Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Election 2017

  • My plea to the New Zealand left: don’t get cocky

    Well. That was a hell of an announcement, wasn’t it? A massive cause for celebration: no matter how true it is that being Prime Minister involves a hell of a…

  • Getting more women into Parliament

    Natwatch posted recently at The Standard about National’s difficulty finding enough women to put into Cabinet, and EEO Commissioner Dr Jackie Blue, herself a former National MP, has also called…

  • QOTD: Guy Williams on taking down the National Party

    At Stuff: One of the biggest pratfalls for opposition attacks has been the economy. Labour can’t make any ground on this because for a majority of voters the economy has…

  • On the M.O.U.

    I’m a bit late to the party on the Labour/Greens M.O.U. but letting the dust clear a little before passing judgement is perhaps not such a bad thing. The M.O.U.…

  • The Labour/Greens deal

    Well, that all seems straightforward enough. https://twitter.com/nzlabour/status/737518526102003714 https://twitter.com/nzlabour/status/737494908248817665 There are varied opinions on the value of a formal Labour/Greens arrangement. Like: it’s superfluous because it’s so obvious they’ll work together…