A man is believed to have doused himself in petrol and attempted to light himself on fire at an electorate office in south Auckland.
The office is that of Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, a National party list MP for Manukau East, which is on Kolmar Road, Papatoetoe.
A spokesman at the Papatoetoe office said no staff had been injured, but he would not comment further.
Mr Bakshi's executive assistant said she did not think the MP was in his office at the time of the incident.
A Counties Manukau police spokeswoman has confirmed a male student threatened to harm himself at an address in south Auckland.
She says he's since been taken to Middlemore Hospital's mental health unit.
Fire shift manager Steve Smith said they managed to get the man out safely.
"He doused himself in petrol and was obviously making some sort of allegations," he said.
- With additional reporting from NZ Herald