by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 29, 2025 | Uncategorised
I was reminded this week of the story of Jill Barad. Barad was the rather glamorous chief executive of Mattel Inc in the 1990s who took well-deserved credit for the resurgence of the Barbie brand. But the last few years of her time in the corner office were marred by...
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 15, 2025 | Uncategorised
It’s early days but the Government’s first infrastructure investment summit appears to have been well received. There was good representation from the investment community, some visible presence from the international investment funds, and a Prime Minister who was “on...
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 1, 2025 | Uncategorised
We love a good victim don’t we. Show me a victim and I’ll show you an opposition politician preaching concern, a union leader criticising those who caused it, and a media scrum scrambling to tell the story. Our television news teams have become quite expert at...
by Bruce Cotterill | Feb 15, 2025 | Uncategorised
In November 2023 our new Government was sworn in. They comprised a coalition of National, NZ First and Act. National’s campaign had swept that party to power with a promise that they would “get our country back on track”. As we said farewell to what was arguably the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Feb 1, 2025 | Uncategorised
With the summer holiday a rapidly fading memory and the new year in its infancy, it’s timely to reflect on some highlights and lowlights from the break. For all of the challenges that our small nation has, we still manage to box above our weight when it comes to our...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jan 1, 2025 | Uncategorised
Yet again, I find myself at the beginning of a new year saying ‘We’re in for an interesting 12 months’. But this time it feels different. The challenges are immense. And they’re everywhere, in New Zealand and globally. It feels uncomfortable that there is so much...
by Bruce Cotterill | Dec 21, 2024 | Uncategorised
The end of the year brings an opportunity for reflection. We can look back on our personal and professional lives, our now-dated goals for the year, the things that went well and the things that didn’t. We’ve had some great moments over the year. Most notably, the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Dec 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
Health New Zealand continues to hit the headlines for the wrong reasons. Fortunately, the latest complaints are about creative accounting rather than any misstep in the operating theatre. Sadly, our health system keeps getting worse, not better. Despite different...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 23, 2024 | Uncategorised
For most of the last 180 years, New Zealanders have led a relatively peaceful, andproductive existence. We’ve done our bit internationally, and, in particular, our young men and women have represented our country with great pride in the two world wars. Our innovators...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 9, 2024 | Uncategorised
A lot of people didn’t want Donald Trump to become the next president of the United States. A number of European leaders clearly didn’t want the Republican to win it. There are plenty of people pushing global agendas who didn’t want that outcome either. And let’s not...
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