Top accolades at the Tauranga Business Awards 2026 goes to a company whose success is tied to supplying the Ukraine war. I ask how this sits with New Zealanders, really.
It's all well and good to preach morality, when it is not your own job or industry that is at stake.
Yes, you can offer alternatives, but we are a small country with limited resources.
Just because they make combat drones does not mean they ultimately can't pursue the more "kinder" options you suggest, but let's face it, we need investment to provide the means for research and development.
This is no different to Kiwisaver choosing not to invest in fossil fuel for its Kiwisaver clients.
Yes, the war in Ukraine is corrupt, but deep down what war isn't?
I will keep sharing what I have researched. It's not about preaching morality. There's no such thing as 'fossil' fuels. We live in an abundant earth. Almost everything we have been told is a lie.
SYOS web landing page sings a typically kiwi song supporting agrarian technology advancement. 35 yrs ago I visited John Deere manufacturing plants in the mid west of the USA and tucked in the back corner of a shed big enough to fit most of Tauranga into was a restricted area where everyday JD equipment like diggers and bulldozers were modified for military use.
If we wanted to take some high ground then we should stop selling or buying from China but pure pragmatism dictates otherwise.
Before the military industrial complex we bludgened ourselves with sticks and rocks, so let's celebrate success for the many kiwi innovators who can get a toe hold in the global market
It's all well and good to preach morality, when it is not your own job or industry that is at stake.
Yes, you can offer alternatives, but we are a small country with limited resources.
Just because they make combat drones does not mean they ultimately can't pursue the more "kinder" options you suggest, but let's face it, we need investment to provide the means for research and development.
This is no different to Kiwisaver choosing not to invest in fossil fuel for its Kiwisaver clients.
Yes, the war in Ukraine is corrupt, but deep down what war isn't?
I will keep sharing what I have researched. It's not about preaching morality. There's no such thing as 'fossil' fuels. We live in an abundant earth. Almost everything we have been told is a lie.
SYOS web landing page sings a typically kiwi song supporting agrarian technology advancement. 35 yrs ago I visited John Deere manufacturing plants in the mid west of the USA and tucked in the back corner of a shed big enough to fit most of Tauranga into was a restricted area where everyday JD equipment like diggers and bulldozers were modified for military use.
If we wanted to take some high ground then we should stop selling or buying from China but pure pragmatism dictates otherwise.
Before the military industrial complex we bludgened ourselves with sticks and rocks, so let's celebrate success for the many kiwi innovators who can get a toe hold in the global market