 Andrew Patterson is RadioLIVE's Business Editor.
Prior to joining RadioLIVE in 2006, he was based in Sydney where he was a business presenter on ABC's continuous news network, NewsRadio.
He has also worked in both the finance and tourism sectors and gained his commerce degree from the University of Auckland more years ago than he cares to remember! |
Prime Minister John Key delivered his first official address for the year outlining a four point strategy that would focus on fiscal management, improving productivity and competitiveness, delivering better public services and rebuilding Christchurch. But as Harvard School of Government adjunct lecturer and former US politician Marty Linsky pointed out in an article in The Listener last year, politicians, post the GFC, continue to avoid facing up to the difficult decisions. "One of the issues we’re dealing with is that people want their politicians to take care of them and tell them everything’s going to be better. They don’t want their politicians to force them to face the complicated, difficult issues that are going to require sacrifice, discomfort and adaption to survive and thrive.” Thoughtfully, he goes on to say "My favourite definition of leadership is: it’s about disappointing your own people at a rate then can absorb.”
In this interview John Key responds to criticism that the Government needs to pick up the pace.
While the markets have started the year on a positive note with increasing optimism that Europe just might be able to get through its sovereign debt worries after all, 2012 could well be a case of expect the unexpected….
Brian Gaynor from Milford Asset Management is in the conservative corner predicting 2012 will be a year not unlike the last one and is taking a cautious stance while Sydney based Angus Geddes, Managing Director at Fat Prophets is more bullish….particularly about the prospects for the second half of the year…..
In this one-stop guide to social media, NZ based author Linda Coles provides a step-by-step plan for harnessing the power of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to help businesses get to grips with these powerful marketing tools. 15th January 2012.
This week CNN referred to it as "The crisis that just won't quit." Each time Europe's political leaders think they've capped the crisis engulfing the Euro zone, the cracks appear almost as quickly as the ink is drying on the latest agreement. Just this week several members have begun to baulk at the prospect of contributing yet another €200 billion to an IMF fund while Ireland faces the prospect of putting the decision to a public referendum - a vote it would be guaranteed to lose - further undermining last week's agreement. In this interview, Niall Ferguson, Professor of History at Harvard University and the presenter of the acclaimed British television series "The Ascent of Money" is highly critical of the stance taken by Germany and warns there may only be a matter of weeks left to resolve the current crisis.
18th December 2011. 
What part should business play in education - if any?
It’s a question that was brought sharply into focus this week with the announcement that the ACT Party had included provision for the introduction of charter schools in its coalition agreement with the Government.
The controversial school programme that began in the U.S. in the mid-80s, has seen more than 5,000 charter schools established throughout the country.
While the schools remain essentially government funded, and the students pay no fees, partial funding from a range of sources, including businesses, are also a feature of this particular school model.
John Petry is based in New York and the principal of a successful hedge fund but he’s also responsible for establishing what are now regarded as some of the city's most successful schools in two of its toughest localities, Harlem and the Bronx.
In this interview he explains why he was motivated to co-found the nine schools that make up the Success Academy Network and why they are now ranked in the top 10% of New York's schools.
11th December 2011.
During the month of October, four of the world’s leading experts on the global economy will join host Andrew Patterson to outline their economic forecasts and predictions.
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internet.co.nz boss Bernard Hickey tells RadioLIVE's Marcus Lush that Criterion Furniture has been hit by the high New Zealand dollar - 160 jobs are at stake as the company goes into receivership. He also talks about the Facebook IPO. 12 February 2012
interest.co.nz boss Bernard Hickey tells RadioLIVE's Marcus Lush why he won't be buying shares in Facebook's IPO. 2 February 2012
Chairman of the Construction Industry Council Pieter Burghout tells RadioLIVE's Marcus Lush the building industry is struggling and looking to Christchurch for a turnaround. 1 February 2012
Fonterra Chairman Sir Henry Van Hayden tells RadioLIVE's Marcus Lush the company will the Commerce Commissions proposed changes and says if they go ahead they'll cost Fonterra 200 million dollars.25 January 2012.
The Chairman of Open Country Dairy Laurie Margrain tells RadioLIVE's Marcus Lush proposed changes to the way Fonterra works won't keep milk prices down. 25 January 2012
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