Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: National

  • Paid parental leave back on the cards?

    I suspect the media are going to get a lot of mileage out of “the Winston effect” over the rest of this parliamentary term – but you can’t blame them,…

  • It’s almost like John Key doesn’t realise he’s the Prime Minister

    There are two John Keys. That’s the only way to explain it. There’s the John Key who has been sitting on the ninth floor of the Beehive for seven years…

  • How the Dirty Politics machine continues to do its work

    “There are a few basic propositions with negative campaigning that are worth knowing about. It lowers turnout, favours the right more than the left as the right continue to turn…

  • Northland isn’t Epsom – nor Ohariu

    Danyl Mclauchlan has rebutted the spin around Winston’s victory in Northland – “Labour can’t criticise the Epsom deal now! Hypocrites!” very well. (And after I’d drafted this post, Rob Salmond…

  • Northland by-election today

    Whatever the result, it’ll be an interesting day in New Zealand politics and a great warm-up for the tension and excitement of the Cricket World Cup final tomorrow! TV3 will…