Under the current law, any New Zealand citizen who is old enough to vote can stand as a candidate. You can only stand for Parliament if you are directly employed by someone who donates to Shane Jones? You can only stand for Parliament if you are on Shane Jones Facebook friend list. You can only stand for Parliament if you have liked Shane Jones singing in a TicTok. TDB is the largest Left Wing Blog in NZ and we have been operating for 13 years.