A notorious Christchurch white supremacist has today failed in his bid to be elected to a multicultural secondary school.

Philip Arps, who was jailed for spreading disturbing footage of the March 15, 2019, terror attack, was standing for Te Aratai College's board of trustees in Linwood.

The father-of-six and self-confessed Hitler-admirer was pushing to become one of five parent representatives at the school which is just 1km from Linwood Islamic Centre where nine people were murdered in the mosque shootings three years ago.

But today the election results were released - and Arps did not make the cut.

He received 25 votes.

A preliminary notice from the school said all nine candidates had been notified.

After Arps joined the race for the board, Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti sought urgent advice about school board elections.

Tinetti said she had also been examining whether legislative changes needed to be made.

She had sought urgent advice about whether the code, which was already being developed, could be tied to someone's eligibility, she said.

"I want to see whether there's room for that to strengthen the work of who is eligible or what people can declare when they come through to stand for a board. I'm not sure what that will look like but that's what I'm seeking."

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In 2020, Arps was jailed for nearly two years for getting footage of the mosque shootings doctored with a "Call of Duty" tagline.

And in 2016, he was one of a group of men who filmed themselves doing Hitler salutes as they delivered boxes of pigs heads and offal to the Al Noor mosque.

"White power … Bring on the cull," Arps was seen saying in the video.

In that case, he was convicted of offensive behaviour and fined $800.