Lindsay Mitchell

Just-released March 2026 ethnic data shows Maori form the largest group of dependent unemployed people. At the end of March 2026 48,261 Mao...

I visited the new Wellington Library today unprepared for the towering inscription, rising through almost three stories, which has been inst...

Opposition leader Chris Hipkins does a regular slot with host Nick Mills on the Wellington NewstalkZB  morning show. On Wednesday, much of t...

I am not a supporter of government hand-outs. That's because I am not a supporter of the government taking people's money by force a...

Await some spin regarding falling beneficiary numbers.  But be skeptical. After two months of data problems, MSD has managed to produce mont...

Last week Simon Bridges, CEO of the Auckland Business Chamber, could be heard waxing lyrical to Mike Hosking about the new partnering initia...

Today RNZ catches up on news reported here over a month ago. Why has it taken RNZ so long to catch up with the latest benefit numbers? Giv...

Here's a policy for National. Or ACT.  Get rid of the sole parent benefit. Known for decades as the DPB, the Sole Parent Suppo...

The 2026 Salvation Army State of the Nation Report revealed their official conversion to wokeism by repeatedly finding excuses for Maori o...

The latest Salvation Army State of the Nation Report 2026 presents a litany of excuses for the sorry state of New Zealand's social stat...

This post begins with a message from the Ministry of Social Development: "Unfortunately, because of further system issues we will not ...

Do you ever wonder what the Office of the Children's Commissioner - with an annual budget of $11.5 million and 36 full time staff (83 ...

Last week the UK government gave in to the growing pressure from activists to scrap their two child cap on welfare benefits - this despite...

This morning NewstalkZB reported officials warning, in a Regulatory Impact Statement about the government's policy to block teenagers ac...

The latest monthly benefit data was released yesterday. Here are three observations. There are more Cook Islanders on benefits in New Zeala...

The Social Investment Agency is a creation of the National government. It kicked off in July 2024 and is headed by the former police commiss...

For three decades following the 1938 introduction of most social security benefits (including Invalid, Sickness and Unemployment), ...

Why did National pick two former welfare-dependent sole mothers to be Ministers of Social Development? Because National is woke. They...

The National government is presiding over significant growth in benefit dependency, in both numbers and the length of duration people remain...