Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Election 2014

  • 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…


  • 2014 in review – weetbix and elections

    I started Boots Theory on 1 February this year, and since then it’s seen nearly 71 posts (72 now!), 5,000 visitors, and 7,500 pageviews. Not a bad start for a…


  • (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…


  • This is not an election advertisement

    The laws we have around Election Day are just a bit silly. Yesterday everyone’s Twitter feeds were a bit like this: um…er…ahh….ummm….dum de do………ahem…….18 hours 53 minutes to go………nice weather…