Lindsay Mitchell

National welfare spokesperson Judith Collins is worried about the amount of debt beneficiaries are getting into and the rising number of st...

Media Release THIRD OF DPB PARENTS "NOT INTERESTED IN LOOKING FOR WORK" Thursday, January 3, 2008 According to a recently publishe...

It just gets worse, this cacophonic clamouring for an accident-free utopia. Now we need courses in using ladders. "What do you do for ...

Wouldn't it be refreshing if we got some serious analysis from National about the reasons why the prison toll continues to climb, our im...

Well I may as well start the new year the way I intend to continue. I began the morning with a groan reading the DomPost. I even used the ...

Occasionally something will drive me to blink back tears of sadness and frustration. The story of the malformed baby from Samoa is one such ...

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...