Mike Houlahan

5 days ago | odt.co.nz | Mike Houlahan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. OpinionYou may have had a bad week but it’s probably nothing compared with the week Dunedin Labour MP Rachel Brooking has had. Ms Brooking has oscillated between outrage, anger, despair and disgust during the course of the past few days as the government took urgency to pass two Bills which she was deeply affronted by: the Equal Pay Amendment Bill and the Wildlife (Authorisations) Amendment Bill.

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Mike Houlahan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. NewsDunedinA self-described proud Otago conviction politician, David Parker bade farewell to the House of Representatives last night in a valedictory speech in which he wore his heart on his sleeve.

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Mike Houlahan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. OpinionPolitical parties always try to put their best face forward for conferences, but it can be difficult to paper over discord and dissension. No such worries for National at its Mainland Regional Conference, held in Dunedin on Saturday: you would be hard-pressed to find a happier bunch of delegates if you tried.

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Mike Houlahan

After 23 years in Parliament, former Otago MP and one-time Dunedin lawyer David Parker is about to retire from politics. He talks to Mike Houlahan about the highs and lows of an eventful career. "There will always be unfinished business," David Parker sighs, looking back on almost a quarter of a century in politics.

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Mike Houlahan

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. NewsDunedinFinance Minister Nicola Willis has made a spirited defence of the government’s record to date on the new Dunedin hospital. She told the party’s Mainland Regional Conference in Dunedin on Saturday the hospital was a project the government would deliver on.