Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Housing

  • Recommended reading

    Have a great weekend! The Human Rights Commission must show it has its own house in order on sexual harassment – Toby Manhire The last week has seen another woman…


  • Steven Joyce and policy-by-Twitter

    It would be a perfect episode of The Thick of It, but it’s real: today, the Minister of Fixing Things Steven Joyce fundamentally altered government policy by trying to get…


  • The government’s housing message dilemma

    John Key was across the media yesterday, trying to tamp down suggestions the Budget would do anything at all to address the housing “issue” which everyone else in New Zealand…


  • Nick Smith stands by slumlords, basically

    Today Andrew Little’s Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill will get its first reading in Parliament. It requires all tenancy agreements to guarantee that the property being let meets minimum standards for…


  • The Epsom Paradox

    After watching several of my Twitter buddies disbelievingly live-tweet the ridiculous proceedings around the Auckland Council’s Unitary Plan the other night, I had some thoughts. The good folks of Twitter…