Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Election 2014

  • The bottomless Labour-Green divide

    Mea culpa. It’s a bit of a Buzzfeed-style clickbait headline, but it’s also a political meme which I really wish we could put out to pasture. It seems like every…

  • The Nation’s leaders’ debate

    This morning in New Zealand politics can best be summed up with one fantastic image. I dragged myself out of bed at the ungodly hour of 9am to tune in…

  • Everything in moderation

    I’m not sure it really warranted being front-page news (Gaza? MH17? Anyone?) but the announcement of Mike Hosking as the anointed moderator for TVNZ’s political leaders’ debates was always going…

  • What’s so important about 15 September?

    I’m intrigued by Kim Dotcom’s announcement of earth-shattering revelations to be made on 15 September – just 5 days out from the last voting day of this general election. Many…

  • Labour will end the farce of “voluntary” school donations

    When I was little, I went to a very well-to-do decile 10 public primary school. The kind of place situated in a neighbourhood full of private schools and a little…