Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • 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…

  • 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 zero-hour contracts

    Continuing my commemoration of Campbell Live’s commitment to serious investigative reporting of New Zealand current affairs, instead of watching goddamned Road Cops. Tonight: remembering how John Campbell and the team put a…