Lindsay Mitchell

No, it's not a Tui ad. A column appeared in this morning's DomPost which is, in parts, staggering in its distortions. For instan...

The HLFS March quarter was released yesterday. One statistic that caught my eye was the number of 65+ who are continuing to work - 140,00...

A petition has been launched. It appears to be a collaborative effort from Unicef, CPAG,  the NZ Council of Christian Social Services and a ...

According to TVNZ Ten years ago 85% of clients at Mangere Budgeting Services were beneficiaries - today only 37% are - the rest are worki...

In this climate of cultural cringe whenever the merest hint of sexism against women is sniffed, a double standard is becoming increasingly e...

If there is one statistic that epitomises the state of modern family under decades of benefit influence it's the following. Each year ...

How marvellous it'd be to be talking about tax in this country instead of recurrent, senstionalised, media-driven melt-downs.   Almos...

Green MP Jan Logie on what won't solve social problems like child poverty and domestic violence against women and children: It might...

From today's DomPost (no link available):

An Auckland GP commenting on why his practice is still charging under 6's: "I hate the word free, because it's not free. I ...

The latest release from Lecretia Seales.I suppose she would have expected attempted  intervention from various interested parties but her fr...

Some responses to the PM's failure to get that a waitress was not enjoying his slightly juvenile but (he thought) harmless shenanigans, ...

Yesterday's DomPost editorial (note the hard copy edition had a slightly different title which I allude to in my response). Editoria...

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