Cr Deon Swiggs has released messages between himself and people who have laid complaints against him.
It comes after Christchurch City Council today announced two complaints laid against him required a full investigation, while three were dismissed because they were outside his term of office.
Cr Swiggs denies allegations he sent "grossly inappropriate messages" to three young people aged between 13 and 21.
Acting chief executive Mary Richardson said retired associate Justice of the High Court John Matthews, who was appointed to look into allegations, found two complaints were "material".
She said she was obliged by the council's code of conduct to refer one of the complaints to "another agency".
But Cr Swiggs has hit back saying the decision by Mr Matthews was made "without fair consideration of all information".
He released some of the messages that are subject to complaints.
Cr Swiggs said Mr Matthews' report states the retired associate justice did not have any contact "with the complainants or me".
He said the decision also relies on information which Mr Matthews received but has not been passed onto Cr Swiggs' lawyer Phil Shamy.
Cr Swiggs said he has released the messages publicly to provide context.
"There is much in the allegations that is either incorrect and / or without context. It is perplexing that the Christchurch City Council has decided to refer one complaint, from someone I knew personally, to 'another agency'. I cannot make further comment about that at this stage as it could be part of a police investigation. Of course I will be co-operating fully with any investigation," he said.
He said the chief executive should have initiated an investigation in May when the complaints first arose so it could be "resolved before the election cycle".
"I believe the leak to the media about these complaints, at the same time voting papers were posted, was not coincidental, and would strongly recommend people think very carefully before they vote," he said.
He said he may file judicial review of the process.
Cr Swiggs has provided the following information:
Complainant one:
- Cr Swiggs says this complainant was under the age of 18 at the time. He says this is the complainant who was interviewed by RNZ.
- There were four conversations between them, three of them initiated by the complainant, he says.
- One was asking for donations, which Cr Swiggs says he did not respond to.
- In another message he signed off with a 'x'. Cr Swiggs says this is a "habit" which he is now "reassessing".
- He said the comment that the complainant was "good looking" was because he had noticed the person had no profile picture and said it was often a sign for young people that they could be "distressed".
Complainant 2, which has been found by Mr Matthews to be "material"
- Cr Swiggs says he and the complainant became Facebook friends in 2015 before he was elected.
- The complainant was 21 when the messages were shared "I thought we were friends" says Cr Swiggs.
- This has been reported as the "sexually explicit meme". Cr Swiggs says he sent this in error.
- He says he was explaining who RuPaul, a American drag queen and actor, was and sent the wrong GIF.
Text messages between a third party and a fifth complainant
- The below message Cr Swiggs says were between a complainant and a third party who gave them to his lawyer Mr Shamy.
- They were exchanged after the complainant lodged his complaint. He was not one of the original people who laid complaints.
- This complaint was dismissed by Mr Matthews under the code of conduct.
