Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Politics

  • The “No” Prime Minister

    A favourite meme of disingenuous rightwinger commenters is that no one likes the Left/the Opposition because we’re so negative. “You just say ‘no’ all the time, why not stand for…

  • Getting the flag we want

    I admit I’m a latecomer on the Red Peak bandwagon. It’s not Red Peak’s fault. It’s a fine flag. https://twitter.com/AJemaineClement/status/639928979210670080 One funny little irony is that the anti-Red Peak criticism…

  • Political resistance is the opposite of gerrymandering

    A slightly odd headline at the Herald this morning: Revealed: Plots to gerrymander flag referendum Four shortlisted flag designs will be put to the vote in November but plots to…

  • Children’s wellbeing is more important than money

    Not that our Prime Minister thinks so: John Key told Morning Report today [Child, Youth and Family] would undergo a structural overhaul following a review by the senior public servant Paula…

  • Dita de Boni: a loss to our national conversation

    Dita de Boni’s final column for the Herald is a cracker: People have asked me over the years why my columns have become more strident in tone; more “biased against”…