Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: privatisation

  • Defending social services and fighting the real enemy

    A really interesting article on the government’s proposed changes to child protection legislation at Re-Imagining Social Work, looking specifically at the political context and the especially damaging impacts they could…

  • How we got here

    When I saw this article about the Takapuna Kathmandu store deliberately destroying clothing, sleeping bags and tents before disposing of them, I started thinking about how the hell we got…

  • The myth of focusing on front line services

    I saw a shocking thing on Twitter yesterday: "Let's put this to rest, this is a state responsibility". @AnneTolleyMP rules out more outsourcing of frontline cyf services — Newshub Nation…

  • 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…

  • Ports of Auckland: still totally not arrogant

    Oh my god. I thought Chevron’s condescending “We Agree” ad campaign was the peak of companies-talking-down-to-people-and-ignoring-the-actual-criticisms-levelled-against-them. But Ports of Auckland – whose CEO Tony Gibson was protesting only days ago…