Is Supermarket Advertising Power Influencing Journalism?
12 February 2023 Who, like me, has wondered why there is so little push from mainstream media about the crying need for a compulsory...
Health IT - Failure to Learn from Failure
I’m in Rotorua at Digital Health Week, the annual conference of Health Informatics NZ or HINZ. I’ve attended 3 or 4 times over the past...
Kris Faafoi's Move Into Lobbying
Article in the DomPost with my view on the above. https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/130147021/kris-faafois-unwelcome-move-into-lobbying
More on Grocery Market Failure
I keep getting drawn into the debate about market failure in the grocery distribution sector. Heres a link to my interview this morning...
TUANZ - a Bit of Video History
TUANZ is 35 this year. CEO Craig Young has marked this with video interviews with the 3 former CEOs - Grant Forsyth 1993-99, myself...
"Sunday" on TVNZ Deals with the Supermarkets Issue
Its 12 years since I used to grace the TV screens from time to time on telecommunications issues of the day. But last night I was back,...
Supermarkets - ComCom Conference
In a lockdown almost any pastime beats hanging around taking bets on the 1pm announcement. So last week’s start of the Commerce...
The Commerce Commission the Grocery Study, and Local Monopolies
As I've continued looking at the complex issues around the grocery market, I've come to realise the extent to which local...
Tex Edwards Takes on the Supermarkets
It was only a matter of time before the force behind budding new supermarket chain Northelia was outed as 2degrees founder Tex Edwards....
Market Dominance, Ethics and the Meaning of Life
This was published in the Herald today. For those without a Premium subscription, I've copied the original text below.. MARKET DOMINANCE,...