Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Dirty Politics

  • Connecting the dots on satire, Parliament, and dirty politics

    Danyl McLauchlan has a great suggestion for NZ politicians who really want to show their dedication to freedom of speech and the press in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo…


  • The meaning of dirty politics

    One of the strategies of the right in NZ politics has been to take any complaint levelled against them – of corruption, of malpractice, of conspiracy – and reduce it…


  • (Repost) When is a nasty attack not a nasty attack?

    Originally posted at On The Left. John Key was on Breakfast on One this morning talking about the political year past and the challenges facing him in 2015. And it was…


  • Brent Edwards on political media

    I can’t believe I didn’t see this fantastic interview with Brent Edwards on The Pantograph Punch earlier! As political editor of Radio NZ he has some pretty pointed things to say…


  • The Dotcom/Greenwald/GCSB revelations

    Tonight at 7pm we will finally see the long-awaited, much-hyped Kim Dotcom bombshell. Its contents have been teased by journalist Glenn Greenwald over the weekend, and many are pointing with glee…