Lindsay Mitchell

What d'you know? "Unlimited access to drugs" in prison. Not long ago I raised this subject and was told by Crasster that, ...

When you read or hear about recorded crime continuing to trend down, as publicised by Statistics New Zealand today, bear the following in m...

In NZ we ignore it too. In fact we positively encourage the "huge gorilla" in the room by aiding and abetting it.

If you still enjoy your butter and full milk, STOP, right now. That's today's message from one of Nanny's little helpers. For ...

Here's National being more authoritarian and illiberal than even Jim Anderton. Does Otago National MP Jacqui Dean really think that ban...

The soon-to-be-introduced roadside testing for impairment from drug-taking is quite extraordinary. I don't accept what the police are s...

It's true I have been feeling grumpy and gloomy since Brash was dumped. While there was a glimmer of hope he would make PM there was som...

As a Minister in a new government almost ten years ago.....and still a Minister today. "We want to create an environment which encourag...

From today's DomPost, there isn't much here I'd argue with;

There is a lot of fuss about the US rate of unmarried births right now. Here is more coverage; The National Center for Health Statistics, th...

Whoever wrote today's DomPost editorial (a homage to John Key) is illogical. He or she criticises the government's plans to "c...

Teenage Benefits Passport To Long-Term Dependency Friday, 8 December 2006, 5:11 pm Press Release: Lindsay Mitchell At least 37,600 or 37 pe...

The agency that will replace the failed UK Child Support agency is called C-Mec (that should make a difference) and they plan to publish th...

Can't help but wonder if these two issues are related. From today all NZ methadone programme offenders who go to prison will still be ab...

A man who killed his wife by hitting her 4 or 5 times with a cricket bat received a manslaughter sentence. I am assuming this is due to the ...

The Foreshore and Seabed Act is back in the news with John Key looking at supporting the Maori Party's repeal bill (which some Maori ar...

Fascinating, full and frank article here about Hispanic "family values". The Hispanic unmarried birth rate (per 1,000) has over t...

Like ----. Here's another council horror story . Risk assessment on mince pies ordered. I seriously considered (for all of two minutes) ...

I was under the impression the government had moved away from race-based funding. The Otago DHB has awarded a contract for a Maori-focused ...

Statistics NZ has chosen to highlight Maori statistics in its presentation of final Census counts. Here is a summary; Maori make up 14 perce...