Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Author: Stephanie Rodgers

  • Where have I been?

    Hello loyal readers, It’s been a bit quiet around here! But you probably don’t need many clues to figure out why my life might be the slightest bit busy at…

  • Hiding the government’s failure on poverty

    Three weeks ago I snarked John Key’s sudden desire to take serious action on child poverty. Now, thanks to Radio New Zealand, we know that not only has Treasury been…

  • Alternative numbers

    In my post yesterday I said: … there’s something obscene about the way the economic story gets framed: the figures on a page, the points on an index, the number of dollars…

  • Numbers are meaningless when families are living in cars

    Housing affordability was an issue in the election – but the discussion was derailed by arguments about the intricacies of capital gains tax and exactly how many hundreds of thousands of…

  • Brent Edwards on political media

    I can’t believe I didn’t see this fantastic interview with Brent Edwards on The Pantograph Punch earlier! As political editor of Radio NZ he has some pretty pointed things to say…