Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • 2017 rewind: The political prospects for 2017: living our values

    Well, isn’t that convenient: the tenth-most-read post on Boots Theory in 2017, and thus the first to be posted in this 2017 rewind series, is from the beginning of the…

  • Kia ora, Dan Whitrow

    Davey Whitelaw has a really interesting piece in the Otago Daily Times today about the increasing presence and role of te reo Māori in New Zealand. He notes, very aptly:…

  • Photo of the day

    The week, the year, the electoral term … https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/928032532351795201

  • Do National know they lost?

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but do National know they lost the election? https://twitter.com/NZNationalParty/status/925526362101751808 The tone of National’s messaging hasn’t really shifted since the formation of…

  • The shape of our new government

    So here’s what our new government promises, as reported by Stuff: Some key points from the NZF deal: – $1b per annum Regional Development Fund, ​- Re-establish the New Zealand Forestry Service…