Mike Houlahan

The Budget process is now a very familiar one to Finance Minister Grant Robertson, but next Thursday’s statement of the Government’s financial plans will feel very different, he...

Michael Woodhouse has danced delicately around the sensibilities of Speaker Adrian Rurawhe a few times since returning to the role of shadow leader of the House.

It has not been a good few days for parties other than Labour hoping to elect MPs from the southern region to Parliament.

The rolling maul of political punch and counterpunch that is the debate on the Prime Minister’s statement was brought to a halt on Wednesday, and southern MPs were at the front as it staggered...

With the greatest of respect to the multibillion-dollar timber industry, it would be fair to say that not many people’s first inclination when a political party announces a portfolio reshuffle is...

So, there we were, all agog at the prospect of Parliament being back after a two-month absence — go on, I know you were — when Cyclone Gabrielle derailed everyone’s thinking.

There are plenty of moments in politics which seem like exercises in futility, and Monday morning served up another one.