Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Election 2014

  • Raising the minimum wage

    Labour and the Greens have both committed to raising the minimum wage in government. During the last leaders’ debate I got a few tweets from people insisting that raising the…

  • Get clean politics into the Herald

    Action Station is a digital community of NZ progressives which stands for a fair society, a thriving environment and transparent accountable politics. So it’s no surprise that their members want to…

  • Hey Jordan, pick me!

    Yesterday Jordan Williams – head of the Taxpayers’ Onion and courageous fighter for the right to call women ugly in private – sent out a tweet which got me all…

  • The only way National know to grow the economy

    On Firstline this morning, John Key tried to compare National’s and Labour’s policies by saying “You can’t grow the economy when you restrict labour laws.” His meaning is clear: Labour’s policies on…

  • What kind of government would National lead?

    The choice for NZ voters is becoming clearer in the last days of the 2014 election. The irony is that after John Key’s persistent scaremongering about the “five-headed monster” of…