A man who sexually abused five children over 24 years still claims not to remember the offending, despite sitting down with one of his victims.
Basil Raymond Heazlewood, 79, is 17 months from finishing a seven and a half year prison term, and was again declined parole when he appeared before the board in February, a new report revealed.
Panel convener Tania Williams Blyth said the prisoner met one of his victims last year for a restorative-justice conference.
The woman told the Parole Board she found the meeting "empowering" and Heazlewood also said it was beneficial.
It did not, however, jog his memory of nearly a quarter of a century of sexual abuse.