Lindsay Mitchell

Just got a speeding fine. I was doing 45 kmph assuming I was in a 50 kmph zone. We were on holiday driving a rental on a road unfamiliar to...

None of the following is news to me but it's important and doesn't often make mainstream media pages: Dr Pool said fertility rat...

In the March edition of The Atlantic Graeme Wood talks to a couple of Islamic State adherents confined to the UK via passport confiscation...

There are things that happen that some would dismiss as 'small beer'. But when Andrew Little was identified as somebody who commis...

A recurring theme on this blog is the incidence of false rape accusations. While forced unconsented sex happens, so does seeming consented b...

The weekend's Auckland protesters are styling their latest slogan after UK counterparts. The UK Labour Party officially launched a ...

Here is a piece written and published in the Evening Post 80 years ago. FUTURE OF MAORIS NEED FOR UNDERSTANDING A MODERN RENAISSANC...

In his Waitangi Day speech , before he mentioned wanting to change the flag - the only aspect of his speech I heard reported - John Key talk...

Yesterday I wrote, when questioning why only 19 people were interested in Gareth Morgan's meeting, "[perhaps] the Maori that Morgan...

Fascinating infographic from the Scientific American  shows  big gaps between what scientists believe and what the public think. Jeepers. A...

What went wrong with Gareth Morgan's plan to re-educate those people who 'ignorantly' share in what he calls 'Brash-think...

Statistics NZ released some interesting data yesterday about access to the internet and transport. Relevant to my area of interest is this:...

 From the NZ Herald : "I don't think we should help Maori more because they happen to be Maori. That to me is a nonsense. Some ...

For a number of years the Left has  demanded that all social workers be compulsorily  registered. The new Social Development spokesperson fo...

Two columns offer quite contrasting views. The first from Rodney Hide: The David Cunliffe experiment of tacking left is over. That...

From today's Herald on Sunday : A 3 News Reid-Research poll has revealed 55 per cent of voters think Little is potentially a better ...

Two articles from NCPA today: Charter Schools: Doing More with Less Money January 29, 2015 In honor of School Choice Week, organizat...

Tom Scott's DomPost cartoon this morning was predictable. Here's a comment I sent to Sean Plunket yesterday: Eleanor Catton  wa...

 Like it. "This morning the new Labour Leader gave his first state of the nation speech – a chance to see the new direction, if any, ...

...I couldn't. None of the required qualifications. More to the point, I wouldn't be interested. The Families Commission (now expe...