Brian Tamaki not standing for election

3 NEWS: Destiny Church's self-styled bishop Brian Tamaki says he will not be standing for Parliament at this year's election.

Destiny Church was part of attempts to form a united Christian party last year, but the effort fell apart after disagreements between Destiny and independent Christian MP Gordon Copeland.

At the time Mr Tamaki did not rule out a tilt at Parliament.

Prominent Destiny members then went on to form the Family Party.

But a statement of behalf of Mr Tamaki today said he was not a member of any political party and would not be standing for Parliament.