Lindsay Mitchell

Whipped from FFF , this one really appealed: Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth stupid fumbling--oh, he conceded t...

The institution of marriage is enjoying new popularity - amongst gays. Left liberals are, though, very reluctant to acknowledge the social...

Just updating my artist blog , another return to my favourite subject; historic black and white photos of Maori used to produce colourful po...

Now I am started to get interested in the US presidential race. A report in this morning's DomPost says, "...this week a Monmouth ...

CPAG Summit - Welfare fit for families in a changing world MEDIA ALERT  2 September 2015 A Child Poverty Action Group summit in Auckla...

My simple understanding of the Waitangi Tribunal was that it existed to put right misdeeds perpetrated on Maori regarding land. So I checke...

Ross Bell of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, has written a column in today's DomPost about doing more to stop drug overdoses by increas...

Talkback and news yesterday was dominated by the report from the Children's Commissioner citing the inadequacies of state care and CYF. ...

The Children's Commissioner has released a report about children in state care, and Simon Collin's coverage extends to the general ...

Simon Collins has a lengthy piece in the NZ Herald today detailing the costs parents face when they want to return to work.  He describe...

Jarrod Gilbert calls for  a "dispassionate" response to child deaths and provides background for his position: Children are more...

The government is all over us with their surveys about this; surveys about that. They even want to know how often we eat together . Kai ti...

The following piece is written in an Australian setting but it is just as relevant in this country. I recall Don Brash behind bagged for sug...

In Parliament this week the Prime Minister said : "... through a strong economy and the welfare reform measures this Government ha...

In the six months to March 2015 6,347 children under the age of one were added to an existing benefit. That's 35 every day. Half are Mao...

Child hardship is easing albeit slowly. Material hardship is assessed by what people are doing without. The more items forgone, the worse ...

Green MP Jan Logie said in Parliament today that "...there are now an additional 45,000 NZ children  living in poverty." Having...