Official Information Act request – 105 report concerning Rangitikei District Council / Mayor Andy Watson

OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982
NEW ZEALAND POLICE – INFORMATION REQUESTS
Rangitikei District Council / 105 report / debt-enforcement records
Prepared by
TRACY LYNCH
Date
9 August 2026

REQUEST 1: 105 REPORT AND POLICE DECISION-MAKING

Date: 9 August 2026
From: TRACY LYNCH
To: New Zealand Police
Subject: Official Information Act request – 105 report concerning Rangitikei District Council / Mayor Andy Watson

Under the Official Information Act 1982, please provide the following information held by New Zealand Police concerning the relevant 105 report or complaint involving Rangitikei District Council and/or Mayor Andy Watson:
1. The Police event number, file number, occurrence number, NIA reference, or other reference allocated to the 105 report.
2. The date and time the report was received and the classification, coding, offence type, event type, or other category applied to it by Police.
3. The full 105 report as recorded by Police, together with any amendments, supplementary entries, attachments, later notes, or linked reports.
4. All occurrence summaries, event chronology entries, job sheets, officer notebook entries, internal notes, tasking entries, and electronic file notes relating to the report.
5. Any available audio recording, transcript, call log, web submission record, or other electronic record of the 105 communication.
6. All communications concerning the report between Police and Rangitikei District Council, Mayor Andy Watson, Council employees, lawyers, contractors, or agents.
7. The recorded Police decision as to whether the information disclosed an alleged criminal offence, and the recorded reasons for that decision.
8. If Police decided not to investigate, discontinued an investigation, closed the matter, or determined that it was civil rather than criminal, please provide the record identifying who made that decision, when it was made, and the reasons recorded.
9. Any record identifying the offence or offences considered, including any record concerning whether information supplied to Police was alleged to be false, misleading, fabricated, or knowingly incorrect.
10. If any requested record no longer exists, please identify the type of record, the applicable retention or disposal authority or policy, and, if recorded, the date on which the record was destroyed or deleted.
Where information about another person is withheld for privacy reasons, please provide the remainder of the record with only the necessary redactions rather than withholding the document in full where practicable.
If any information is withheld, please identify the specific statutory withholding ground relied upon for each category of information withheld.
If any requested information is not held by New Zealand Police but is believed to be held by another agency, please transfer that part of the request in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 and advise me of the transfer.
Electronic copies are preferred. Where a record already exists electronically, please provide the existing record rather than creating a new summary.
Yours faithfully,
TRACY LYNCH