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/media-relationships-it%e2%80%99s-important-to-make-them-work/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/media-relationships-it%e2%80%99s-important-to-make-them-work/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:55:09 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1352 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 [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/media-relationships-it%e2%80%99s-important-to-make-them-work/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-spirit-of-communicating/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-spirit-of-communicating/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:25:03 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1346 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 [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/the-spirit-of-communicating/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/mayor-parker-and-ballantynes-show-us-how-it-can-be-done/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/mayor-parker-and-ballantynes-show-us-how-it-can-be-done/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:50:42 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1317 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 [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/mayor-parker-and-ballantynes-show-us-how-it-can-be-done/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-we-can-learn-from-the-rugby-world-cup%e2%80%a6so-far/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-we-can-learn-from-the-rugby-world-cup%e2%80%a6so-far/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:51:54 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1205 AB supporters can breathe easy for another week at least. Monday would have been entirely different had we lost. It epitomises the many lessons we can learn from a sport and an international tournament that we may never have the opportunity to enjoy again in quite the same way right in our own backyard. Rugby [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-we-can-learn-from-the-rugby-world-cup%e2%80%a6so-far/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/when-sorry-is-too-little-too-late/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/when-sorry-is-too-little-too-late/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:05:11 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1184 It was an outrage, but there was an apology. A “stupid thing” had been done and it was now deeply regretted. An All Black had gone out drinking (and smoking).  Fortunate for Cory Jane, he played a blinder and the match was won. The second apology of the week came from Costamare Shipping Company managing [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/when-sorry-is-too-little-too-late/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/celebrating-the-rwc-national-anthems/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/celebrating-the-rwc-national-anthems/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:12:11 +0000 Paul http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1175 Never mind the intricacies of backline set-plays, for me one of the most impressive feats of the RWC has been that of the New Zealand Choral Federation in learning 20 different anthems. The lyrics of  these anthems can be found here. Some older Kiwis find learning the dual language version of the New Zealand anthem [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/celebrating-the-rwc-national-anthems/feed/ 1 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/get-into-the-spirit-of-it-nz/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/get-into-the-spirit-of-it-nz/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:11:46 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1119 I think we’d all agree, for the most part our Rugby World Cup so far has been a great debut of our hosting talents on the world stage, with impressive hospitality extended to our international guests spread throughout the country. While still backing our Boys in Black, we’ve seen our patriotic towns and cities get [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/get-into-the-spirit-of-it-nz/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-would-you-like-new-zealand-to-be-remembered-for-after-the-rugby-world-cup/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-would-you-like-new-zealand-to-be-remembered-for-after-the-rugby-world-cup/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:16:10 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=1071 As predicted, with the countdown to the RWC underway, negative stories that have begun to appear with issues such as ticket prices, marketing practices, crowd control and general behaviour are already making headlines. With a view to accentuating the positives and minimising the negative,  we’d love to see an analysis of media coverage post the [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-would-you-like-new-zealand-to-be-remembered-for-after-the-rugby-world-cup/feed/ 0 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 [...]

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