Nomination day

Nominations for the Mt Albert byelection closed at noon today, and the Chief Electoral Office has announced the list of candidates:

• Jim Bagnall/Independent
• Ari Baker/Independent
• John Boscawen/ACT New Zealand
• Ben Boyce/The Bill and Ben Party
• Simonne Dyer/Kiwi Party
• Malcolm France/People Before Profit
• Dakta Green/Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
• Rusty Kane/The Peoples Choice Party
• Melissa Lee/National Party
• Russel Norman/Green Party
• Julian Pistorius/Libertarianz
• David Shearer/Labour Party
• Judy Turner/United Future
• Anthony Joseph James Van Den Heuvel/Human Rights Party
• Jackson James Wood/Independent

For those wondering, Malcolm France is a coordinator for ClimAction, the Human Rights Party are a couple of people pushing for greater recognition of economic, social and cultural rights, and Rusty Kane is a regular crank around the election circuit, though normally he runs as an independent rather than under his old "People's Choice" vehicle. Jackson Wood of course lives in Wellington.