Articles by Bruce%20Russell
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Bruce Cotterill
Bruce Cotterill: Bad Behaviour
Monday, 8 April 2024, 3:42PMLast week’s news that New Zealand school students are among the worst behaved in the OECD came as quite a surprise. On reflection,...
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Bruce Cotterill: Planes, Houses and Double Standards
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 7:39AMI sometimes think we’re quite good at double standards. It’s one of our quirky little habits and it has surfaced again this...
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Bruce Cotterill: It’s a big mess. We need to be patient
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 8:07AMIt hasn’t taken long has it. Since returning from the summer break, I’ve been watching the reaction to the new Government....
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Bruce Cotterill: Are we better together or better apart?
Wednesday, 7 February 2024, 11:57AMMy grandmother used to say that things come in threes. I’m not sure why she thought that but I’m sure it was nothing more...
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Bruce Cotterill: Employment is a two way street
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 9:11AMThere’s a bit of a storm brewing around the new government’s proposed workplace reforms. True to the National and Act campaign...
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Bruce Cotterill: Simple communications and a 100-day plan
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 3:09PMIt seems like a long time since the election. But this week, our new government has finally been sworn in. They are now operational...
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Bruce Cotterill: Challenging the media’s independence is good for all of us.
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 3:01PMYou can easily spot the guy who’s been there before. He gets straight back into the business. He knows where to go and what...
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Bruce Cotterill: The confidence that comes with competence
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 11:02AMIt looks like we’ll have a new government locked in and ready to go sometime in the next 24 hours. And I’m looking forward...
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Bruce Cotterill: Something’s going wrong with food prices – and it’s not the supermarkets
Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 2:50PMI listened to Jamie Mackay talking on The Country radio show last week about the retail price of a rack of lamb. Farmers...
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Bruce Cotterill: Lewis Clareburt - Is this the best we can do?
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 11:49AMAs we near the end of 2023 our attentions turn to 2024. And after the welcome distractions of the Rugby World Cup and, for...
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Bruce Cotterill: Supie is sad, but it's not what we think
Thursday, 2 November 2023, 7:34AMThe unfolding saga about the online grocery business Supie is very sad, but also enthralling. In case you missed it, Supie...
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Bruce Cotterill
Bruce Cotterill: A new Government? Time will tell
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 10:22AMI’ve been keeping an eye on the media channels, scanning for political updates. Of course there have been precious few. The...
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Bruce Cotterill: Lessons from the election and a nod to the future
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 9:51AMThe election is now behind us and there have been plenty of lessons for the outgoing government and the one that awaits us....
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Bruce Cotterill: I think we're ready for the election
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 8:53AMI think we’re ready for the election. The campaigning is becoming oddly repetitious, with some political parties constantly...
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Bruce Cotterill: We need to be able to talk about difficult issues
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 9:18AMThere’s a viral video going doing the rounds. It’s eighteen months old now and it features what appears to be the conclusion...
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Bruce Cotterill: When the trophy is not the big prize
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 5:06PMI’ve always wanted to return to Milan. It is a truly specular city, and after Rome, is Italy’s finest. So, when the opportunity...
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Bruce Cotterill
Up in smoke: Why we need to ban vaping
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 9:10AMOur little country has its fair share of challenges at the moment. Most of it is not good. The stuff that’s important is...
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World
Trump holds state dinner for Aussie PM Morrison
Saturday, 21 September 2019, 2:12PMDonald Trump's held a state dinner at the White House for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. It's only the second...
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Opinion
Bruce Russell: Christmas is under attack
Friday, 30 November 2018, 12:31PMChristmas is just around the corner, we hear that phrase every year at this time, and it is. But is it Christmas or is it...
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Crime
Christchurch police seeking help to identify dairy robbers
Sunday, 10 June 2018, 1:26PMChristchurch police are appealing for help to identify the men who robbed a dairy in Templeton on Wednesday evening. Two...
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Lifestyle
Dental care bites wallets: Kiwis leaving teeth to rot
Monday, 28 May 2018, 1:41PMWe get subsidised doctors' visits and free hospital care. But turn 18, and most of us spend the rest of our lives either...
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Christchurch
Man dies after serious crash on Friday night
Saturday, 24 February 2018, 4:26PMA motorbike rider has died in hospital after a serious crash involving a car and a motorcycle in Sockburn, Christchurch last...
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Health
First three-way kidney transplant exchange in NZ
Monday, 24 October 2016, 2:38PMUPDATED 6.40PM: A ground-breaking three-way kidney exchange is being hailed as a potential game-changer for those seeking...
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Emergency
Firefighter gets shattered windscreen glass in eye during training
Sunday, 17 July 2016, 3:49PMA firefighter has been taken to hospital after a piece of glass entered her eye during a training exercise today. The firefighter...