Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • Updated: doing the math on the Labour list

    Back in November I posted about getting more women into Parliament – particularly, through the Labour Party’s list process. Now there have been a few key candidate selections which shift…

  • QOTD: Somebody has to prepare that steak

    I’m having difficulty finishing Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?, the feminist critique of economics by Katrine Marçal. It’s just too real. Every few pages I put it down with a…

  • We can fight this horrible darkness

    Something a bit more inspiring for your Monday: images from the weekend’s airport protests across the United States, where hundreds of ordinary people turned out to voice their opposition to…

  • The political prospects for 2017: living our values

    This week I spoke on an panel with Morgan Godfery and Mike Munro at the Fabian Society in Wellington on the political prospects for 2017. A podcast of the discussion…

  • The only minimum wage is a living wage

    The New Zealand government announced an increase to the minimum wage today – up to $15.75 an hour from 1 April. On Breakfast TV, MP and former tobacco lobbyist Chris…