A Brookfield bio-soil consultant, Rusty Kane, has announced he will contest the Tauranga seat in this year's General Election.
Mr Kane, 62, is standing as an independent on the platform that New Zealand needs a better political system to encourage more people to vote.
"I want to give a voice to the many people who don't exercise their right to vote, and those disillusioned with the MMP system."
A total of 79 per cent of Tauranga's 46,800 enrolled voters exercised their democratic right in the 2014 General Election, with the lowest turnout of 56 per cent in the 18-24 age group, followed by 59 per cent among the 25-29 age group and 69 per cent in the 30-34s. The biggest turnout was 90 per cent among voters aged 65-69.
Mr Kane said that MMP was more for political parties and their power, and not about the people.