Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Welfare

  • 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…


  • 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…


  • Healthy, safe housing is a basic human right

    [Content note: death of a child] The Greens have been calling for a “Warrant of Fitness” on all rental properties for a while, and the need for one has been…


  • Campbell Live on poverty and school lunches

    We said farewell to Campbell Live last week, and from tonight TV3 is delighting our screens with Road Cops in its place, presumably until their shiny new co-hosted totally-what-the-audience-wants current affairs…


  • QOTD: The real theme of the Budget

    Wonderfully summed up by my comrade mickysavage over at The Standard: As the dust settles a few themes are appearing. National agrees that child poverty is an urgent issue but…