I was impressed by Bruce Coterill’s article in the Business Section of the New Zealand Herald on Saturday, 22 June in which he detailed some of the negative reports coming out of the media. These include:
• The stats are giving us bad news on a weekly basis
• Protest rallies are regularly held with those walking not really knowing what they are protesting about.
As he rightly stated that as Kiwis, we care more about the All Black’s coach than we do about the welfare of our country’s wellbeing.
• The behaviour of some of our elected politicians in Parliament from all parties has been poor and lacks standards.
• The expectation of our politicians has deteriorated as to how they should behave, how they should dress and what should be their focus and top priority.
• It was gratifying to see the dress standards of the students from Mercury Bay Area School at their recent Year 13 Ball held in Whitianga.
Back to Bruce Coterill’s article, he summed up on standards saying that to achieve their goal they should all face up and focus their attendance on the things that really matter.
