Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • The lie about productivity and wages

    The Productivity Commission has a new report out which looks at changes in the labour income share, or LIS, from 1978 to 2010. The labour income share is described in…

  • A reader asks: how do I tell my pushy colonial parents “no”?

    With apologies to Captain Awkward. Dear Boots Theory, I’m a young, go-getting nation state. I like doing things my way, for my reasons. But my parents just don’t understand that…

  • The NFL’s copyright notice: when brand protection goes way over the line

    American football isn’t well-followed in New Zealand. The bulk of reporting on the Superbowl, for example, focuses almost entirely on the half-time show and the cost of the advertisements. But…

  • Andrea Vance: five important unanswered questions

    Andrea Vance has posted five unanswered questions from the Beehive – click through for her answers: 1. When is an asset sale not an asset sale?  2. They won’t be…

  • The Northland by-election

    With Mike Sabin’s precipitous resignation, a by-election is on the cards in Northland, and soon: https://twitter.com/philiplyth/status/560936428948189184 https://twitter.com/philiplyth/status/560937099889623040 It’s exciting times for politics nerds like myself, but the fact is that…