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Joyce joins list of MPs with convictions
Transport Minister Steven Joyce is the latest MP to admit having criminal convictions.

Garrett used disguise to get fake passport
Act MP David Garrett thought faking his appearance to steal a dead baby's identity to obtain a passport was "a bit of a lark", a court file reveals.

PM: Garrett's use of baby's identity 'bizarre'
The Prime Minister is refusing to comment on whether Act MP David Garrett should resign from Parliament but has called the use of a dead baby's identity as "bizarre."

Should David Garrett quit? Readers say 'Yes'
NZ Herald readers have reacted strongly to the revelation that Act's hardline law and order spokesman MP David Garrett applied for a passport under the name of a dead child in the 1980s.

Garrett asks for his name suppression to be lifted
Act MP David Garrett has instructed his lawyer to apply for an urgent waiver to have the name suppression order on his passport fraud case lifted.

<i>John Armstrong:</i> Got the passport... lost the plot
How much more bizarre can Act's rapid disintegration as a functioning political party get?

Hide stands by Act MP, admits own conviction
His credibility on the line, Rodney Hide has backed MP David Garrett, who admitted stealing a dead baby's identity to obtain a false passport.

<i>Rodney Hide</i>: Our objective is to make Auckland a greater place
Local Government Minister and Act Party leader Rodney Hide shares his vision for the new Super City.

<i>Brian Rudman</i>: 'First, do no harm' an apt mantra for Super City leaders
Auckland's new masters have been handed a conundrum which will take longer than a single term to master.

Who really pushed 90 day job law
The Govt's decision to extend 90-day new-employee trials was made after a suggestion from the Act Party and went against the recommendation of its own Minister of Labour, Kate Wilkinson.

'I apologise' - Hide sorry for Roy's 'distress'
Act leader Rodney Hide has tried to bury the hatchet with dumped deputy Heather Roy.

Roy back in Parliament, stays loyal to Hide
Heather Roy said she and Rodney Hide could "lift ourselves above the fracas of last week" on her unexpected return to Parliament.

Hide relaxed about Act member's challenge
Act leader Rodney Hide says he is relaxed about a challenge for his Act candidacy in the Epsom seat coming from within his own party.