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'Spiritual healer' jailed for sex assaults gets early release despite lack of insight
Sonny Chin maintained touching his clients indecently was part of the healing process.

Fire threat in Los Angeles continues and firefighters battle Coromandel fire | NZ Herald News Update
Strong wind predictions cause more fire concerns for Los Angeles and firefighters are expected to be battling Coromandel vegetation fire for several days. Video / NZ Herald, AFP

Nia Glassie's murderer: 'Still using drugs, still being violent'
Michael Curtis has served more than 17 years for the murder of Nia Glassie.

‘No progress’: Notorious rapist Roger Kahui declined parole
Roger Kahui refuses to see a psychologist or engage with rehab programmes behind bars.

'Absolutely disgusting': Father of teen fatally run down outside nightclub reacts to parole decision
The male defendant appeared before the Parole Board for the first time today.

Leading meth cook in country's largest haul asks to move prisons
Brownie Harding is now eligible for parole but is refusing to take part in a rehab course.

Enraged butcher was chopping veges before using knives to stab wife to death
Peter Lamont will be released from prison and deported to Britain next year.

Karen Aim's teen killer, who spent more than half his life in prison, denied parole
Jahche Broughton beat tourist Karen Aim to death with a baseball bat when he was just 14.

Teen mobster involved in murder lied to avoid jail, now he’s rejected early parole
Tana Ormsby-Turner has assaulted inmates and racked up misconducts while inside.

Gang member in jail for murder: 'It sucks we get associated with people who do crime'
Joel Lo helped beat a man to death in an unprovoked attack in 2012.

Deportee behind 17-hour sex attack will clock up at least 20 years in prison
The high-risk offender didn't even bother attending his latest Parole Board hearing.

Cricket bat killer explains 'disgusting act' 12 years on
Man who bashed stepdad to death finally offers some insight.

Drugs and 'macho mentality': What a man who fatally shot undercover cop told parole hearing
John Skinner has been denied parole for the 2008 murder of Sergeant Don Wilkinson.

'My life was a lie': Paedophile teacher's shocking admission
One of New Zealand's worst child sex offenders has been refused parole for a second time.

Corrections 'breakdown' contributed to woman's murder by paroled ‘psychopath’
Coroner makes extensive recommendations after 'preventable' murder of Chch woman.

'Cold-blooded act of killing:' Elderly Triad assassin to remain behind bars
Wan Yee Chow gunned down a gang enforcer outside an Auckland karaoke bar in 2005.

Killer who beat man to death with a wheel brace was full of 'righteous anger'
Peter Holmes murdered Jamie Ellis after hearing he had allegedly abused a woman.

Victim's mother - 'I’m just livid': Why a man is appealing his murder sentence 22 years later
He murdered a young pregnant stranger by stabbing her 15 times.

'Send the boys over': Tribesman who murdered 'police nark' fights prison recall
Lenin Lazarus fatally shot Shane Hohepa at a patching party at the gang's headquarters.

Inside story: When police took down the Comanchero hierarchy
Exclusive book extract on how detectives investigated the Comancheros motorcycle gang.

'A very practiced liar and deceiver': Scepticism as former Dilworth housemaster vows to be truthful
Sexual predator Ian Wilson has been declined parole for a fourth time.