A 27-year-old inmate who failed to return from compassionate leave has turned himself in to police.
Daryl Hemopo was granted compassionate bail by the Court to attend a relative's tangihanga but police say he failed to return to prison yesterday afternoon as directed.
A border alert was raised with Customs, a Corrections spokesperson said.
"We have been making inquiries since to locate him,"
Inspector Dave Glossop, area commander for Counties Manukau South, said Hemopo had a number of active warrants for serious charges including aggravated robbery, indecently assaults female over 16 and assaults police.