Lindsay Mitchell

The birth rate of teenagers has been falling since 2008. The following data show that the numbers of births per 1,000 15-19 year-olds has ...

Yesterday Bill English explained to Sue Moroney that it prioritises spending "other people's money" on those whose lives would...

Haven't posted any art for a while despite constantly producing. Here's a pup with a hard beginning. He's got a good home now bu...

A Fairfax Media poll threw up these results: The poll also asks voters which of the two parties, National or Labour, is best for yo...

Wendy McElroy is familiar to me. She is one of those rare women who question the pervasive bias towards females as the overwhelming victims ...

A Facebook friend request message appeared in my inbox. I really don't do facebook despite having a page that a keen ACT member made for...

Click on this link to view NZ Herald interactive graphs showing the increase in secondary school students with NCEA level 2 or above since ...

There are some things I am vaguely aware of but haven't had spelt out for me. For instance, that CYF is a very powerful agency. Perhaps ...

How utterly  heart-warming to see the people of Otago put up a counter protest to the oil objectors . Just watching 3 News showing boats wit...

The accompanying  NZ Initiative commentary: Adding wood to the gender pay debate, this chart shows women in 2010 were a net fiscal d...

Following on from yesterday's post in which I said that Americans may think their sole parent families are unique, but ours disprove th...

It is a relief that the current government has realised New Zealand's  heavy reliance on welfare - economy good or bad - is fed by a con...

Good. The Americans are talking about growing inequality and the association with single parenthood. Statistically single parents are the ...

When the Welfare Working Group was convened a number of papers were presented. One was about teen parents . Belatedly I have noticed the ta...

Two HOS columns this morning knit beautifully together. First Damian Grant refreshingly states the obvious: If you are a net contribut...

There's an article (not on-line) in today's DomPost about the government's intended new approach to gangs. Apparently Anne Tolle...

Mike Treen would like me to print his " devastating response to rightwing , self-professed “expert”, Lindsay Mitchell and her nonsensic...