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.

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.

How much more bizarre can Act's rapid disintegration as a functioning political party get?

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.

Recessions test ethics and morality.

John Key has ordered an inquiry into how former top defence scientist Stephen Wilce was given top security clearance by the SIS.

A senior staff member at a Whangarei bank has been sacked for fraud involving thousands of dollars.

Seventy per cent of NZ adults have been the victim of online crimes ranging from identity theft to having their computer infected with a virus.

The identity of a woman at the centre of an alleged $1.4 million Waikato bank fraud has been revealed.

The Serious Fraud Office is due this week to outline its next move in its investigation of Allan Hubbard.

The convicted Waiouru medals thief sentenced to six years in prison today has links to Joseph Reekers, the killer of hairdresser Marie Jamieson.

The second professional burglar who stole the Waiouru medals has been given a six year jail term for the brazen heist.