Wait patiently for three months for the real oil in the Budget before passing judgment on the Government.

An MP's bill proposing an increase in maximum sentences for animal cruelty offences has earned Govt support.

Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has announced she will be leaving Parliament today.

We here at the SIS take the view that anything that portrays humans as bad is pro-terrorist.

Anti-whaling protesters say Japanese whalers ignored distress calls after the Ady Gil was severely damaged during a collision.

An international law expert says anti-whaling protesters were 'at the very limit and edge of the law'

A new PM defied the odds as the Govt struggled to deal with the worst recession in decades, and Labour played catch up politics.

A deal for rich countries to slash emissions by 80pc by 2050 "falls well short of expectations and aspirations", says NZ's Prime Minister. But Barack Obama hails the 'Copenhagen accord' as a "meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough".

The US and four other countries, including China, reach a climate agreement to reduce and measure emissions reductions. But Barack Obama says a "fundamental deadlock in perspectives" exists with developing nations.

Woods' Kiwi caddie Steve Williams doesn't deserve to be attacked in any way, or to have his career threatened.