Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Government

  • Costly government

    I wrote yesterday about our heartless, penny-pinching government, which emphasises Getting To Surplus at all costs even if that means kids dying in cold state houses. This is the true…

  • Heartless government

    A few stories of recent weeks which show exactly what kind of government we have. Last August, Emma-Lita Bourne died of pneumonia because the state house her family lived in…

  • QOTD: Alex Andreou on Syriza, Greece and the death-knell of austerity

    In Why the battle between Athens and Brussels matters to all of you, noting some basic, obscured points about the Greek government’s negotiations with the EU and IMF, this delightful point: There…

  • Campbell Live on the GCSB

    Continuing my commemoration of Campbell Live’s commitment to serious investigative reporting of New Zealand current affairs, instead of watching goddamned Road Cops. Tonight: honouring a current affairs show which bothered to unpack…

  • Campbell Live on the Christchurch quake recovery

    Continuing my commemoration of Campbell Live’s commitment to serious investigative reporting of New Zealand current affairs, instead of watching goddamned Road Cops. Tonight: here’s to John and his team’s unwavering dedication…