Lindsay Mitchell

Extension of the government's 'It's Not OK' anti-violence strategy was released yesterday. The campaign has run since 2007...

My personalized latest e-mail from Jacinda says: Over the last 15 months, we have been through a lot together - a terrorist attack, a volc...

There are now over 200,000 people on the Jobseeker/Covid relief payment. In absolute terms, a historical high. In June 2010 there were 62...

How often is this 'lives matter' phrase going to be conveniently co-opted? The latest version is from a group called Wahine Maori,...

From this morning's DomPost, here's the manager of the Auckland's Women's Centre supporting the Greens 'wealth reductio...

Peter Williams on Magic Talk picked up on my report and read it. Invited onto his programme at 9.30  this morning, I listened from the top ...

Many children’s lives today are marked by family turmoil. They live with parents who experience multiple relationship transitions leading to...

A new book which discusses the End of Life Choice bill has been published. From the author: "I did some research and the further I ...

The Green Party has released its welfare policy which substantially raises benefits, WFF, Best Start, and Student Allowances by introducin...

Just a post of general interest. I was unaware of the large discrepancy between male and female students, with the female portion trendi...

When you hear that Jobseeker numbers are decreasing, be aware that many recipients are transferring to the new higher Covid-19 Income Relief...

A lot of statistics appearing in current news items paint an optimistic picture. Whatever the indicator (eg house sales, houses to rent, job...

Andrew Little's Sexual Violence (Legislation) Bill, main sponsor Jan Logie from the Greens, has sort of snuck under the radar. But it j...

(This post updates yesterday's which you might need to read first) Today Fellow National MP Alfred Ngaro says ,   “Yesterday after ...

According to Agnes Loheni, National List MP, after another domestic murder of a female by a male, "If you are a man stand up for t...

Simpson's Health and Disability Review has just been released. I've only considered the executive summary. Because it immediately r...

MSD surveyed business about the wage subsidies and got a 25% response. The results were released yesterday. This caught my eye: The Wage ...

The following passages are those that stood out for me from Todd Muller's speech in Te Puna today: I joined the National Party, rath...

 From the 2018/19 Annual Police Report : Addressing cultural unconscious bias  Police understands the potential for unconscious bias whe...

Man am I over all this self-congratulatory stuff about beating Covid. Latest example yesterday from my local council: Kia ora We'd l...