David Porter

THE PORTER REPORT - A monthly update on the business world from David Porter

Meeting democracy’s needs

02/07/2024

Tauranga is currently absorbed in the run-up to its first local council elections in around four years. Next month’s issue of Bay of Plenty...

Learning from the past

03/06/2024

There has been a groundswell of support from potential candidates as Tauranga gets ready for its first democratic city council election since 2019. Then...

University awards honorary doctorate to Sir Paul Adams

06/05/2024

One of the Bay of Plenty’s best-known businessmen and benefactors Sir Paul Adams KNZM has been awarded the University of Waikato’s first Honorary Doctorate. Sir...

Boycott Blues

05/05/2024

The recent media coverage of the tit-for-tat missile exchanges between Israel and Iran inadvertently resulted in a significant change in the global perception of...