National has selected a 25-year-old commercial banker as its candidate in Pakuranga after long-serving MP Maurice Williamson quit politics.
And if Simeon Brown looks familiar to some voters it could be because of a past job - busking in the Botany Shopping Centre.
"I used to go busking at there with my clarinet. It was the best paid job I ever had, I remember once getting $100 an hour. I was only 14 at the time," he told the Herald.
Brown is a commercial banking senior associate at Bank of New Zealand and is a member of the Manurewa Local Board.
His selection in the safe National seat means he is highly likely to become one of the youngest MPs in Parliament after September's election.