by Bruce Cotterill | May 1, 2023 | Blog
“Rich people”. The term conjures up a variety of thoughts. Many will run to the immediate vision of the “Trumpesque” character. Brash, arrogant and sometimes obnoxious even. While that description may apply to a few, the great majority of our wealthy people are...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 17, 2023 | Blog
A few years back, in the early stages of this Government, I wrote an article entitled “The protesters shall inherit the earth”. The column centred on a view that those who shout the loudest will get the attention and that many in the current Government have come from...
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 | Mar 5, 2023 | Blog
You can tell a lot about a country from the state of its roads. Roads are a critical part of the infrastructure. Despite what you may think about transport alternatives, our roads are the routes we use every day. Whether we’re on buses, in cars, motorbikes, or even...
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 | Feb 6, 2023 | Blog
If they say that a week is a long time in politics, then the past 10 days have been an eternity. In that time we’ve had a new Prime Minister sworn in, a chaotic shambles around Auckland Transport’s plans for the Elton John concert, a storm, a flood, political polls, a...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog, Leadership
With a challenging year behind us, we have hit 2023 carrying something of a hangover from the past twelve months. The new year is still young, but the challenges past and present have already claimed their first scalp. The Prime Minister has decided that the going is...
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...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 29, 2022 | Uncategorised
Last Friday afternoon, after the deadlines for the Saturday papers and with material for the 6pm news bulletins already well planned, it came. The announcement we all should have wanted to hear. Except that we didn’t. As any seasoned politician will tell you, Friday...
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