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.

Disgraced Act MP David Garrett has quit his party and conceded his political career is almost certainly over.

Rodney Hide refused to say how he would respond to David Garrett's public admission of identity theft until this afternoon.

The mother of the 2 year-old whose identity was stolen by David Garrett has described the identity theft as 'stealing from the grave'.

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.

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.

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

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 security consultant for a New Zealand bank was the inspiration for a main character in a new novel.

The CAA has asked airlines to investigate a loophole in airport security, after major flaws were revealed yesterday.

Nearly half of us use social networks - and most are concerned about how much personal information children share online.

Eighty-one per cent of New Zealanders are happy to use fingerprint scans to prove their identity and 68% are willing to have their eyes scanned.

New Zealanders can now insure their most personal asset in the country's first identity theft insurance scheme.