Lindsay Mitchell

Over the last twenty years the number of people depending on a benefit due to psychological or psychiatric reasons has increased by 140 perc...

Here is the political argument from the Left: Poverty causes hardship for children. Whether the parent is working or on a benefit makes no d...

For those of us who take an interest in child welfare and listen to various media outlets, Jane Searle is a familiar voice. As head of the o...

Outgoing Children's Commissioner calls for bigger benefits as swansong. Today on Q&A outgoing Children's Commissioner Claire Ac...

National are not promising you anything except other people's money.  The latest example, having historically opposed Paid Parental Leav...

A report from the Chief Executive of the NZ Council of Christian Social Services has made some headlines this morning. It's called Kua M...

According to Treasury, "People present in New Zealand each year are increasingly non-NZ citizens": "In 2024, there were 476,...

  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...