Mike Houlahan

Of the thousands of quotes about fear, perhaps the most famous is US President Franklin Roosevelt’s immortal line that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself".

Taieri Green list MP Scott Willis has demanded that the government commit to building the new Dunedin hospital, as promised.

South Dunedin’s favourite son Grant Robertson said farewell to Parliament last night with a thoughtful speech which took his audience from Carisbrook to Hillside and back again.

Green Party aspirant Alex Foulkes is the founder of the Otago Whisky Society, and he may have needed a stiff dram after the results for the Green Party leadership were announced yesterday.

There has been an incredible amount of politics to digest in the past three weeks: quite apart from it being a lengthy sitting block for MPs, they have done roughly twice as much work as normal due...

Former Finance Minister Grant Robertson today confirmed what he called "the worst-kept secret in the South Island" — that he is to become the new vice-chancellor of the University of Otago.