Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Mana

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • The coat-tail rule and democracy

    Allow me to fly in the face of an accepted truth in NZ politics by saying this: there is absolutely nothing undemocratic about the MMP “coat-tail” rules. This has quickly…

  • Internet Mana: the sell-out and the reaction

    A common response I saw to the Mana/Internet alliance today was, “Oh great, Mana’s sold out. Mana’s meant to be grassroots! Mana and the Internet Party have nothing in common!” The…