Photo: Getty ImagesAdvance NZ co-leader Jami-Lee Ross has abandoned his attempt to retain the seat of Botany at the election. Instead, the former National Party MP will campaign as a list-only candidate, following a decade as the MP for Botany. Former Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon won the National Party nomination to contest the Botany seat. Ross won Botany comfortably in 2017, with a majority of 12,839, winning 62 per cent of the total votes cast. Before entering Parliament, Ross was a Manukau City councillor and then an Auckland councillor.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 14, 2020 20:48 UTC