Jami-Lee Ross, leader of Advance NZ. Ross – who now heads the Advance New Zealand party – has announced his party is merging with several other smaller parties. In Auckland this afternoon, he announced his party would merge with the little-known New Zealand Public Party, which believes "mandatory vaccination [are] a violation of human rights". For example, NZ Public Party's leader Billy Te Kahika is standing in the Te Tai Tokerau electorate for the NZ Public Party – but any other candidates from that party share a party list with Advance NZ. Neither Advance NZ nor the Public Party have registered on any major political polls.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 26, 2020 01:07 UTC