple of weeks. Many of our communities have been hammered. City people. Rural people. Coast people. Good Kiwi people. Nature can be unforgiving. Many of those people now need help and that help will come in different forms. Some will need immediate...
by Bruce Cotterill | Dec 19, 2022 | Uncategorised
There is no doubt that distraction is a major enemy of productivity. If we think about our own lives, it is much easier to become distracted by unimportant matters, than it is to deal with the important ones. Important matters require effort, time and thought. If you...
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