Fa'anana Efeso Collins says he will quit local politics after falling short in the race to become Auckland's mayor.
Efeso Collins has bowed out of public life, at least for now, and says he will not run for parliament next year after losing to Wayne Brown.
"That's it for me," he told the Herald this afternoon.
"I'll stay involved behind the scenes, we've got a movement here and I want to help build it.