Lindsay Mitchell

One of my all time favourites, Bobby Womack has just passed away aged 70. The Poet 11 was his best work. From that album here's Americ...

A version of the following column appeared in this morning's DomPost. An unorthodox view. No matter how civilised a divorce is, it ...

This is an intriguing story.  Indiana spends $250 million on TANF (largely equivalent to our Sole Parent Support) in a population of 6.5 m...

The statistical evidence for inter-generational welfare dependency is thin on the ground. But MSD has just released its Benefit System Perfo...

National do little to explain or defend their 'child poverty'  position publicly. They'll answer questions in the house (which f...

From time to time there are conversations and calls to talkback that justify why I listen. When the debate gets gritty most calls demand att...

It's understandable that Trevor Mallard has refused a place on Labour's list. Being dumped down the list sends an ambiguous signal t...

The Conservative Party launched yesterday with an emphasis on these policies : The headline policies of this campaign will be: 1. That r...

On National Radio today discussing child poverty with Jonathan Boston. There are interviews with three Year 13 students who have experience...

And the beat goes on... Wellington High School had their music evening last night. The range of talents was notable. Classical  singing, p...

 This is a great summary of the economics socialists don't get. Too good not to cut and paste from NCPA : While today's poli...

Received this in my in-box: Matohi Haumaru Kitea e matou mahi pāme-rite i roto i tō pūkete webmail, i te mea ki to tatou Use Policy Wh...

I have now had chance to look at the report released today, Growing Up In NZ. Last report the children were 9 months; this report they are...

Not on line yet, this appears on page 3 of today's DomPost: This mixes two sets of statistics with a qualification in tiny print. ...

About the Growing Up In NZ third report, the NZ Herald reports today: Families Commissioner Belinda Milnes highlighted the study's fi...

Find below what I wrote about the Glenn Inquiry just over one year ago. So it came to pass. A large majority of submitters were female. ...

A new book called Child Poverty by Simon Chapple and Jonathon Boston will be published next week so the pre-release media activity has begu...

About West Auckland apparently : Family structures are being broken under economic pressures and the facilities are not there to stop c...

Blogs reflect the level of interest, enthusiasm and commitment the blogger/s feel. Labour's MP blog, Red Alert , used to be a very act...

"I brought a baby into the world but I still had no idea how to raise her, how to change her, how to feed her properly....I had no ide...