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/three-countries-three-voting-systems-same-end-result/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/three-countries-three-voting-systems-same-end-result/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:24:52 +0000 Dennis Lynch http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=611 Prime Minister John Key has voiced concerns that the Act Party’s ‘debacle’ is likely to turn the public off MMP. He is quoted as saying “I think it will increase the likelihood that people will vote MMP out”. What he doesn’t make clear is whether he thinks that in voting out MMP the electorate will [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/three-countries-three-voting-systems-same-end-result/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/straddling-the-high-wire-%e2%80%a6-and-surviving/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/straddling-the-high-wire-%e2%80%a6-and-surviving/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:22:13 +0000 Dennis Lynch http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=486 Less than two years ago as we led into the November 2008 election, the preservation of our fight against the evils of climate change, in the form of the emissions trading scheme, was sacrosanct. Only ACT railed against it, National promised to be pragmatic while Labour told us the ‘end is nigh’ if we dared [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/straddling-the-high-wire-%e2%80%a6-and-surviving/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-a-wonderful-bizarre-world-we-live-in/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-a-wonderful-bizarre-world-we-live-in/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:31:53 +0000 Dennis Lynch http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=319 There are occasions when you can only but shake your head in disbelief at the antics played out in our media. Take for example the reaction by the majority of the media to the suggestion by ACT MP David Garrett that there might be some value in considering paying ‘bad parents’ $5000 if they agreed [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/what-a-wonderful-bizarre-world-we-live-in/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/is-rodney-hide-the-consummate-pr-man-or-just-someone-looking-for-attention/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/is-rodney-hide-the-consummate-pr-man-or-just-someone-looking-for-attention/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:20:39 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=155 When a child does something they know is a bit naughty and are likely to get found out, we call this attention seeking behaviour.  So could it be that the Hon Rodney Hide was seeking more than a suntan when he took his partner on the now contentious trip overseas? Was the ministerial trip yet [...]

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