The top rating politics stories of 2013
The year of the quitter.
1. Len Brown affair: Palino camp faces new accusation over pressuring Chuang
2. Peters says he's seen 'personally embarrassing' emails between Peter Dunne & Andrea Vance
3. Matthew Hooton: 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman'
4. Shearer quits
5. Matthew Hooton: The five ministers who should be sacked
6. Brown a no-show as report reveals $39K of hotel nights, upgrades
7. Matthew Hooton: Cunliffe's throat must now be cut
8. Gilmore says he'll quit Parliament
9. Mondayised holidays now law
10. Brian Edwards: in the red corner John Campbell; In the blue corner John Key
11. Mixed poll news for Nats - and a slip of the tongue for Shearer
12. John Banks to quit
13. Brian Edwards: Shane Jones, Cock of the Walk
14. And the winner of the Christchurch East byelection is ...
15. “Outrageous” NZ has no capital gains tax - UK prof
16. Cathy Odgers: Come to NZ; the nice stupid people will finance your home
17. Brownlee rapped over knuckles by top lawyer
18. Matthew Hooton: The little girl who cried wolf
19. Why did Bob Parker quit? 10 observations
20. Dunne quits as minister
21. The John and Kim show
22. Hugh Pavletich: Christchurch: the political shambles
23. English hits back at Labour plan to restrict foreign home buyers
24. Govt IPOs an "epic failure" - Brian Gaynor
25. Why the Green's "Hey, Clint" moment matters