ACT's Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden has announced she is pregnant.

The Tamaki MP in March revealed she would leave Parliament this year and won't be standing at the election. 

She explained that this isn't why she's standing down, but she says it seems like it was meant to be - and she is thrilled to be starting the journey into motherhood.  

Newstalk ZB political reporter Azaria Howell says the baby is due within days of the November election. 

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