Articles published on May, 2009

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  1. A budget for feeding the chooks

    Published on Friday, May 29th, 2009
    Reading an NZPA report of the primary sector’s response to the $190 million growth partnership allocation on yesterday’s budget, it was difficult to escape the mental picture of the chooks being feed. Each industry segment – and a few who regard themselves as the industry – was enthusiastically grateful for the morsels from Bill’s bucket. And [...]

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  2. How to lose friends and alienate people in real-time

    Published on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
    Social media is the fastest growing place on the internet, and this fact hasn’t escaped the corporate gaze. Savvy, quick acting corporate players are getting their marketing and communication operatives out there on the net and engaging in the real business of customer relations and brand-reputation management. In New Zealand, few have been better or faster [...]

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  3. Mike King, Close Up and “bagging” the piper

    Published on Friday, May 22nd, 2009
    Mike King sits on Close Up and swears that he’d never heard of the issue of sow stalls in the pig industry.  And he was for seven years a front person for the pork industry. Mike’s flirt with the animal liberationists raises a couple of questions:  what was his “mate” saying to Mike when he was [...]

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  4. Hide our awards-light under a bushel? Not bloody likely!

    Published on Friday, May 22nd, 2009
    Winning is nice. There’s no getting round that fact that to come out on top feels damn good, even if as New Zealanders we’re not very good at saying so. What’s better still is winning for the work that you enjoy doing everyday and it’s a double bonus when somebody notices. That somebody who noticed was [...]

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  5. Not my cup of mea culpa

    Published on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
    “I’m sorry,” said Auckland Mayor John Banks yesterday, “It was a mistake for me to suggest that up to 40 percent of the city’s staff could lose their jobs.”  Oh, he really didn’t mean it that 2700 council employees will be tossed out when the new Auckland super city is formed? It’s possible that the [...]

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