Lindsay Mitchell

According to Newsroom; Maori Enrolement Down - University staff say figures showing a drop in the number of Maori enrolled in tertiary edu...

Why is it so hard for some people to understand the detrimental effects of high taxation? The Governor of Michigan doesn't seem to. If ...

When we pull ourselves away from the section 59 debate (a red herring in more than one way) and take a look at other areas under government ...

For an antidote to the often dour tone of this blog go and have a read of Oh Crikey . I'm not linking to any specific post because they ...

Record numbers of DPB beneficiaries are transferring onto a sickness or invalid benefit. Last year over two thousand people moved from the D...

Instead of compulsory counselling after a traumatic incident these guys reckon having a stiff drink might be just as, if not more, useful. ...

During the smacking debate I have heard more than one person say, next they will be telling us what we can and can't feed our kids. Quit...

Beneficiary advocates were yesterday making submissions to the social services select committee on the matter of the government's respon...

This is a bureaucratic nightmare. A New Plymouth Montessori centre has two licences because it has 100 students and a licence is needed for...

Today the torrid debate over repeal of section 59 will resume in Parliament. Mercifully, whichever way the vote goes, the wrangling is drawi...

If you were ever in doubt about what being tangata whenua means from a Maori perspective this should clarify it for you. Te Kawerau a Mak...

I had the opportunity to talk to the PM this morning on NewstalkZB and put a two-part question to her; Why do you believe removal of section...

This press release just shows the level of self-deception members of government practise. Nanaia Mahuta uses a sob story about a rottie tha...

A poll run on the Young Labour website shows 80 percent are opposed to repealing section 59. (Hat-tip Family First) And yesterday the SST r...

John Key says National will build more state houses and stick with Labour's policy of income-related rents. More of the state competing...

According to Ruth Hill, writing in the Sunday Star Times, having a stepmum or stepdad is the reality for 40% of Kiwi kids. Around 30% of kid...

Rodney Hide has predicted that ACT will be the only party promoting tax cuts in 2008. Consider the following from Iceland which has become,...

In today's DomPost column Trotter describes an ugly incident from the anti-Springbok tour protests which involves a young man using his ...

I like Rodney's speech . When you think about it, it is even more important that government delivers than private business. After all yo...

...tuppence a bag, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag. Not any more. Not in NY City anyway. 60 year-old Yvette Bavier copped a hefty fine f...