There are some professions that get a rough deal – that are perceived by some in negative ways because of past experiences or through word of mouth. Tradespeople are one such sector and in my opinion the vast majority of them would have to be some of the most...
I’ve been thinking about virtual space for a while – not only because it is the strange, necessary and contested space of digital marketing – but because of the disappointing manner in which some of the more gargantuan online entities have shifted...
Sometimes I find myself just going ‘wow’, when I think about how much the world has changed in the past six months and how it continues to alter and shift as we all negotiate our way through the social, cultural and economic impacts of the Covid-19...
While we may always have known, and were told that Covid-19 may well come back after a 24 day spell of no cases, the past few weeks has brought us all back down to earth, with a crashing thump. More than that, the trust that many Kiwis have had in our institutions has...
New Zealand has done what most of the nations around the globe could only have dreamed of at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic – reduced active cases to zero for a stunning 19 days, with a fraction of the deaths, even though each and every one is a...
Last month Comar Brunton, in conjunction with Wright Communications, released its annual index of New Zealand’s most trusted companies. “Wright Communications’ managing director, Nikki Wright said Colmar Brunton’s polling during the COVID-19 lockdown...
