Lindsay Mitchell

The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Half of NZ 15 year-olds sexually active?

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A Massey post grad researcher told the Herald on Sunday , "About half of New Zealand 15-year-olds were sexually active..." Wha...
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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Only in Northland

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There's something happening in Northland that's not happening anywhere else in New Zealand. Apart from a by-election that is. Nort...
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Friday, March 13, 2015

Child Support fiasco

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NZ's  child support scheme is a direct result of the DPB. Some background: New Zealand’s legal tradition is based on that of the UK. ...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

For Gecko: work in progress

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Gecko is kindly letting me use some of her photos to draw from. Her recent hare photos drew to mind the Albrecht Durer Young Hare sketch. T...
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Catherine Isaac: Give charter schools a chance

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The Dominion Post has a distinct anti-ACT bias. To their credit (though they may have had no choice) they have published a piece from Cather...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

On Labour waiting for their turn in government

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 Labour supporter Phil Quinn writes : Labour’s electoral problems are not especially complex or mysterious: the party’s appeal has shru...
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Monday, March 09, 2015

More 'who to believe' stuff

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Labour MP Clare Curran is moaning about the gender wage gap: In 2015 New Zealand women face a widening gender pay gap, ongoing harassment...
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Whose research to believe?

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On the declining teen birthrate: The main direct factor in recent declines has been the increased use of contraception, but the other ...
Saturday, March 07, 2015

Little on-song for Nats

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The Nats will be cheering for Labour Leader Andrew Little this morning. Trying to derail their Northland by-election campaign he tells the N...
Friday, March 06, 2015

Housing NZ stock doesn't match the need

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MSD has published data pertaining to Housing NZ stock and tenancies. I've done some analysis: - only 9 percent of properties are be...
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Thursday, March 05, 2015

Wealth and IQ in NZ

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The following is compiled from the well-known Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study and applies to cohort members at age 3...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2015

If you believe in end- of- life choice, do something about it

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This debate is going to get messy when people don't tell the truth. Just recently TV3 reported: Nearly half of Kiwi doctors are in...
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Lindsay Mitchell
Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits at Wellington, New Zealand, galleries.
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