Articles by Bruce Cotterill
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Bruce Cotterill
A Budget for the Country please
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 11:54amNormally we have to wait until the budget comes out before we hear that most overused of post-budget phrases, “there’s nothing...
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Asylum seekers ahead; proceed with caution
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 11:18pmThe various regional wars continue to spawn a wave of unlawful immigration. That all started a decade or so ago as the Syrian...
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Bruce Cotterill: The Remuneration Authority is tone deaf
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 10:38amThe latest announcements by the Remuneration Authority suggesting an increase in parliamentary salaries strikes me as a government...
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Bruce Cotterill: When TV news is the news
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 7:23amMedia people love reporting on the media. As a result, when media companies start shedding services, people - or programmes...
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Bruce Cotterill: Bad Behaviour
Monday, 8 April 2024, 3:42pmLast week’s news that New Zealand school students are among the worst behaved in the OECD came as quite a surprise. On reflection,...
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Bruce Cotterill: Planes, Houses and Double Standards
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 7:39amI sometimes think we’re quite good at double standards. It’s one of our quirky little habits and it has surfaced again this...
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Bruce Cotterill: It’s a big mess. We need to be patient
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 8:07amIt hasn’t taken long has it. Since returning from the summer break, I’ve been watching the reaction to the new Government....
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Bruce Cotterill: Are we better together or better apart?
Wednesday, 7 February 2024, 11:57amMy grandmother used to say that things come in threes. I’m not sure why she thought that but I’m sure it was nothing more...
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Bruce Cotterill: Employment is a two way street
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 9:11amThere’s a bit of a storm brewing around the new government’s proposed workplace reforms. True to the National and Act campaign...
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Bruce Cotterill: Simple communications and a 100-day plan
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 3:09pmIt seems like a long time since the election. But this week, our new government has finally been sworn in. They are now operational...
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Bruce Cotterill: Challenging the media’s independence is good for all of us.
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 3:01pmYou can easily spot the guy who’s been there before. He gets straight back into the business. He knows where to go and what...
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Bruce Cotterill: The confidence that comes with competence
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 11:02amIt looks like we’ll have a new government locked in and ready to go sometime in the next 24 hours. And I’m looking forward...
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Bruce Cotterill: Something’s going wrong with food prices – and it’s not the supermarkets
Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 2:50pmI listened to Jamie Mackay talking on The Country radio show last week about the retail price of a rack of lamb. Farmers...
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Bruce Cotterill: Lewis Clareburt - Is this the best we can do?
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 11:49amAs we near the end of 2023 our attentions turn to 2024. And after the welcome distractions of the Rugby World Cup and, for...
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Bruce Cotterill: Supie is sad, but it's not what we think
Thursday, 2 November 2023, 7:34amThe unfolding saga about the online grocery business Supie is very sad, but also enthralling. In case you missed it, Supie...
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Bruce Cotterill: A new Government? Time will tell
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 10:22amI’ve been keeping an eye on the media channels, scanning for political updates. Of course there have been precious few. The...
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Bruce Cotterill: Lessons from the election and a nod to the future
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 9:51amThe election is now behind us and there have been plenty of lessons for the outgoing government and the one that awaits us....
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Bruce Cotterill: I think we're ready for the election
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 8:53amI think we’re ready for the election. The campaigning is becoming oddly repetitious, with some political parties constantly...
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Bruce Cotterill: We need to be able to talk about difficult issues
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 9:18amThere’s a viral video going doing the rounds. It’s eighteen months old now and it features what appears to be the conclusion...
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Up in smoke: Why we need to ban vaping
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 9:10amOur little country has its fair share of challenges at the moment. Most of it is not good. The stuff that’s important is...
