Stephanie Rodgers

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

Category: Politics

  • Hiding the government’s failure on poverty

    Three weeks ago I snarked John Key’s sudden desire to take serious action on child poverty. Now, thanks to Radio New Zealand, we know that not only has Treasury been…

  • Brent Edwards on political media

    I can’t believe I didn’t see this fantastic interview with Brent Edwards on The Pantograph Punch earlier! As political editor of Radio NZ he has some pretty pointed things to say…

  • Creepy behaviour from David Farrar

    It wasn’t at all surprising to me that David Farrar is scathing of students who have to seek hardship grants to pay their bills, categorising them as bludgers who “say yes to…

  • WANTED: new ideas on child poverty

    It’s great to see John Key taking a sudden interest in addressing child poverty in New Zealand. In Parliament in 2012, when Metiria Turei produced a graph showing how fast…

  • The lurch to the right begins

    John Key is busily constructing the smokescreen for his third term, and the key phrase is going to be “centre ground“. “Obviously there are some things we want to do;…