A website address carrying the name Efeso Collins is linking directly to his rival Leo Molloy.

The Efesocollins.co.nz address sends users to Leo Molloy's official website, Leomolloy.co.nz.

The official online campaign address for Collins' mayoral bid can be found on www.efeso.nz.

A complaint has been lodged with Auckland Council which is now looking into the matter.

Today Molloy said he didn't have a clue that the link existed nor who was behind it.

"I'm not aware of this. I'm normally the subject of dark arts, not the giver of dark arts. I had no idea," said Molloy.

He said he would be amazed if any of his team was responsible for this diversion as it was not the sort of behaviour that he would approve of.

"It's political chicanery and if anything else I'm a straight shooter. I'm not at all deceptive.

"It's a splendid bit of fun but you can be absolutely assured it has nothing to do with our official campaign."

He also said he would try to find out who was behind it and tell them to "stop doing these sort of naughty things".

Josiah Tualamali'i today wrote to Auckland Council and the Electoral Commission asking they investigate the issue, saying it was highly concerning that a candidate or their team were using a domain name to market their own campaign.

He asked the matter was looked at urgently, saying in his view the actions were against the spirit of campaigning.

"As a kaimahi who works in the Pacific peoples, and young people's participation in democracy actions which attempt to make free and fair participation in elections foggy for communities including mine which we know at times struggle to participate in democratic processes must have swift and severe penalties."

Auckland Council elections team responded online that it would be investigating the issue.

A spokesperson for Efeso Collins' campaign team said they would be providing a response soon.

It comes hard on the heels of Molloy's now infamous interview with comedian Guy Williams where the mayoral contender let loose in an expletive-ridden interview, hitting out at people he deemed "woke" and claiming Auckland had been hampered by a succession of "soft…" mayors.

The TV host said his interview with Molloy was funny, bizarre and the restaurateur's response was "very angry".

The interview created a storm on social media with people calling out Williams for giving Molloy a 15-minute platform at the expense of other candidates.

Molloy "won" verbal and physical clashes on the show; the latter being squaring off with over-sized gloves in a boxing ring outside the potential future mayor of Auckland's old waterfront bar.

Another mayoral candidate vying for the centre-right vote, Wayne Brown, said the "disgusting" topics raised by his political rival in his television appearance signalled to voters he had no judgment and was ill-equipped to be Auckland's next mayor.