Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Equality

  • Being a both/and party

    The fantastic Maryan Street was awarded life membership at the Labour Party annual conference yesterday, and in her speech she said some things which really rang true for me. She…

  • The myth of hiring on merit: James Shaw at the CTU conference

    Green co-leader James Shaw announced at the CTU conference last week that in any future government, when the Greens are at the Cabinet table, at least half of their seats…

  • When are identities political?

    Morgan Godfery has a great post up at The Ruminator about the Auckland housing/Chinese surnames story. His last paragraph inspired me to start jotting down notes for this post on…

  • “Labour values” are more than a talking point

    If there’s a sure bet in New Zealand politics (besides “don’t rule out Winston”) it’s this: when a Labour candidate wants to reassure a Labour audience that they’ve got the…

  • QOTD: Aunty Helen on women, leadership and NZ

    Great interview of our former Prime Minister in the Sunday Star-Times yesterday, including these gems on the campaign to elect a woman Secretary-General of the UN: “I’m of the view…