Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki signals return to politics

Brian Tamaki has hinted that he might have another tilt at Parliament. Photo / Michael Craig

Brian Tamaki has once again signalled a return to politics, suggesting he "might just launch" a new party next week.

The Destiny Church leader has courted controversy this year, goading politicians on social media over his Man Up programme.

Tamaki had already signalled a political return at Waitangi this year as he delivered a sermon at Ti Tii Marae in which he warned change was coming.

He took to Twitter this afternoon on the back of a review into bullying at Parliament, saying he may launch another party because "whose dumb enough to vote for that mess" [sic].

'Power imbalance': Sexual assault, bullying claims revealed in Parliament | Newshub https://t.co/3jzgK7Y7iQ sounds like the crime list of inmates in Prison..Geee Might just launch a Political Party nxt week..because whose Dumb enough to vote for that MESS.

— Bishop Brian Tamaki (@BishopTamaki) May 21, 2019

It follows him tweeting in April that it looked like Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and senior ministers had tried a "political gang rape" of him over his attempt to get his Man Up programme into prisons.

Tamaki will be hoping that any political party performs better than Destiny New Zealand, which he formed in 2003.

The party ran candidates in most electorates in the 2005 general election but garnered less than 1 per cent of the vote - well short of the 5 per cent threshold required to enter Parliament.