MPI's reassessment of the manuka honey definition is a failure on multiple fronts, writes experienced public servant Ian Fletcher...

It might be time to pick up the phone to Australia and talk Manuka Honey opines Ian Fletcher, a former advisor to the NZ trademark efforts.

Following honey industry complaints about MPI processes last month, experienced bureaucrat Ian Fletcher explores some of MPI's workings...

Ian Fletcher looks into how we can better prepare for, and react to, extreme weather events...

So, we have a new Prime Minister. What ought Chris Hipkins actually be worrying about?...

Ian Fletcher explains how inflation is measured, what causes it, how it impacts us, and analyses the Reserve Bank’s response to rising...

The Government has started, tentatively, to take steps to prepare for the possibility of war in our wider region explains Ian Fletcher...

What grade does experienced international trade negotiator and now apiculture industry advisor Ian Fletcher give the Government's new emi..

How should we think about pay for nurses, teachers, or police? Former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher tries to answer that tricky question...

Apiculture industry consultant and former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher gives his “Views from Outside the Apiary” – on the budget and economy.

The Government’s ‘Three Waters’ reform of water, sewerage and stormwater arrangements is ambitious, complicated and controversial...

How should we think about the war in Ukraine? The experienced and educated Ian Fletcher weighs in on "the end of post-WW2 settlement".

Ian Fletcher on the politics of "zero-basing" the public service and what he believes really needs to be done to improve effectiveness...

Apiculture industry consultant and former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher gives his monthly “Views from Outside the Apiary”...

Apiculture industry consultant and former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher gives his monthly “Views from Outside the Apiary” as a...

I usually write this column to raise issues and encourage readers to think about solutions. This month is different...

VIEWS FROM OUTSIDE THE APIARY: IAN FLETCHER The anxious watch over the latest Covid lockdowns in New Zealand has kept much of our...

VIEWS FROM OUTSIDE THE APIARY: IAN FLETCHER ‘Productivity isn't everything, but in the long run it is almost everything. A country's...