Flashback to my Grocery Manufacturers Association Days
My unexpected incursion back into grocery distribution policy has had me reflecting on my time as Executive Director of the then Grocery...
Supermarkets - Back Full Circle
I never imagined that at this stage of life I'd be back taking a professional interest in the grocery industry, but fate can be strange....
The Telecommunications Forum Needs Modernising
Telecommunications reform has been one of New Zealand’s great success stories of the past twenty years. The new century began with the...
Supermarkets and Telcos Compared
I stuck my head above the parapet yesterday and wrote this piece for the Stuff Web site. I hope it gives encouragement to those in the...
"The WISPs of New Zealand" - my first video production
I've posted my first video - "The WISPs of New Zealand" - on Youtube. It features some of the 30 WISP businesses I work with in WISPA,...
Data Cap Removal a Mis-Timed PR Stunt
I never thought I’d be criticising a telecommunications company for reducing its prices, but Spark’s and others’ decision to lead the...
NZ Smashes TUANZ Broadband Goal
A great night tonight for the second time in a week. Crown Infrastructure Partners invited me to a fun party to celebrate completion of...
Craig Young and TUANZ
Had a good chat last night at the Spark Wholesale Christmas bash with my friend Craig Young, CEO of TUANZ the past several years. I told...
Are the Mobile Black Spots in Trouble?
Today’s announcement that Andrew Button has resigned suddenly as CEO of the Rural Connectivity Group is bad news on two fronts. First,...
A profound experience in the Aniseed Valley
8 April, 2019 My mission of writing company profiles promoting the members of WISPA.NZ continues, and a few days ago took me into the...