A man convicted of killing his 2-and-a-half-year-old stepson has been released from Hawke's Bay Regional Prison after serving two and a half years of a seven-and-a-half-year sentence.
In February 2017, Tamehana Huata, now 21, was convicted of manslaughter and injuring his stepson Matiu Wereta, known as MJ, in October 2015.
He was released in September.
A report, released by the Parole Board, found that Huata had done "very well in prison generally," and has "excellent support in the community".
The board released him on strict conditions, based on the work and rehabilitation Huata had done in prison.