Former National MP Jami-Lee Ross is not ruling out a return to local politics this year.
A source told the Herald Ross is tapping into the Chinese community in his Auckland electorate of Botany with an eye to standing in the local body elections on October 12.
Ross, 33, spent six years as a Manukau City councillor before being elected to Auckland Council in 2010. He was elected the National MP for Botany at a byelection in 2011.
Ross today said he was not thinking about the local body elections, but added: "I haven't ruled anything in and I haven't ruled anything out. I'm just focused on doing my job as MP for Botany."
"I'm rebuilding my health and personal life and don't have the capacity to consider past the next few months," said Ross