Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Health

  • Sacrificing mental health to dragons

    The Labour Party has had a sneak peek at the process our government is using to pick “providers” for its mercenary social impact bonds scheme, and it’s like something off…

  • Fatties destroying the New Zealand Defence Force

    Oh, sweet merciful mother of God: The Defence Force has announced it will restrict sugary fizzy drinks and deep fried food as it emerges more than a quarter of its…

  • 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…

  • The need for abortion law reform

    I wrote yesterday about Right to Life’s latest attack on abortion access in New Zealand, so it’s timely to talk about the issue. Abortion is one of the great untouchable…