Lindsay Mitchell

  Source: Opportunity Tax Reset policy Let's look at the costings first. Each Citizen's Income would be $19,400 annually. At Decembe...

It's appalling that a quarter of a million children now need an income from the state to feed, clothe and house them. Data released unde...

Here is yet another example of a taxpayer-funded health professional teaching that self-destructive behaviour by Maori is the fault of colon...

I was asked the following question via Family First: "How is the Whānau Ora network developing and what are its prospects. In particula...

It took becoming a mother to awaken an interest in politics in me. Having then become increasingly aware of the detrimental role welfare was...

Immigration Minister, Erica Stanford, criticising ACT's proposed levy on immigrant workers, said it will fall to farmers to pay it. Farm...

For the last four years, the Ministry of Social Development, the main agency for the Wage Subsidy Scheme, has relentlessly reported ...

Speaking after his cabinet meeting yesterday, affirming his continuing leadership of the National Party, Prime Minister Chris Luxon said: ...

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 ...