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What people want in the new Auckland
Our survey reveals what Aucklanders want to see as the top priority for the new Super City council.
<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> NZ gets chance to snuggle up to US
New Zealand finally seems to be on the road to building a much stronger relationship with Uncle Sam.
Disgraced MP's exit casts dark cloud over Act
Having resigned from the Act Party, the question is now - will David Garrett leave Parliament altogether?
Key backs Hide over Garrett fiasco
Prime Minister John Key says ACT leader Rodney Hide has shown good judgment and has his full support following the resignation of disgraced MP David Garrett from the party.
Garrett, Hide has no credibility - Goff
The Act Party has been "thoroughly" discredited and its ministerial positions should be removed, Labour leader Phil Goff says. "One thing the public can't stand is absolute hypocrisy."
Hide: 'I couldn't as leader defend him'
Act leader Rodney Hide says David Garrett lost his support because he doubted the MP had been truthful in an affidavit he submitted to court over a passport fraud case.
Chinese dairy bid hits snag
A Chinese bid to buy 20 NZ farms will be rejected or severely restricted after an Overseas Investment Office review, the Herald understands.
David Garrett resigns as Act Party MP
Disgraced Act MP David Garrett has quit his party and conceded his political career is almost certainly over.
Hide tight-lipped on Garrett response
Rodney Hide refused to say how he would respond to David Garrett's public admission of identity theft until this afternoon.
'It's like stealing from a grave' - family's grief
The mother of the 2 year-old whose identity was stolen by David Garrett has described the identity theft as 'stealing from the grave'.
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."
Digital TV switchover by 2013 - Govt
New Zealand's analogue television service will be switched off progressively nationwide between September 2012 and late 2013, the Government said today.
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>Garth George:</i> Screening on slippery slope to eugenics
Garth George writes that an expanded screening programme for Down Syndrome may go against the rights of the disabled.
Wilce cited over $100m blow-out
Former Defence Force scientist Stephen Wilce ignored concerns about military projects which led to at least one cost blow-out of $100 million.