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The Labour Party will begin the New Year with a big task ahead of it, if it's to put a dent in National's lead in the opinion polls. Audio

The National Party ends the year with its lead in the opinion polls looking as strong as ever. Audio

Winston Peters is vowing to make his brief return to Parliament this week, permanent. Audio

The ACT Party's economic spokesperson Sir Roger Douglas returned to Parliament in 2008 after an 18-year absence. His commitment to liberal economic policies remains undiminished, but his voice in… Audio

Jane Patterson takes us through the week of the Pike River Mining tragedy. Audio

Brent Edwards looks at the travel perk which this week has been scrapped by Parliament's Speaker. Audio

Government accounts out this week reveal that tax income slumped one-point-one billion dollars below forecast in the first three months of the financial year. That helped put a big hole in the public… Audio

With just two weeks until the Mana by-election, candidates vying for the north Wellington seat have been busy pounding the streets and talking to voters. Audio

Julian Robins looks at JRR Tolkein's Hobbit tale from a distinctly New Zealand political perspective. Audio

This week our political reporter, Chris Bramwell, takes a closer look at Labour's plans to change the rules around foreign investment. Audio

Just days after ejecting long serving MP Chris Carter from the party, Labour holds its annual conference in Auckland over the weekend. It's meant to be an opportunity to signal new policy directions… Audio

Name suppression laws have recently been under the legal and political microscope, and this week the Government released its plans to make it harder to get names and evidence suppressed. Audio

Law experts have criticised the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act for creating a dangerous precedent. Our political editor Brent Edwards weighs up the arguments for and against the… Audio

ACT is in further turmoil with the resignation of David Garrett from Parliament. Audio

In what should have been a watershed moment for the Maori Party this week - legislation repealing the contentious Foreshore and Seabed Act passed its first reading in Parliament. Audio

Christchurch and its surrounding region now face a huge clean-up and rebuilding effort to restore homes, businesses, buildings and other infrastructure damaged by the quake. In Wellington the quake… Audio

This week the Government announced it would spend $1.75 billion to essentially bail out South Canterbury Finance. Audio

This week the Government unveiled its long awaited response to the Law Commission's review of liquor laws. Political reporter Chris Bramwell takes a look at the Government's plan to tackle the… Audio

Rarely in this country has the dirty laundry of a governing political party been so thoroughly aired as has happened to the ACT Party. Heather Roy was unceremoniously rolled as deputy at a caucus… Audio

Auckland correspondent Todd Niall looks at the amalgamation of Auckland's eight local bodies into one super city and how it will change the power dynamics between the region and the Government. Audio

A week after his former MP, Chris Carter, said Labour could not win next year's election with him as leader, Phil Goff is adamant he is the best person for the job. Audio

Chris Carter's fall from grace within the Labour Party is complete, and his former colleagues are now intent on painting him as isolated and irrational. Audio

The Government this week finally admitted defeat on its plans to allow mining on protected conservation land. Audio

The National Party is holding its annual conference in Auckland this weekend. Audio

Monetary policy on the whole has tended to be supported on a bi-partisan basis by political parties but recently Labour has broken ranks calling for a rethink. Audio