Liam Walsh (NAP), Kym Koloni (independent), Tricia Cheel (Democrats for Social Change) and Jeff Lye (Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party), are all running in the Northcote by-election on June 9, 2018.

A "non-voter", an anti-vaccination campaigner, a scrap-the-treaty and a marijuana advocate: no, it's not a shaggy dog story. Meet the candidates vying for votes - or non-votes - in Northcote.

Six latecomers to the Northcote by-election in Auckland bring the total to eight, including National's Dan Bidois and Labour's Shanan Halbert, both of whom have been campaigning since mid April.

The Electoral Commission released the official confirmation of candidates on Tuesday afternoon and they are likely to cater to all tastes.

In strict alphabetical order, here they are:

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STEPHEN BERRY - ACT

SUPPLIED National's Dan Bidois and Labour's Shanan Halbert were announced as the candidates on April 16, and have been campaigning for nearly a month.

ACT's Stephen Berry, who ran for East Coast Bays in last year's general election and mayor in 2013, said he would give Northcote a "maverick".

"I'll vote according to the people of Northcote not whipped into voting into party heirachy."

Berry said he could offer practical solutions to Northcote's issues, including building a new motorway to fix the Onewa Rd congestion. This would be funded by using $58 million raised by putting up the age to receive superannuation to 67.

BEVAN READ/STUFF Stephen Berry said he will be Northcote's 'maverick'.

DAN BIDOIS - NATIONAL

National's Dan Bidois would like to scrap the fuel tax, and trial a return Onewa Rd's T3 lane to T2. He supported SkyPath as long as it didn't impact on Northcote Pt residents, and housing intensification, as long as the infrastructure was in place.

TRICIA CHEEL - DEMOCRATS FOR SOCIAL CREDIT

SUPPLIED Rebekah Jaung says climate change is a key issue for the Green Party.

Tricia Cheel, who organised screenings of the movie Vaxxed and ran for mayor on anti-flouride and anti glyphosate platforms, is now calling for all parties to halt to election spending and donate instead to food banks. Cheel said she planned to do so and was encouraging voters to donate campaign money to a Give-a-little page.

Cheel believed MP Jonathan Coleman should front up with a donation for resigning and triggering the million-dollar by-election.

"We can make some good out of the election that should never have happened."

ABIGAIL DOUGHERTY/STUFF Labour's Shanan Halbert sits with PM Jacinda Ardern at his election campaign event on Sunday.

Cheel planned to economically fund conjestion-solving projects by borrowing money from the Reserve Bank.

SHANAN HALBERT - LABOUR

Housing, transport and education were top priorities for Shanan Halbert, who was campaigning strongly on the fact he has lived in the electorate since buying his first home there seven years ago. He would advocate for SkyPath, light rail to the Shore and other projects in the Auckland Transport Alignment Plan.

Affordable housing and mental healthcare were other priorities.

REBEKAH JAUNG - GREENS

Rebekah Jaung said the political landscape had changed from when she stood for Northcote in the general election, which was a difficult time for the Green Party. Now, she planned to build on the positive momentum the party had gathered with new leadership.

The main problems were transport, housing and health. However, extreme weather events and water quality issues put climate change high in people's minds too, Jaung said.

"We need to take climate change action," she said. "This leads nicely into all the other areas. Then, about housing and transport, how can we do this sustainably."

KYM KOLONI - INDEPENDENT

Candidate Kim Koloni has returned as an independent, after running a controversial campaign with NZ First in the general election last year.

Koloni upset many voters with her pledges to scrap the Treaty of Waitangi from New Zealand law and her "Kiwi, not Iwi" slogan at a Northcote meet-the-candidate event.

JEFF LYE - AOTEAROA LEGALISE CANNABIS PARTY

Co-leader of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party Jeff Lye would like it to be legal to grow cannabis for medicinal purposes. The party would like to see hemp growing as a business. Further, they would like recreational use of cannabis to be legalised.

LIAM WALSH - NAP

NAP stands for "not a party", according to its website, which during the last election encouraged people not to vote. Liam Walsh is listed as "not a prospect" on the website, alongside other party members with roles including culture vulture, party hat minister, unicorn pirate and military attache.

Walsh says outgoing MP Jonathan Coleman is doing a voters a favour by standing down and suggests they go one step further and not vote. However, if he were to get in, Walsh would help everyone out by doing nothing at all.

"What I'm promising you, Northcote, is that nothing needs to change. If elected, I commit to being an even less effective MP than Jonathan: I'll do even less than he did, participate even less in democracy and have even less of an impact on your lives because, unlike any of the other candidates, I've got faith in you. You've got this. You can get together in your communities and make your own calls."

TIMETABLE

Overseas voting opens May 23. Advanced voting starts on May 28.

Eight advance voting places will be available, including for the first time at The Warehouse store in Birkenhead, and 16 voting places will be open on election day.

The last day to enrol is June 8, ahead of election day June 9.