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  1. The tatty remnants of Occupy

    Published on Thursday, January 26th, 2012
    When the messages become so blurred, disparate and even meaningless, surely it’s time to retire the brand. Such is the case with the “Occupy” movement in this country. There was a time and place for “Occupy” in our civic precincts, but it has now totally lost its legitimacy. The individuals involved in the tatty remnants [...]

  2. Media relationships – it’s important to make them work

    Published on Thursday, January 19th, 2012
    The Press has accused EQC of being unprofessional in its portrayal of two of its reporters – one as “schizophrenic in his writing” and another as a “rogue reporter”. The background to this is the EQC’s presentation to field staff on Monday reminding them of the organisation’s responsibilities to the media and that media enquiries [...]

  3. The spirit of communicating

    Published on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
    St Matthew-in-the-City sees the Christmas season as an opportunity to spark thought and conversation in the community.  They’ve put up their Christmas billboard portraying Mary, Jesus’ mother, looking at a home pregnancy test kit revealing that she is pregnant. In much less dramatic ways, on one level many of us use the Christmas season to [...]

  4. Food for the nation

    Published on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
    During the next four weeks New Zealanders’ combined spending on food, beverages and other grocery items is likely to once again break records.  Even though purse strings are tighter, people will over-compensate for fear of being caught short. Budget pressures aside, we forget how fortunate we are to have access to such an impressive choice [...]

  5. Mayor Parker and Ballantynes show us how it can be done

    Published on Thursday, December 8th, 2011
    As President of the Public Relations Institute of NZ (PRINZ), I was privileged late last week to present Bob Parker, Mayor of Christchurch with the Institute’s Communicator of the Year award in Christchurch.  It is an annual award bestowed by the College of Fellows, so the selection of Mayor Parker is not simply one of [...]