#58 - Andre Rowell Interview (M2 Magazine, Writing, Stories, Travelling, Antarctica, Cook Islands etc.)

Andre Rowell has been managing Editor at M2 Magazine for over 14 years and has done of different articles and podcasts for the publication during his tenure there. SOCIAL MEDIA Website Men - https://m2magazine.co.nz Website Women - https://www.m2woman.co.nz Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/m2magazinenz/ Twitter - @M2magazineNZ   TIMESTAMPS   00:51 - How Andre Got Job At M2 Magazine 02:55 - How To Write An Article/Short Opinion Piece 04:55 - Sharing Ideas 05:39 - How Reece Got Into Podcasting 07:16 - Reece Has Learned A Lot From Podcasts 08:00 - Being A Product Of Your Environment 09:09 - General Public Being Influenced By Media 11:58 - Media Being Monetised By The Audience/Validating A View Poiont 13:12 - Researching Before Writing An Opinion Piece/M2 Magazine Is Pro Business 14:09 - Negativity Becomes A Self Fulfilling Prophecy 14:56 - NZ Doing Well On The World Stage/Questioning The Government 16:45 - Negativity From Social Media 17:31 - Size Of Andre’s Team/Discussions Within The Team 18:40 - Is Printing Money Bad? 20:12 - How A Decision Is Made As To Who Is Featured In M2 Magazine 21:47 - NZ Are Underdogs 22:50 - Tall Poppy Syndrome/Praise To Someone Doesn’t Diminish Your Potential 24:50 - Failure Is Important/Andre & Reece Critique There Podcasts 26:29 - What Happens At The M2 Summit   29:59 - Andre’s Favourite Interview & Article Piece 31:30 - Celebrities Are Normal People 33:52 - Monks Dealing With Politics 34:53 - Andre’s Time In Antarctica 39:00 - M2 Summit Brings Different Walks Of Life Together 40:39 - Feeling Dumb Compared To Intellectuals 42:42 - Flying To Mars 43:18 - Spontaneity Vs Analytical 44:41 - Passion Project To Help The Cook Islands 50:45 - Fishing Industry In The Cook Islands 53:25 - Cook Islands Being Affected By Covid-19/Diversifying An Economy 56:14 - Governments Think Short Term As Opposed To Long Term 57:54 - Andre Goes To The Cook Island A Few Times A Year 59:30 - Supporting Local Economies 1:00:56 - Countries Will Change Post Covid-19/ Cause And Effect 1:02:26 - Opportunity For Business To Do What Government Doesn’t 1:03:21 - Reece Thinks Andre Is Very Genuine 1:04:00 - Where To Follow M2 Magazine 1:05:20 - Physical Vs Digital Magazines