Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • No, YOU get a sense of humour

    Henry Denton: You Brits really don’t have a sense of humor do you? Elsie: We do if something’s funny, sir. – Gosford Park Two stories popped up on my Twitter…

  • 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…

  • Midwives deserve equal pay

    It’s another one of those less-easy-to-grasp pay equity cases: the College of Midwives has filed a discrimination suit on the basis that midwives aren’t paid as well as equivalently-skilled/trained/responsible workers…

  • 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…