Lindsay Mitchell

Quite early this morning I went down to parliament to look for myself and get a feel for the mood. Yesterday the police spent hours pushing ...

In the clamour against Labour's proposed unemployment insurance scheme something odd has happened. The detractors are praising the exist...

CYF became Oranga Tamariki in 2017. There has since been a push to reduce Maori children in state care (not dissimilar to the push to reduce...

Unemployment is now at 3.2 percent. Wow. Wonderful. Can I think of another word beginning with 'W'? Weird. The percentage of people...

 Not a worrier by nature I note with a degree of objectivity that the human brain is now constantly assaulted by messages designed to make p...

 According to RNZ the PM is a covid close contact and has to isolate. The following sentence made me laugh: In line with Ministry of Healt...

312 responded. Margin of error plus or minus 4.6% Most aged over 41 Labour was the most common vote at last election Maori representation al...

The term 'pod' applied to human beings first made itself known to me when I was 'inducted' (as a volunteer) into Rimutaka pr...

 Some more background on this claim from the MSD Minister today would be useful: "People on a benefit for 1-2 years and four years or ...

This is bad news in my book. MSD has always used 'prioritised ethnicity' recording. If a client records they are Maori and other et...

In 2016 the government provided you, the public, with a valuable insight into what gangs are costing us. When I went searching for an update...