More Mongrel Please, Pierre!
Here's my opinion piece today in Supermarket News calling on the new Grocery Commissioner to put real focus onto market structure and...
Supermarkets - a Solution
So here's a really good solution to the problem of market failure in the grocery sector, staring us in the face. Foodstuffs are wanting...
Coalition talks should feature supermarket reform
New Zealand First has one thing absolutely right in its manifesto, in promising to "force the supermarket duopoly to divest themselves of...
Now published - My Memoir "Thank God It's Monday"
Ive just today published my memoirs in the form of a 50,000 word e-book. Its focused on a fascinating career embracing multiple...
ComCom Right on Mobile Roaming - But There's a Wider Concern
The Commerce Commission has done exactly the right thing in continuing the regulation of mobile roaming as set out in its media release...
Transparency, Eyes Off the Ball, and Perceptions of Corruption
Should Kiwis be worried if government policy formation is being heavily influenced by private sector interests to their own ends? Or if...
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...