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Dec 19, 20241 min read
Milo misstep
Health NZ’s limit on Milo drink available to its staff triggered a discontent that had been brewing in the stress of cost-cutting. It...
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Dec 19, 20241 min read
Hikoi helplessness
The speed at which moments of outrage fade with time is a saving grace and curse in politics. So although Christopher Luxon’s clumsy...
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Dec 19, 20241 min read
Killing distance
The corporate response to the CEO shot dead last week in the US is likely to be more of the distance that is already generating customer...
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Dec 19, 20241 min read
Don’t take it
Last week, Spanish offshore wind company BlueFloat Energy announced it was pulling out of its $6 billion projects off Waikato and South...
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Dec 19, 20241 min read
The value of a different voice
Hierarchy and tradition should not get in the way of the best choice for a tricky moment. Fletcher Building’s AGM last week was run by...
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Dec 19, 20241 min read
How to sound smart at US election parties
Look at the swing counties The counties that carry the most weight in swing states. For example, Maricopa County holds over half of...
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Avoid the media
Avoiding media interviews is a fair option if you’re not equipped to do them. Inquisitorial, “gotcha” interviews are popular media fare,...
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Dec 19, 20241 min read
What to do about Tory?
Tory Whanau’s media problem is obvious; she treats media interviews as conversations. She excused her claim that she sold her car to pay...
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Dec 19, 20241 min read
Trust in free fall
Generation Xers will recall the famous X-Files assertion “Trust no one”. It came to mind with news that official Government statistics...
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