Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: child poverty

  • Heartless government

    A few stories of recent weeks which show exactly what kind of government we have. Last August, Emma-Lita Bourne died of pneumonia because the state house her family lived in…

  • Healthy, safe housing is a basic human right

    [Content note: death of a child] The Greens have been calling for a “Warrant of Fitness” on all rental properties for a while, and the need for one has been…

  • 2014 in review – weetbix and elections

    I started Boots Theory on 1 February this year, and since then it’s seen nearly 71 posts (72 now!), 5,000 visitors, and 7,500 pageviews. Not a bad start for a…

  • 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…