Lindsay Mitchell

MORE research. This was released yesterday by the Ministry of Social Development, from their Research News, Issue 5, October 2006; The resea...

More hand-wringing and naval-gazing here . And YOU paid for it. Well-educated, well-off women with too much time on their hands whining abou...

Andrew Falloon has linked to a video which has Sue Bradford making this claim about the number of child deaths through physical abuse in Swe...

This headline in today's DomPost is highly questionable. The article continues, "10,000 women lost their jobs in the last 3 months...

This case is disquieting, to put it mildly. The former policeman has been found not guilty of rape charges yet the person who made the fals...

Unemployment rises slightly to 3.8 percent NZ falls from 2nd in OECD to 4th= But here's the interesting development; The decrease of 9,...

So ably described by David Green in Poverty and Benefit Dependency ; Try to remember this when next confronted with an indignant lifestyler ...

Last night I had the honour of stepping in for Rodney Hide and addressing the Waikanae Rotary members. No surprises what I talked about (aft...

Yesterday there were radio reports about two domestic violence incidents in Gisborne but they have barely rated a mention in today's pap...

The Child Poverty Action Group has won the right to challenge the government through the Human Rights Tribunal. They want beneficiaries with...

According to the NZ Herald , The Government says the stadium will cost about $500 million, although that is considered conservative. Based ...

From today's DomPost;

Since the release of the Stern Report this is the first account I have seen (though I haven't exactly been looking very hard) in the NZ...

I'll be putting my money on this horse, Pop Rock . Anyone else made their mind up yet?

This could be the beginning of a useful trend.

As you know I like to keep track of what the Families Commission is spending the taxpayer's $7 million a year on. "Researchers, fu...

In 2004 then Minister for Social Development Steve Maharey released the following; New rules instituted within the Department of Work and I...

Monday morning. Everybody off to work or school as the fifth household member prepares for another busy day.

Here's an interesting blog entry from the Adam Smith website detailing stats on the internet; The big growth has been fueled by blogs a...

Shock, horror. WINZ (naughty reporter) pays for vasectomies! Great. Let's hope this publicity encourages a few more people down to thei...