Stephanie Rodgers

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

Author: Stephanie Rodgers

  • Save our kauri!

    I spent some of my teen years living in Titirangi. There’s an odd contradiction at play in that part of Auckland: a stark ideological divide between the hippies and greenies…

  • Tea around the world

    Here’s a fascinating collection of photos showing the different ways tea is prepared around the world. Unfortunately, they neglected New Zealand, so here’s my addition: Dilmah with lots of milk…

  • Little: ACC levies need to come down

    Most of the attention on today’s episode of Q&A focused on the two biggest issues in NZ politics at the moment – the Northland by-election and Nicky Hager’s most recent GCSB…

  • International (Working) Women’s Day

    It’s hard to know what to write on this International (Working) Women’s Day. The issues facing women living under patriarchy remain pretty much what they always are: there’s a basic…

  • Hager’s revelations have the authoritarians worried

    The Sunday Star-Times is reporting interesting things coming out tomorrow: https://twitter.com/sundaystartimes/status/573944664081850368 You can always spot the stories which have the supporters-of-the-status-quo worried: https://twitter.com/MatthewHootonNZ/status/573949709938634752 https://twitter.com/MatthewHootonNZ/status/574007328468377600 I hate to break it to…