by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 22, 2024 | Uncategorised
They say that there are lies, damn lies and statistics. I don’t know much about the other two, but the stats are giving us bad news on a weekly basis. Everywhere we look, we seem to be underperforming. We’ve talked about most of it already. The state of the economy,...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 8, 2024 | Uncategorised
For the first time in a generation, we now have two sides of the political spectrum that stand for very different things. Traditionally, our two major parties have straddled the political centre and that has resulted in decades of very stable government. But as MMP...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 30, 2024 | Uncategorised
Normally we have to wait until the budget comes out before we hear that most overused of post-budget phrases, “there’s nothing in the budget for me”. This time around, the serial compainers have beaten even the finance minister to it, with claims that there’s nothing...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 25, 2024 | Uncategorised
Statistics NZ announced last week that our population has now reached 5.339 million people. For decades we said that we needed our population to be over five million. Population was cited as a solution to our economic growth and financial freedom. A few years back, we...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
It’s nice to see our political leaders playing a constructive role on the international stage again. Last week, we saw our Foreign Minister joining other global leaders in calling for both sides in the Israeli conflict with Palestine to give serious consideration to...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 3, 2024 | Uncategorised
The latest announcements by the Remuneration Authority suggesting an increase in parliamentary salaries strikes me as a government department that is tone deaf to the state of the country and the needs of the people. Most of us are feeling the pressure brought about...
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