Lindsay Mitchell

  This is funny on a day when some of us will probably be in dire need a dose of levity by close.

    Since Labour took office the Jobseeker trend has been upward. All main benefits which include sole parent and supported living payments...

  (Child data not publicly available. Graph compiled from OIA responses.)

The impoverishment of children after the infamous, historical  benefit cuts continues to be pushed by a host of leftists including the Child...

Over at the Daily Blog Chris Trotter has characterised opposition to the Green's wealth tax as "the terrible power of selfishness....

Roger Douglas writing at the NZCPR this week:  For the next 40 years, the number of beneficiaries will grow rapidly, whilst the number of w...

MSD has today released a study into child self-control using data from the Growing Up in New Zealand Study. The development of self control...

Ex Labour MP Chris Carter, as part of Heather Du Plessis-Allan's political panel, insists that things just aren't as bad as people t...

A comment on Kiwiblog and my reply: Catgurl13 Labour made it so solo Mum’s don’t have to name the father’s of their children was the most s...

Corrections Volume Report  2019-20 has just been released. I had a quick scan through for anything particularly noticeable. These two graphs...

 I wrote the following letter to the DomPost which they published today: You may well ask, clobbering ball for who? My original letter said ...

The last National government set a series of Better Public Service targets. One was reducing working age benefit numbers to 220,451 by 201...

 Did anyone else notice that the killer of a New Zealand police officer in Croydon was named almost immediately whereas the killer of a New ...

There is glee at poll numbers which show Labour can govern alone. But look at the trend.  Labour down 10.8% points. The Thursday poll prec...

Last week I posted about one of Stuff's 'The Whole Truth' columns which attempted to fact-check Judith Collins' claim that ...

An article discussing the 'right to silence' laws on the back of another clamour to have it removed in the case of child abuse death...

Am I a bad person? Because I would not don the hijab. Ever. It's not my culture, it has no meaning for me and while I accept someone els...

 A reader sent me this US 'City Journal' article, Breaking Things ,  about boys, mistrust and violence. We didn’t really believe tha...

 After looking solely at Jobseeker Benefit and Covid Income Relief Payment numbers the Stuff journalist says , Many jobs are being lost as a...

There's a lady on her way to the UN world stage. Jacinda told how the world is acclaiming and depending on us to lead climate change. Ju...