Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request to the New
Zealand Parole Board.

 

The Board needs to extend the timeframe of your request by 20 working days
pursuant to section 15A(1)(a) of the OIA, as the request is for a large
quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a large
quantity of information. Therefore you can expect to receive a response by
8 July 2025.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

Elyse Cullen

Senior Advisor | NZPB

M: +64 27 454 5408 

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-----Original Message-----
From: C Lane <[3][FOI #30978 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 4:38 PM
To: NZPB Info <[4][New Zealand Parole Board request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Parole Hearing’s For
Life Sentanced Inmates

 

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Dear New Zealand Parole Board,

 

Please provide me with the following information:

 

-The total number of life sentenced (non-parole period) people who
appeared before the Parole Board per annum, as far back as 2014 records.
Please break this down by ethnicity and gender.

 

-The total number of life sentenced people who have been granted parole
per annum, as far back as 2014 records permit. Please break this down by
ethnicity and gender.

 

-The success rate of applications for life sentenced parole, broken down
by the application attempt number (i.e. successful attempt rate at first
parole application, second application etc.). Please break this down per
annum as far back as 2014 records permit. Please break this down by
ethnicity and gender.

 

-The total number of life sentenced (with non-parole periods) people
granted first parole (on first appearance). Please break this down per
annum as far back as 2014.

 

-The total number of life sentenced people to apply for an early parole
hearing before reaching first parole, including success rates, and if
possible, reasons for granting early hearing. Please break this down per
annum as far back as 2014.

 

-The total number and type of life parole conditions handed down per
annum, as far back as 2014 records permit. Please break this down by
ethnicity and gender, if possible.

 

-At what point does The Parole Board order life sentenced parolees to be
banned or forbidden from certain locations? What is the jurisdiction and
criteria to make such order? Who makes this decision, is it solely the
Board or victims request etc?

 

-What grounds can parolees dispute such order being made?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

C Lane

 

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