a baby that had been delivered. It was quickly revealed that Stuart's eldest brother Darryl (Mark Ferguson) was the real father. Marj never discovered this, though Tom had his suspicions. Marj suspected Tom was having an affair with Irene Raynor (Jan Saussey) but was embarrassed when it turned out not to be the case and apologetically nursed Tom through his health scares. In late 1992, Marj's illegitimate daughter Jane (Katherine McRae) who she adopted out at birth, made contact, infuriating Tom. Tom fled Ferndale and an upset Marj began to date the policeman behind his disappearance – Laurie (Chic Littlewood). Tom returned however but succumbed to a heart attack. Marj reunited with Laurie and after a scare where Marj was accidentally poisoned by chemicals on his farm, they realised their love and married in 1994. The two became foster parents to Lulu Chatfield (Meighan Desmond) and Marj was devastated when her son Darryl drowned. Marj began to tire of community services in Ferndale and put herself forward firstly to the council, much to the amusement of her co-workers, before deciding to run for parliament in the 1996 election. Marj won the majority vote to sit for Ferndale in the New Zealand parliament. She, Laurie and Lulu departed Ferndale. Marj returned to Ferndale and hired best friend – Jenny Harrison (Maggie Harper) as her personal assistant. She attended the funeral for Tiffany Marinovich (Alison James) before she and Jenny departed to Wellington. The two returned in 2002 to attend Jenny's son, Nick's (Karl Burnett) wedding to Waverley Wilson (Claire Chitham). Marj felt deeply betrayed when Jenny announced her retirement and the two fell out. It was only through the love of Nick and Waverley that the two finally reconciled. As she again departed Ferndale, Marj offered Jenny's position to Rachel McKenna (Angela Bloomfield), who declined. The following year Marj helped secure Rachel a job in the government, leading to her leaving Ferndale. Marj briefly returned in May 2012 to support Rachel following Chris' (Michael Galvin) arrest for murder. Marj returned to Ferndale for Chris' 50th birthday but was hospitalised for an aortic aneurysm, leading to Stuart arriving to visit her. Marj revealed that she had retired from politics 12 years previously after winning three consecutive elections. A volcanic eruption saw Marj step in and return to the front desk of the hospital before suffering an angina attack whilst stuck in the