Lindsay Mitchell

The following provoked an angry reaction from me. The twisted logic is almost worse than the motivation behind it. Read till the end to see ...

I gave this release from the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition a quick once over yesterday before forwarding it to my son at school. It...

That's the headline at Statistics New Zealand website . By the time Ruth Dyson has got her hands on it, and the spin appears at SCOOP ...

A public meeting to talk about crime in Christchurch took place last night. Contradictory views were expressed; [Superintendent Dave] Cliff...

Did anyone see Key on TV last night being asked about Tama Iti's release from bail conditions to travel overseas? Now-famous pictures of...

How slack are our law and order authorities? I read this story from the Manawatu and then searched the offender on the Sensible Sentencing ...

A team of councillors in New Plymouth have been dubbed The Razor Gang. Good on them. They have "outlined plans to slash council spendi...

I only clicked on this headline, Hungry kids fed 30,000 meals in Red Cross plan , to see if I was looking at a story about the Sudan or Sou...

Just listened to the ever-energetic and sharp Richard Prebble being interviewed by Paul Henry on the issue of the rail by-back. He calls the...

No, I don't have a hangover. Just two comments with a morning-after theme; On the morning-after the government bought back rail this ma...

Two radio stations have mentioned the Stuff poll today so the message goes beyond internet land. 71 percent of respondents are opposed to t...

Tapu Misa's constant theme is child poverty should be alleviated by higher benefits. The unfortunate family she uses to plead her case...

Nearly one quarter million eligible-to-vote New Zealanders do not even know there is an election this year. National Manager Murray Wicks s...

Here's an exchange of views. The first from criminologist Greg Newbold and the second from Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples. They ar...

The failure of the petition to force a referendum on the anti-smacking legislation to deliver the required number of signatures rekindled th...

On the eve of Rape Awareness Week, an Anglican Minister reiterated these claims; “Organisers of this week estimate that 1 in every 3-5 girl...

Chris Trotter writes in today's DomPost that there really is too much fuss over people leaving NZ. That's what they have always done...

Now a subject for NZ debate. The Government has a guarded view on ASBOs. In a recent Cabinet paper, Justice Minister Annette King rejected ...

Sir Roger Douglas and Rodney Hide will appear on Eye To Eye this weekend. You can participate by e-mailing a question to host, Willie Jack...

This is a chart just released from the OECD social/family database. Why they couldn't get a more up-to-date figure for New Zealand I don...