Lindsay Mitchell

There's been discussion over the past two days about taxing wealthy pensioners more to claw back their Super. More and more 65+ year-ol...

If this is true... While Bridges wouldn't speak directly to the policies being considered, it's understood they include fines of...

A post at the Daily blog complaining that Carmel Sepuloni had only reduced sanctions by 20% led me to check because I thought it was higher...

Are we there yet? I bloody hope so because I am sick and tired of it. Is this what 'real' people do all day? Worry and blame. I ...

Thought I'd have a browse through the census tables released yesterday. My 'highlights': 273 census respondents said they wo...

According to RNZ gang problems are exacerbating in South Auckland leading to their question,  What's behind south Auckland's recent ...

My most hated word is 'survivors'. A survivor used to be someone who lived through the Titanic sinking or Auschwitz. Now it'...

Only one more voted is needed to pass the legislation that will see random drug-testing of people receiving unemployment benefits roll-out i...

A new MSD/Victoria University study , The influences of social connectedness on behaviour in young children:  A longitudinal investigation u...

Late last month Family First published my paper Families: Ever fewer, or no children - How worried should we be? It   contains data that NZ...

The title of this post may look like a mere attention-grabber but I was genuinely shocked as I read through this RNZ report about Te Whare ...

"E ngā mana, en ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha. Tēnā kotou. Greetings. It’s my special privilege to address this nation today about...

Saturday, 31 August, 2019 - 19:58 ' Families: Ever Fewer, or No Children: How Worried Should We Be? ' - a new report just released ...

MEDIA RELEASE FAMILY FIRST NEW ZEALAND 30 August 2019 Pros and Cons Of “All-Time Low” Fertility Rate - Report New Zealand's t...

Here is the latest $74,000 rate-payer funded 'artwork' to grace the rooftops of Wellington. People don't like it. I do. And af...

The Minister for Children, Tracey Martin, yesterday attended a hui to talk about the changes at and failings of Oranga Tamariki. Also att...

According to Statistics NZ : The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent in the June 2019 quarter, down from 4.2 percen...

"The state thinks it's ok to place children outside their genealogical links." This from Dame Tariana Turia speaking at the...

Another of the 'key facts' advanced by the WEAG was: In June 2014, employment-focused case managers engaged proactively with 50% ...

We live in a time when so many 'facts' turn out to be lies. They are not facts and the untruthfulness degrades the level of understa...