Lindsay Mitchell

Rick Barker claims there is no-one on the dole in Flaxmere, but nobody believes him. Officially there were 6 people on the dole at the end ...

Just in case you ever wondered what a "human right" is, look no further. The Ministry of Social Development's Social Policy Jo...

Incapacity benefits are sickness and invalid's combined. The de facto dole in many cases. But never fear. The good news is the rate o...

The Stuff Poll I referred to earlier has swung around. Now a clear majority are saying the amendment is bad law. The Police are calling for...

What does it take for New Zealand to get a mention in an American newspaper? It has to be about them and it has to be something they can ski...

Harking back to yesterday's suggestion by Larry Baldock that Clark was facing a caucus revolt, here's where Harry Duynhoven was at; ...

Taking stock, what do we have now with the Key/Clark amendment? I have no legal knowledge. If a police officer can be persuaded that more th...

Media Release SWEDEN'S BAN ON SMACKING A FAILURE Wednesday, 2 May, 2007 Sweden's ban on smacking, introduced in 1979, has been widel...

Apparently Cuba has been distorting its life expectancy and infant mortality statistics. Babies who die within 24 hours of birth are someti...

An international conference on mental health has had new papers about marijuana presented to it. It is reported in today's Dompost; Doct...

I cannot believe what I just heard. The Prime Minister is taking questions on NewstalkZB and was attempting to describe to a caller what hap...

( PC's secret) Yesterday, scientists suggested that men should take a look at their beer consumption, considering the results of a rece...

John Key said National would not touch Labour's original Working for Families programme, which was targeted at lower-income earners, bu...

Cindy Kiro's performance on John Campbell's show was appalling. To use a hackneyed but useful expression, she played the man instead...

ACT MP Heather Roy has done an excellent job of putting the Bradford legislation in perspective and stating ACT's position. I have repro...

The website of the book The Welfare State We're In has become available again. Here author, James Bartholomew, describes how he went ...

According to today's NZ Herald ; Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia says the arrival of Christianity in New Zealand and colonisation in...

Now I have finished mowing the lawns backwards (going forwards results in the catcher falling off repeatedly and much swearing and cursing f...

This is an excerpt from a column by Chris Trotter in the Financial Independent Review (The entire piece is at here at Kiwiblog); Keys speec...

Katherine Rich intimates she is backing Bradford's bill because she is a social liberal. Seems to me there are a truckload of people wh...