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<i>Claire Trevett</i>: Indigestion follows orgy of overeating

Fitzsimons farewelled in Parliament

Fitzsimons signs off with farewell green warning

<i>John Armstrong</i>: Key's growth package just tax cuts in disguise

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

Mining decision backward step, say Greens

Govt to back greater penalties for animal cruelty

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

Old guard changing

Greens' newest MP trains his sights on the bogan vote

Fitzsimons to end love-hate parliamentary affair

Anti-whaling protesters 'at law's limit'

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

<i>Editorial:</i> DoC deserves pat on back for cove stall

<i>Matt McCarten:</i> When the party's over, the resolutions kick in...

Politics 2009: Key, Goff and the recession

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

<i>Jeanette Fitzsimons:</i> Factory farms have no place in fragile region

A bit more order, but still room for some good insults

Peter Dunne has given up on his annual list of worst-behaved MPs, saying Speaker Lockwood Smith's reign has ushered in a new era of propriety.

Key, Nats popularity among highest ever - poll

Eleventh hour climate deal not enough - Key

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".

Climate deal 'meaningful, unprecedented' - Obama

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.