by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 16, 2023 | Uncategorised
I was listening to Jamie McKay on The Country radio show last week. He was talking about the retail price of a rack of lamb. Farmers in this country are selling their lambs for about $6 per kilogram. In case you’re wondering, that’s not a lot of money. The average...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 11, 2023 | Uncategorised
It’s time to have a conversation about Green politics in New Zealand. Of course, we already have a Green Party. But it seems to have strayed from its intended purpose. So much so that, as an interested voter, I’m not sure what it stands for any more. The Green Party...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 9, 2023 | Uncategorised
As we near the end of 2023 our attentions turn to 2024. And after the welcome distractions of the Rugby World Cup and, for the moment, the Cricket World Cup, it’s great to have another mammoth sporting event lined up for next year. The Olympics. In Paris. We’re good...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 2, 2023 | Uncategorised
The unfolding saga about the online grocery business Soupie is very sad, but also enthralling. In case you missed it, Soupie has been placed in Voluntary Administration and it appears that the Company does not have sufficient funds to meet the most basic of...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 29, 2023 | Uncategorised
We were promised the most transparent Government ever. We received the opposite. Now they’re gone. I’ve been trying to recall what our perception of government was before 2017. While we all have differing political views, we’ve probably tended to think of governments...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 26, 2023 | Uncategorised
I’ve been keeping an eye on the media channels, scanning for political updates. Of course there have been precious few. The silence is deafening. But it’s also been quite pleasant. After the hurly burly of the election campaign, and the associated wall to wall media...
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