Ian Brackenbury Channell, who prefers to go by the name Jack, says he has no desire to put his name forward in any more elections in the future.
In a statement sent to Metro News, he says he was upset at the lack of media attention his last campaign achieved.
"I love debating and public speaking and as a cancelled academic sociologist and psychologist and most famous public speaker in New Zealand in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, I felt sure some journalist in the printed or TV media would feature me and ask questions, Zilch!"
The Wizard came fifth in the 2022 mayoral elections in Christchurch, garnering 2,474 votes.
"I was merely mentioned, along with mad or narcissistic idiots (the riff raff who regularly stand to get their name in the papers) as 'one of the lesser known candidates'," he says, followed by four exclamation points.
Along with his statement, he sent out a recount of his dissatisfaction with his candidacy in 2022, titled 'Democracy Dies in Darkness'.
In it, he claims he was the candidate with the most name recognition in the city since 1974, despite the media not giving him any coverage. He says he was "like Trotsky in Russia", referencing the early 1900s revolutionary and claiming elites 'airbrushed' him out of history because he threatened to disrupt plans for Christchurch's history.
The 92-year-old was dropped from the city council payroll in 2021 after receiving annual payments of $16,000 for his community work.
