Lindsay Mitchell

Sorry for the delay in providing the answer to my previous post question. I received a new lap top for Christmas (the old one was repeatedl...

A couple of days back I was questioning Jan Logie's claim that 70 percent of sole parents on income support were leaving or had come fr...

The legislation required to increase benefits by $25 next April to families with children is currently passing through parliament. The bill ...

A report in the DomPost this morning: "...Green Party social development spokeswoman Jan Logie said international evidence shows a...

It's a mystery to me how the projections are made but it's pretty grim.  "...we are working to reduce the number of assault...

Yesterday marked ten years of blogging. Over 5,000 posts and I still don't necessarily know what I think about any given subject; or hav...

Summarised by the US Social Security department: "The report presents a number of aging-related statistics for the OECD member count...

Some years ago Martin van Beynen took off on a tour of New Zealand to find poverty. He didn't stand in a university lecture theatre or ...

From the NZ Herald: Kiwi singer Tina Cross has teamed up with a police choir for a powerful message against domestic violence. Joining f...

So the misdiagnosers had their day in the sun as the media went potty with the headline buster, Third of children in poverty - report  (Do...

The Children's Commissioner is leading a social media campaign to battle child poverty. "Child poverty - it's not choice....

This is charted for the benefit of a discussion thread elsewhere. 69% helped a stranger 62% donated money 44% volunteered time ...

Treasury released these graphs yesterday. What stands out from the above  is that of those considered at 'extreme risk' of poo...

Interesting fact : Of all people with some form of Corrections history post-1960 that are still under the age of 65 (390,581 people), 28%...

Turning down significant ministerial roles to focus on what is really important - his voluntary euthanasia bill and his party - impresses me...

The world of business is foreign to me. When I first read about Xero I had no idea what kind of animal it was and had to ask Google. Long...

The care of every man's soul belongs to himself. But what if he neglect the care of it? Well what if he neglect the care of his health ...

Since childhood I've resented being told what I think or should think. If the opinion piece in today's NZ Herald is aimed at changi...

Many countries which fared far worse during the GFC would envy that household income line. (Looking at the tables, the gap in income ...

Here's a familiar statement from today's NZ Herald : Statistics show New Zealand has the highest rate of intimate partner violenc...