Act Leader Jamie Whyte called for a taskforce to root out and repeal laws giving special treatment to Maori as race once again loomed as an election issue today.

What goes through the minds of educational professionals when they see the lengths that property owners will go to remain in a prestigious school zone?

One thing Whyte seems to ignore, despite his huge intelligence, is that some ideas which sound perfectly rational on paper bear no resemblance to human existence as we know it.

A DVD of The Wolf of Wall Street will be introduced to court as evidence in a private prosecution against Prime Minister John Key and a senior police officer.

Act's education policy of allowing schools to opt into a charter school format has prompted an education union to urge National to steer clear of any coalition partnership deals.

Act wants to give all state schools the option of becoming charter schools, Act leader Jamie Whyte said today.

National's little Act Party poodle seems to be running scared of the attention-seeking yapping of wannabe Conservative Party lapdog Colin Craig, writes Brian Rudman.

The IPCA is evaluating complaints about the police decision not to pursue electoral fraud charges against Act MP John Banks and may launch a formal investigation.

All weekend, Act supporters and friends of the Act Epsom MP were saying John Banks would "do the right thing", writes Audrey Young.

John Banks has confirmed he will resign from Parliament from this Friday.

For a man who has always craved respectability, having his political career end with the words "guilty as charged" must be particularly galling for John Banks, writes Kerre McIvor.

Act Party leader Jamie Whyte has told disgraced MP John Banks to consider resigning before he is sentenced in August.

Act party leader Jamie Whyte has told disgraced Act MP John Banks to consider resigning before he is sentenced in August.

Act campaign manager says quitting before verdict could damage party brand.

John Banks made every effort to keep "politically sensitive" donations to his mayoralty bid secret, the Crown says, but Banks' lawyer argues he had nothing to gain from that.

John Banks says he has no memory of SkyCity's boss handing him a cheque for his failed Auckland mayoral campaign and denies telling Kim Dotcom to keep his donation secret.

Mona Dotcom walked into court flanked by a bodyguard, but she was left to fend for herself inside as she was accused of saying what her estranged husband told her too.

Kim Dotcom told the High Court at Auckland yesterday he is not making up stories about donations to John Banks' failed 2010 Auckland mayoralty bid.

Accusations of dishonesty have flown back and forth at John Banks' trial for filing a false electoral return, as Kim Dotcom denied he made up stories about the MP.

Jamie Whyte was going to resurrect the Act party by returning it to basics.

Editorial: Act's plan to extend the three-strikes law for violent crime to burglary will be welcomed by some. But it has some shortcomings.

The Act Party and the Conservatives have received large donations from their wealthy benefactors ahead of the September election, the latest party returns show.

Labour's support has sunk nearly six points and it is polling only 29.5 per cent in the Herald-DigiPoll survey.

Prime Minister John Key says he will consider the Act Party's proposal to make burglary a three-strikes offence.

Peter Bromhead's take on the recent comments made by Act's new leader.