Lindsay Mitchell

The latest benefit stats are a mixed bag . That'll be why they haven't made the news. Not a lot to criticise and not a lot to crow a...

Cutting the funding to the Growing up in New Zealand Study is consistent with this government's focus on the neediest, most vulnerable...

No words needed. From a just-released New Zealand Initiative  report summary: Of particular interest to me, given the report I ...

Bryan Perry authors the government's (Ministry of Social Development) official report into household incomes in New Zealand. The lates...

From Stuff: OPINION: Guess what? Fixing child poverty in New Zealand is not that hard. Let's call it the John Minto solution. First,...

Briefly, I cannot believe this woman's attitude. She has been newly-elected a Councillor and is demanding a subsidy for childcare so ...

Reported on Radio New Zealand: Ms Collins was challenged at the Police Association's annual conference in Wellington today by a delega...

In today's NZ Herald Dr Ian Hyslop takes fire at the government and its plans for vulnerable children: The Government's proposed...

Over a 1,000 budget advisors are waiting to see whether their government funding will continue. This is pitched as a terrible situation by ...

Bill Clinton ( husband of Mrs Clinton) leaves a long line of aggrieved encounteresses. Yes, I made up the word. This doesn't matter a...

Naturally the US media are attacking presidential candidate Gary Johnson for his 'radical' ideas. From Jacob Hornberger, explainin...

New Zealand should emulate the United Kingdom. This call has surfaced repeatedly over the past few days. For instance : [Max Rashbro...

Anti-child poverty campaigner Max Rashbrooke writes at RNZ: Anyone planning their summer holiday will already be thinking about the logi...

Radio NZ reports : The Labour Party has accepted the Children's Commissioner's challenge to reduce child poverty rates by 10 pe...

An interesting article appeared in the Daily Signal entitled, "What Happened When New Zealand Got Rid of Government Subsidies for Farme...

Sometimes I can be idly reading through some fluff when I get stopped in my tracks. That happened this morning when I read in the NZ Herald ...

Coincidentally, on the same day that the country was reacting en masse to the discharge without conviction of a young rugby player who bruta...

I shouldn't read them. Lizzie Marvelly's columns always irritate me but they do provide an insight into the modern feminist's ...

Former British MP Bryan Gould has written in today's NZ Herald about what Labour needs to do: But voters will feel more confident in...

Here's a group advocating a universal basic income for all children of $40 a week. Lowell Manning, President of Basic Income New Z...