Stephanie Rodgers

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

Tag: social welfare

  • 2017 rewind: Thank you, Metiria.

    Well, here it is. No surprise that this was the most-read post on Boots Theory last year, because Metiria Turei’s “downfall” and resignation was by far one of the most…


  • 2017 rewind: #IamMetiria is changing our politics and it’s about damn time

    Metiria Turei’s revelation that she had misled Work and Income as a young solo mum was made on 16 July 2017. Less than a month later she resigned as Greens…


  • Thank you, Metiria.

    It was always a possibility in the back of my mind that Metiria Turei’s admission of benefit fraud – and the absolute flood of hatred, hypocrisy, bullying and mucky insinuations…


  • #IamMetiria is changing our politics and it’s about damn time

    Metiria Turei’s admission of misleading Work and Income when she was a solo mum may not change the result of the election, but must be a pivotal moment in the…


  • Jobs! What are they good for?

    Your brighter future, New Zealand: A Wellington employment training centre has had its Government contract abruptly pulled because it did not focus on placing people in the hospitality, aged care and call…