Lindsay Mitchell

I get a feeling in my gut that this is a very sick idea. That's my emotional response to it. I asked my almost 13 year-old what he thou...

There can be no doubt that the level of family violence reporting will increase after the Crimes Amendment Act comes into force. I have be...

Police are blaming the violent Waikato (I always read the Waikato Times because stuff happens there) on drunken youth. Alcohol really is ge...

Stuff is running a poll on whether the death penalty should be re-introduced. It's running very close. I voted 'no'. But in a w...

In three years NZ Post has increased mailing charges by 25 percent. I run a small business. One of the main overheads is postage costs. Gra...

Steve Maharey's unparliamentary f--- you faux pas is fascinating. You see, I would never say it. I don't think it, let alone say i...

Astonishing Recommendation By Parliamentarians Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 12:46 pm Press Release: Lindsay Mitchell Media Release Astonishing R...

Margaret Bazley wants more women to join the police force but wants a ban on sexual relations between serving officers. Hello???!!! How many...

Results from a Statistics NZ economic survey have just been released and they show; As in 2001, the latest survey shows that Europeans have...

According to the Police there were 98 homicides last year. According to Statistics New Zealand , (I)n New Zealand 'homicide' includ...

Not quite an adoption of flat tax but a move in the right direction. Sweden finally scraps its 'wealth tax'

This is a bad business. Obviously hospital authorities have only NOW discovered the patient with CJD had a graft from an infected donor in ...

The following is from today's DomPost. (I wonder if there is anybody within the Barnardos organisation who is getting a little concerned...

I work with a group of 'mature' volunteers. We briefly meet once a month to receive some 'supervision'. I thought you might ...

I try to keep up with what's going on in the benefit/tax system. Overnight Work and Income has renamed the Family Support payments to b...

Isn't this just the most breathtaking spin? Annette King responding to the release of 2006 crime statistics; "It is interesting to...

This doesn't surprise. From the 2006 Social Report, which measures wellbeing, come tables relating to victimisation and perceptions of s...

Benefits, allowances, the minimum wage and super all go up today. The cost of living rise is 2.63% but superannuitants are receiving more. W...

Deborah Coddington will be expecting a reaction to her Herald on Sunday column , Is the party over for Rodney Hide? , so I'll not disapp...

Rodney Hide notices that while the entire ACT caucus walked the whole section 59 march from Civic Square to Parliament the Nats only joined...