http://www.prmatters.co.nz fresh thinking - influential communication Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:27:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-tatty-remnants-of-occupy/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-tatty-remnants-of-occupy/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:23:52 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1363 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 [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-tatty-remnants-of-occupy/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/food-for-the-nation/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/food-for-the-nation/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:00:09 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1329 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 [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/food-for-the-nation/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/new-ipads-for-mps/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/new-ipads-for-mps/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:16:53 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1306 On arriving for their first day at Parliament yesterday, MPs were given a goodie bag with pen and notebook, iPad 2 and iPhone or Blackberry. The iPads were preloaded with key information new members could refer to during their induction programme. No doubt there will be some of the usual criticisms leveled at our public [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/new-ipads-for-mps/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/lessons-from-a-%e2%80%9cprivate-conversation%e2%80%9d/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/lessons-from-a-%e2%80%9cprivate-conversation%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:03:05 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1301 The best outcome we could hope from the “cuppa” saga would be that editors and their charges realign their news senses with the public’s expectations. While there will always be legitimate stories with which the public, or at least sectors of it, will be uncomfortable, the consensus seems to be that our media lost its [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/lessons-from-a-%e2%80%9cprivate-conversation%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/elections-aren%e2%80%99t-the-only-time-to-exercise-democratic-power/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/elections-aren%e2%80%99t-the-only-time-to-exercise-democratic-power/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:19:47 +0000 Mark Oldershaw http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1284 As the election campaigns unfold, the ‘lolly scramble’ of policy has been in full swing (as has the obligatory media distraction from the real issues at-hand). Political parties, and their people are interacting with their publics like there is no tomorrow… because for some there won’t be, at least not in Parliament. The candidates and [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/elections-aren%e2%80%99t-the-only-time-to-exercise-democratic-power/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/never-mind-policy-what%e2%80%99s-on-the-tape/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/never-mind-policy-what%e2%80%99s-on-the-tape/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:50:13 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1237 It is hard not to feel that that the 2011 General Election has descended into farce.  We’re now ten days out from the Election, and for nigh on three days our politicians aided and abetted by the national media have given us a diet of irrelevancy about a tape of a private conversation. The PM [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/never-mind-policy-what%e2%80%99s-on-the-tape/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/a-time-for-self-reflection-2/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/a-time-for-self-reflection-2/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:22:54 +0000 Mark Oldershaw http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1136 With Parliament set to rise in a couple of weeks ahead of November’s general election we are about to head into the valedictory speech season. The last ‘hurrah’ for those MPs that have decided not to stand for re-election.  This time around there will be 14 of them starting on 27th September with Green MP [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/a-time-for-self-reflection-2/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/tail-wagging-the-dog/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/tail-wagging-the-dog/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:26:18 +0000 Mark Oldershaw http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1080 Two high profile political polls have been released recently that have shown a significant gap between the two leading parties in New Zealand looking to form a government post 26th November. For the party strategists there is a risk that such large gaps can lead to a sense of panic on one side and complacency [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/tail-wagging-the-dog/feed/ 2 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/concern-and-outrage-%e2%80%93-time-to-chill-2/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/concern-and-outrage-%e2%80%93-time-to-chill-2/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:38:18 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1014 Excuse me if I’ve said this before, but it’s sad when price is the only message of certain communication initiatives, and value is left unconsidered. I for one welcomed the “glossy flyer” that came through the mail box from Auckland Council, inclusive of a “letter from Len”.  While this may have contained nothing new for [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/concern-and-outrage-%e2%80%93-time-to-chill-2/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/social-media-and-rule-of-the-mob/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/social-media-and-rule-of-the-mob/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:12:25 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=965 Writing his opinion piece in the Dominion Post today under the descriptor “curmudgeon”, columnist Karl du Fresne says it is hard to recall a time when the tone of public discourse was more vicious and abusive.  He cites the attacks on former EMA boss Alasdair Thompson and ACT leader Don Brash, saying little attempt was [...]

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