David Porter

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

Taking the temperature

It is easy to feel despair when we contemplate the accelerating pace of global climate change and lack of substantive action to deal with...

Pass the ammunition¹

I hesitate to again refer to the appalling genocide taking place in Gaza, but feel Israel’s accelerating carnage simply cannot go without further comment....

The end of the world¹…

I fear our benign weather allows us to overlook just how much New Zealand’s climate is influenced by its position in the chilly Southern...

Prising open the doors

I was born in Wellington and raised in the then smallish town of Tawa, about 15 minutes drive from the capital’s CBD. I vividly...

I’d rather [not] go blind¹

I have been a licensed motorist since my late teens and have driven without incident in much of Asia and Europe for decades. But...
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