Former National Party president Michelle Boag has strongly denied Christopher Luxon is being "parachuted in" to the Botany electorate.

Luxon announced last week he's putting his hand up to be selected as National's candidate. 

MP Agnes Lohini has also indicated she's vying for the Botany candidacy, while it's rumoured the head of Parking Sense Global, Jake Bezzant, is another aspiring candidate.

Bezzant, 30 and a former Young National, has been based in the US but is thought to have recently returned to New Zealand.

He is understood to have put his name forward in the belief that Luxon was not going to stand for the Botany candidacy, but Luxon last week announced his intention to do just that.

A spokesman for the National Party said that the party's constitution prevented the party or any aspiring candidates from commenting until after the candidate is selected.

Boag told Heather du Plessis-Allan she wants to put "utter nonsense" to bed.

"The decision that will be made on who the candidate is in Botany is entirely up to the locals. The head office has no say."