One of Labour's longest-serving current MPs, David Parker, will resign from Parliament.
Serving under three Labour prime ministers, he's held senior ministerial roles like Trade, Climate Change and Associate Finance -- and twice served as Attorney General.
Yet some of his biggest political contributions have ended up thwarted -- both by the current coalition government, and his own party.
He was behind the now-scrapped overhaul of the Resource Management Act -- and resigned from his Revenue portfolio in 2023 after Chris Hipkins rubbished his wealth tax policy.
Emile Donovan speaks to him.
Labour Party MP David Parker Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
