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/inclusive-politics-%e2%80%a6-your-local-tui-billboard-has-the-answer/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/inclusive-politics-%e2%80%a6-your-local-tui-billboard-has-the-answer/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:39:42 +0000 Dennis Lynch http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=594 As Australia inches forward to deciding who won last Saturday’s election, for diversion media commentators across the ditch are pouring over the tea leaves trying to analyse why the electorate voted the way it did. One recurring theme is ‘the electorate is sick and tired of the adversarial politics served up by the two main [...]

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]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/knowing-the-price-of-everything-and-value-of-nothing/feed/ 1 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/just-how-can-phil-goff-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-labour-voters/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/just-how-can-phil-goff-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-labour-voters/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:56:02 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=138 Phil Goff has surely got the worst job in New Zealand politics right now?  Taking over the leadership of a party that was soundly trumped in an election is bad enough. But inheriting this role from St Helen, whose new position in the UN only serves to entrench her legacy as PM, makes his situation even [...]

]]> http://www.prmatters.co.nz/just-how-can-phil-goff-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-labour-voters/feed/ 0 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/how-to-look-like-a-winner-when-have-lost-big-time/ http://www.prmatters.co.nz/how-to-look-like-a-winner-when-have-lost-big-time/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:35:55 +0000 Jane Dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=67 Most people are possibly a bit tired of post-election analysis and there are many more news cycles to come before we begin to look ahead to how National is actually shaping up as a new Government.  But despite the extensive discussion it seems that one major point has been lost on most people, and certainly [...]

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