Prime Minister John Key says National would have refused to accept some votes of Act MP John Banks had he not said he would quit Parliament.

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.

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

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 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.

TV3 news is no longer allowed to show footage from John Banks' trial for airing a clip that appeared to show him eating something he picked out of his ear.

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.

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.

The man regarded as the "godfather" of the Act Party, multimillionaire businessman Alan Gibbs, flew in yesterday to urge the party to think more radically.

Act leader Jamie Whyte has acknowledged he made a mistake in answering questions about incest this week.

"What a difference a new leader and three weeks makes," Mr Prebble said of Jamie Whyte at the party conference in Mangere.

If you're looking for a textbook example of how not to launch a political career, it's hard to go past Act's Jamie Whyte, writes Paul Thomas.

New Act leader Jamie Whyte will today announce that Act wants the entire 826-page Resource Management Act to be dumped.

Prime Minister says Act Leader and potential parliamentary ally Jamie Whyte’s incest comments are "stupid’’ and a distraction from important issues.

New Act leader Jamie Whyte has back-tracked on comments that incestuous relationships between consenting adults should not be illegal.

Act's leader is standing by his comments that incestuous relationships between consenting adults should not be illegal, even though he is "very opposed" to it.

Who better than Prebble to spot a potential wedge between National and Act and create a groundswell in favour of raising the superannuation age, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Editorial: For Act to make a fresh start it needs to come up with new and innovative policies. Reviving its flat-tax policy doesn't fit that bill.