A Conservative Party candidate's campaign trailer was set alight at his Auckland home earlier this evening in a suspected arson attack.
New Lynn candidate Steve Taylor said neighbours noticed the campaign trailer had been set alight, while still attached to his car.
It was parked outside his family home.
"The first we knew of the fire was when our neighbours banged on our door, and the fire trucks started showing up," he said.
"My wife and daughter were quite upset and now I have to try to explain to a six-year-old little girl why someone would want to put our family at risk in such a way."