Five New Zealand customs' officers seated on a boat.

Where is brand Aotearoa?

Five New Zealand customs' officers seated on a boat.

One thing holding back exports from Aotearoa New Zealand is the absence of a true, authentic national brand. I said this even back in the days of the 100% Pure campaign, which was much lauded. I cynically asked: can we really claim this when France and Germany outspend us on the environment as a percentage […]

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Saddened to see colleagues lose their jobs as we bid, ‘Auf wiedersehen, Heinrich Bauer Verlag’

I am privy to some of the inner workings at Bauer Media through friends and colleagues, but I didn’t expect them to shut up shop in New Zealand, effective April 2.    Depending on your politics, you’re in one of two camps.    TV3, itself part of a foreign company who has made serious cutbacks […]

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Google is telling fibs again when it says it’s dealing with “fake news” sites: more proof

Above: Good news, Newsroom and The Spinoff are there in Google News.   Further to my blog post last night, I decided to look at Google News to see who had the latest on our PM, Jacinda Ardern. Feeding in her name, the above is the results’ page.    I had thought that I had […]

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