Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Government

  • Political resistance is the opposite of gerrymandering

    A slightly odd headline at the Herald this morning: Revealed: Plots to gerrymander flag referendum Four shortlisted flag designs will be put to the vote in November but plots to…

  • Children’s wellbeing is more important than money

    Not that our Prime Minister thinks so: John Key told Morning Report today [Child, Youth and Family] would undergo a structural overhaul following a review by the senior public servant Paula…

  • Brent Edwards takes a bow

    It seems thoroughly unfair that hot on the heels of losing Dita de Boni from our political commentariat, we’re saying goodbye to Brent Edwards as political editor at Radio New…

  • Anne Tolley should apologise for her own words, if not decades of abuse

    (Content note: child abuse, minimisation of violence against children) The question of public apologies by governments for the wrongs of the past is always contentious. I like to think of…

  • Prolife NZ: importing premium US intimidation tactics

    (Content note: antichoice violence and intimidation tactics) A “pro-life” group in NZ has decided to post an article at their website screaming blue (baby-)murder about the latest smear campaign against…