Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Issues

  • The lurch to the right begins

    John Key is busily constructing the smokescreen for his third term, and the key phrase is going to be “centre ground“. “Obviously there are some things we want to do;…

  • Great family policy from the Greens

    I’m not just saying this because I suggested exactly this policy three months ago on Twitter, though it is always satisfying to see great minds thinking alike! The Greens’ Welcome…

  • NZ Inc: Frightening the invisible horses of the market

    Today’s anonymous Herald editorial is scathing of Labour’s NZ Inc policy, which defies all logic and reason by assuming that there are better ways to build our economy than flogging…

  • The cost of a bowl of Weet-Bix

    One of the most dishonest arguments the right ever put forward on the subject of poverty is around one of the simplest things in life: a bowl of Weet-Bix. Yesterday…

  • Raising the minimum wage

    Labour and the Greens have both committed to raising the minimum wage in government. During the last leaders’ debate I got a few tweets from people insisting that raising the…