A man's running for Parliament as an independent - who last year was found not guilty by reason of self defence, after instructing his son to cut a finger off a teen home invader.

Farmer William Bruce Burr appeared in a Hamilton High court trial last year.

He's standing in the Taranaki-King Country electorate.

He says he expects to win votes on a platform of fixing law and order.

"There's just got to be a change, because I've got grandkids- our community, our country is just unbelievable."

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