Lindsay Mitchell

What a joke. Yesterday I blogged about the so-called labour shortage in Southland. It would however appear gangs can recruit people to sell...

It's that time of the year when we hear the same old story about fruit grower's desperation to hire harvesting staff. More than 11,...

A 5 year-old punches his mother in the face and she gets the headline for punching him back. Then she prostrates herself before the public ...

At last. Some good advice received via e-mail... I just read an article on the dangers of heavy drinking.... Scared the hell out of me. ...

Did you see this story on TV3 news last night? An elderly couple have only seen each other about 12 times in a year because she lives upsta...

Alas, there are no christmas presents under our tree this year. No, we have not fallen on hard times and nope, I haven't fashionably ado...

This really is the most tacky little story but I can't let it go (neither could he obviously) without comment. I swear I had to look up...

There is no shortage of bad news about the British NHS. This piece provides a practical insight into how "administration, targets and r...

When you next go to register your car you will pay $50 more . Some people will call it a tax increase. It isn't. It's an insurance p...

Police record a 17 percent increase in reports for smacking or abuse when comparing the three months prior to and following the implementat...

I forgot to mention yesterday that my blog was two years old. When I began blogging I knew I had to find the time for it. The only way that ...

There is an awful irony about the passing of the EFB. The backlash against Labour is driving the high National poll results. Average Kiwis a...

The Retirement Commissioner has suggested lifting the retirement age. As if the government sets one. People can retire whenever they like. ...

It is always refreshing to read a report which touches on the truth. For instance; Like all those the Waikato Times spoke to who work with t...

The inventor of a worm-driven composting toilet had to prove the worms were not traumatised or stressed by their task before council bureau...

Here is a married couple charged with 'P' offences. Not convicted. The judge says that it will be a long time before the trial tak...

I came across this on another blog. It's a Left blog that appears to have attacking David Farrar and others as its reason for being. It ...

Here are Ruth Dyson's answers to Russell Fairbrother's questions in Parliament yesterday. I will intersperse my own comments; 1. RUS...

Although I would have liked to tackle the unemployment spin it was too complicated for a media statement so I settled on the following. Some...

Let's go back to what Ruth Dyson said yesterday; The number of New Zealanders receiving an unemployment benefit is at a 28 year low, So...