Lindsay Mitchell

Talking up child poverty is not an unusual practice. But it normally comes from the mouths of any number of people who make their living  do...

The Truth site is now up-to-date and I should be able to post my column weekly again. The 'living wage'  idea poses more questio...

Regarding the government assistance available to farmers in officially drought-ridden areas, in a column titled  "We are all benefici...

My Truth column for February 21-27. The political poll referred to in this column has since been superseded by others. Here's a scary...

Regarding Jacinda Ardern's claims and what the Herald on Sunday published , Paula Bennett has responded; "Ms Ardern and the Hera...

I was reviewing some of the papers presented to the WWG back in 2010 and noted some important statistics relating to the degree of dependen...

Today was Children's Day. News to me. This media release was the first I knew about it: The future of New Zealand depends on the wel...

Jacinda Ardern is clutching at straws. In the NZ Herald today: Labour spokeswoman for social development Jacinda Ardern said the high...

PRIMARY VOTE National Labour GreenParty NZFirst MaoriParty* ManaParty* ACTNZ UnitedFuture Conservatives Other % % % % % % % % % % General...

I received the following press release from my friend Bob McCoskrie: ‘Husband’ and ‘Wife’ To Be Removed From Family Laws Family Fi...

The Truth site catching up quickly now. This was my column for Waitangi Day: In 1987 I left New Zealand. Returning in 1992 two new things...

The following is an exchange during parliament's question time yesterday: 6. Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA (National—Maungakiekie) to the Min...

Statistics NZ has just issued this handy table. NZ isn't top or bottom in any category except % population under 15 years old. Ours is ...

Truth's site is coming together. Here's my column from Jan 17-23. Bit out-of-date now but the topic is perennial: A friend texted...

A press release about the topic of the day, prosecuting beneficiary partners, has appeared from the MINISTRY OF MEN’S AFFAIRS, MINITATANGA ...

If you ever wanted confirmation that Radio NZ, or Kathryn Ryan at least, is utterly biased listen to the difference in her treatment of the ...

National's new law that will see partner's of beneficiaries prosecuted is a good step forward. Most of the currently prosecuted fr...

Just finished reading Liberty Scott's post featuring a case of carping, chronic entitlitis when I came across this: Liberty means ...

I'm writing a belated post about this article from Sunday because there seems to be some confusion over liability. One rogue 19-year...

Around 10,000 sole parents on the DPB have had children to more than one child-support paying partner. (There will be more who have failed t...