Speedy, who could not be immediately reached for comment, is listed on this LinkedIn profile as Northern Young Nats deputy chair and a "retail sales representative" for Vapo, a chain of vape stores.
Earlier this month, a complaint was made to Auckland Council about the efesocollins.co.nz address (Mayoral candidate Efeso Collins' actual campaign site efeso.co.nz) plus a website purporting to be for another mayoral candidate, Craig Lord, which also redirected to Molloy's site.
Political activist Josiah Tualamali'i, who laid the council complaint, also complained to the Electoral Commission.
This morning, the entry for the redirecting Craig Lord site still had a fake name, "Craig Who", listed as the registrant.
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," Molloy said.
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.
Brislen told the Herald this morning: "My concern wasn't with the content of the site but that the process around registering a domain name. This is important for all websites but doubly so for those relating to political parties and elections."
Acting Domain Name Commissioner Isobel Egerton said, "The Commission regular checks to ensure that the .nz domain name registrant is contactable at the details that they have provided, and that they are a properly-constituted organisation or an individual person. If the details are not accurate, they are asked to update them." If an update isn't provided, a website can be suspended. The validation process kicks in if a complaint is received.
On March 31, two Young Nats resigned after female politicians from Christchurch were harassed online.
National leader Christopher Luxon said two party members had resigned but he would not say who the members were.
He said the online abuse was unacceptable and incompatible with the party's standards.
