Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Election 2014

  • Tax cut cynicism

    The kind of waffle John Key is trying to spin around the topic of tax cuts is breathtaking. There might be room for tax cuts, but he can’t promise anything,…

  • The opening addresses of Election 2014

    (Updated: more links to videos for your viewing pleasure) Last night the opening party political addresses were broadcast on TV One, simultaneous with an All Blacks match and a live-tweeted…

  • Looking at the big policy picture

    (This was originally posted at The Standard.) Despite John Key’s key message du jour, the parties of the Opposition are talking policy. A (totally unscientific) look at party websites reveals…

  • How Dirty Politics hurt low-paid workers

    (Published earlier today at The Standard.) New bits and pieces from Dirty Politics are coming to the fore every day, painting a picture of a systematic, deliberate strategy to use…

  • The right’s lack of diversity

    In my previous post where I talked about the diversity of policy on the left as a strength I said: A lot of people are still stuck in a First…