Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Government

  • Loopy rules: another National Party circus act

    The National Party sure love their theatrical productions. Back in the days of Don Brash as the leader they announced with much fanfare that Wayne Mapp was to take up…

  • That’s just, like, your legal opinion, man

    Almost nothing irritates me like the way politics is reduced to a series of “they saids” – as though nothing is factual, everything is relative, and it’s all about the…

  • It’s all about the game

    For weeks the flag referendum has been a debacle. Nobody understands why we’re not having a simple “do you want to change the flag” vote first, nobody understands how the…

  • Earworm for the day: Ruth Mundy

    Here’s the song Ruth Mundy performed at the Wellington candlelight vigil for refugees last Friday. Liable to make you cry and/or incandescent with righteous fury about the way the powers…

  • A UK Kiwi’s perspective on Corbyn

    I’m no expert on UK politics, so thank god for John Palethorpe. He also has a smashing beard. His thoughts on the Corbyn victory are well worth a read: The…