One of New Zealand's most high-profile criminals is heading back to the Parole Board next week in a bid to get an early release from prison.

A taxi driver who repeatedly molested a special needs teenager has been denied parole.

New figures show that almost 250 offenders removed their electronically monitored trackers during the 2015/16 year.

More than 400 people have been deported for a criminal offence in the last five years - the majority from Samoa, China and Tonga.

EXCLUSIVE: The man acquitted of murdering Feilding farmer Scott Guy is a free man and has fallen in love.

John Frederick Ericson, 54, is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty in 2000 to the murder of his wife, Sandra.

The Canterbury man who cheated on his wife and was jailed for burning her to death in her car is out on parole.

One of New Zealand's most sadistic killers will remain in jail because he still refuses to accept responsibility for elements of his horrific crimes.

The mother of murdered toddler Nia Glassie has been recalled to prison after concerns from authorities that she was "a risk to the community".

A convicted rapist now being sought by police had been commended for his post-release progress only months before when the parole board said it did not need to see him again.

A man who served 15 years in an Australian prison for beating his pregnant girlfriend to death took just six months to reoffend after being deported to New Zealand.

A child murderer has again been denied his freedom, 20 years after he was first eligible for parole.

Community anger is boiling after a "high-risk" sex offender was moved from a placement near one Auckland school to a house near another.

Mark Pakenham was convicted of the manslaughter of Sara Niethe in 2013, 10 years after she went missing.

Fergus Glen was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his brother Craig in 2003 after a long-term feud between the pair.

The Parole Board has just announced that it has reserved its decision on Ewen Macdonald. Today was the fourth time he has sought an early release.

The jailed brother-in-law of slain farmer Scott Guy is due to appear before the Parole Board this week.

A convicted killer has appeared in court today accused of breaching her parole conditions.

A Mongrel Mob gang member who ran down and killed a police officer in a stolen car has been denied parole.

A victim of an 89-year-old man who admitted sexually assaulting her and her sister says she is disappointed with his six-month home detention sentence.

A mechanic who charged a client for fictitious repairs on his car has had his appeal against his sentence dismissed.

A drug kingpin, whose skill in running a large-scale methamphetamine ring was described by the Crown as a "masterclass", has been jailed for 18 and a half years.

The heavily pregnant partner of a drug kingpin has been jailed after spending five months on the run with him.

The country's worst drink driver has undergone a lengthy prison rehabilitation programme aimed at stopping him offending again upon his release next month.

The family of a Dunedin woman who had her head split open with an axe fears her attacker will finish what he started.

A man who raped and murdered a Wellington schoolgirl 18 years ago has been freed from prison on parole, despite fears that he will reoffend.

A judge has blasted one of Auckland's most prolific tagger's signature as "visually-offensive, third-rate artwork" - but stopped short of sending him to jail.