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Sentence Commencement and Sentence Length

Head Sentence

Means the full sentence of imprisonment the court has imposed, an offender may serve some of it or all of the sentence.

Cumulative term

Means an offender is sentenced for two or more crimes being served before or after the other.

Concurrent term

Means an offender is sentenced for two or more crimes being served at the same time as the other - effectively the sentences are served in parallel.

Non parole period

Means an offender is required to serve a minimum period of imprisonment imposed by the court before he/she is eligible to be considered for conditional early release to serve the remainder of his/her head sentence in the community.

Pre-cd Sentence

Means a sentence of more than 12 months commencing before July 2002 (imposed under the Criminal Justice Act 1985).

Post-cd Sentence

Means a sentence of more than two years commencing after July 2002 (imposed under the Sentencing Act 2002).

Custodial and Non-Custodial Sentences

What is a Custodial Sentence?

When an offender is to serve out his/her sentence in prison, an educational institution, reformatory or other correctional facility. If a convicted offender is diagnosed with a mental illness they may under the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 be detained as a special patient under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 to serve out his/her sentence there.

What is a Non-Custodial Sentence?

When an offender is to serve out his/her sentence in the community. This includes community work, community detention, home detention, fines, counselling and taking courses and compulsory treatment, restriction orders, intensive supervision, or even suspended sentences. If an offender is found to be in breach of a non-custodial sentence this may result in the sentence being rescinded by the court to be replaced with a custodial sentence.

Preventive Detention and Life Imprisonment

What is Life Imprisonment?

A life sentence in New Zealand means a head sentence of life with a non-parole period of no less than ten years. Under our current laws the sentencing judges in every case are required to set a non-parole period when a life sentence is to be imposed. The mandatory sentence in New Zealand for any murder is life imprisonment unless it is a mercy killing see R v Law (2002) 19 CRNZ 500 (HC), or where there is evidence of prolonged and severe abuse of the defendant or their children the court will be able to consider a lesser sentence.

What is Preventive Detention?

A sentence of preventive detention in New Zealand is effectively a head sentence of life imprisonment with a non-parole period of no less than five years. The sentence of preventive detention differs from life imprisonment in that its main purpose is protection of the community from further offending as opposed to being punitive. It is a sentence only available to serious violent offenders and sex offenders.

NZ's longest non parole periods (18 years or more)

The offenders listed here are those sentenced life imprisonment or preventive detention (pre-cd sentences or post-cd sentences). They are serving the longest minimum non-parole periods in New Zealand's history. Most of these offenders have been sentenced for cases of murder. They are in order by which was the longest minimum non-parole period imposed by the court.

• William Dwane BELL here - 33 years reduced to 30 on appeal
• Bruce Thomas HOWSE here - 28 years reduced to 25 on appeal
• Graeme William BURTON here - 26 years
• Liam James REID here - 26 years reduced to 23 on appeal
• Joseph Stephenson THOMPSON here - 25 years
• Nicholas Paul Alfred REEKIE here - 25 years reduced to 20 on appeal
• William Logan JOHANSSON here - 23 years
• Jason Paul SOMERVILLE here - 23 years
• Joseph Sam SAMOA here - 22 years
• Malcolm REWA here - 22 years
• Hayden Brent McKENZIE here - 21 years
• Jason August REIHANA here - 21 years
• Michael John CURRAN here - 20 years 6 months
• David KONIA here - 20 years
• Antonie Ronnie DIXON (deceased) - 20 years
• Mark Edward LUNDY here- 20 years
• John David FLEMING here - 20 years
• Jun Jie YING here - 20 years
• Wen Hui CUI here - 19 years
• Dean Stewart CAMERON here - 19 years
• Joseph OGLE here - 19 years
• Tracy Jean GOODMAN here - 19 years
• Anthony Paul DOYLE here - 19 years
• Ahmad Riyaz KHAN here - 19 years
• Shane Daniel RANDLE here - 19 years
• Xiangxin CUI here - 18 years 6 months
• Li ZHENG here - 18 years 6 months
• Darin Joseph GARDNER here - 18 years 6 months
• George Charlie BAKER here - 18 years
• Taffy Herbert HOTENE here - 18 years
• Peter Steven WAIHAPE here - 18 years
• Manu SIKUVEA here - 18 years
• Daniel Robert MOORE here - 18 years
• Whetu TE HIKO here - 18 years
• Michael Scott WALLACE here - 18 years
• Johnny Pukerua JOACHIM here - 18 years
• Darryn James ROSANOWSKI here - 18 years
• Baseem Ridha Kadhim Abbad AL AMERY here - 18 years
• Clayton Robert WEATHERSTON here - 18 years

NZ's longest terms of preventive detention for sex offenders (11 years or more)

Note that all of these offenders are sentenced to preventive detention in respect of a sexual crime, or that they have past convictions for sexual crimes, but may be serving the sentence in respect of a serious violent (non-sexual) offence. They are in order by which was the longest minimum non-parole period of preventive detention that was imposed by the court.

• Liam James REID here - 26 years reduced to just 10 on appeal
• Joseph Stephenson THOMPSON here - 25 years
• Nicholas Paul Alfred REEKIE here - 25 years reduced to 20 on appeal
• Malcolm REWA here - 22 years
• John David FLEMING here - 20 years
• Taffy Herbert HOTENE here - 18 years
• Brett Stuart WELLM here - 17 years reduced to 15 on appeal
• Roger Tira KAHUI here - 16 years reduced to 13 on appeal
• Turoa Junior HAPI here - 15 years
• Amor Josiah WALTER here - 15 years
• Aputitolaula Iputau LATU here - 15 years reduced to 12 on appeal
• Darryl Nicholas JOHNSON here - 15 years reduced to 11 on appeal
• Tony Matthew ALBERT here - 14 years reduced to 12 on appeal
• John Alexander TAYLOR here - 13 years
• Edward John GULLIVER here - 12 years
• Dean HIROKI here - 12 years
• Tairon McLean TUHOU here - 12 years
• Lyle Keith MUNCASTER here - 12 years
• Wiremu Te Uru Kowhai NAPIA here - 12 years
• John Christopher DURNO here - 12 years
• Peter Robert JORDAN here - 12 years

NZ's longest finite sentences after 1985 for youth offenders (7 years or more)

The offenders listed here were young persons convicted of serious violent offences or sexual offences who were all under 18 at time the offence(s) were committed. They are listed in order by the offender with the longest head sentence. Note that these are the young persons under 18 who have received the country's very significant finite (fixed) sentences. We estimate that there may be another two youth offenders in New Zealand that we have not been able to list as yet, and that we may not be able to add them because they have name suppression if they were under 17. We have mostly listed the offences from 1996 onwards because that is the furthest back we have been able to research to most of the time, and that we have available on our databases.

• David MAMEA here - 16 years NPP 10 years
• Joel Ernest SUTTON here - 15 years 6 months
• Inoke Vaea TANGITAU here - 14 years
• Semisi TONGOTONGO here - 14 years
• Lester Miles HETA here - 13 years
• Stephen Tahi MOKE here - 13 years NPP 8 years 8 months
• Taerata Daniel TURAHUI here - 12 years NPP 8 years
• Phillip KAUKASI here - 12 years
• William Thomas SINAMONI here - 11 years
• Joshua MAHONI here - 11 years
• Jasmine HEMANA here - 11 years NPP 4 years 6 months
• Guy Nicholas WILSON here - 11 years reduced to 10 on appeal
• Maka RENATA here - 10 years 6 months
• Edward Victor WAINA here - 10 years
• Edward KARANGAROA here - 10 years
• Zane Frank SUTTON here - 10 years
• Alefosio AFAESE here - 10 years
• Piri Valli KIRTON here - 9 years 6 months
• Brent Murray HUME here - 9 years 6 months
• Mata Ngaro NELIO here - 9 years 6 months
• Mark HATI here - 9 years
• Riki RAPIRA here - 9 years
• Kararaina Makere TE RAUNA here - 8 years 9 months
• Penisimani Latu KULITAPA here - 8 years 6 months
• Joe Edwin KAUKASI here - 8 years 6 months
• Puti Irene Heather MAXWELL here - 8 years 3 months
• Norton Ian MAIHI here - 8 years NPP 5 years
• Luke Timothy James Hirau REIHANA here - 8 years
• Mark Peter Benny Maika REIHANA here - 8 years
• Kayla Mary DENNIS here - 8 years
• George NAEA here - 7 years 9 months
• Cheyne Reihana TURAHUI here - 7 years 8 months
• Simon ANGLEM here - 7 years 6 months NPP 3 years 9 months
• Trent Rhys MANUKAU here - 7 years NPP 3 years 6 months
• Kasey WIKAIRA here - 7 years
• Te Orumene Oldie MOHI TEWARA here - 7 years
• Bailey Junior KURARIKI here - 7 years
• Harley Ehekrera TAPINE here - 7 years
• Sarn Kale GRIGSBY here - 7 years
• Cleveland MARTIN here - 7 years NPP 3 years 6 months
• Vainuupo Steve CHANKAU here - 7 years

NZ's longest determinate sentences for GBH/Wounding offences (9 years or more)

The offenders listed here are serving some of the substantial determinate sentences for grevious bodily harm or wounding offences in New Zealand's history. They are listed in order by the offender with the longest head sentence. We estimate that there may be a few offenders in New Zealand that we have not been able to list as yet.

• Ruaumoko TAIAPA here - 14 years NPP 8 years
• Les Tasos CONNELLY here - 13 years NPP 6 years 6 months
• Raymond EDWARDS here - 12 years 7 months NPP 6 years 3 months
• Adrian Manawanui RIKIHANA here - 12 years 6 months NPP 5 years
• Jonothan Paul WILSON here - 12 years NPP 6 years
• Jesse Christian DOLMAN here - 12 years
• Harlem Haunui KIRTON here - 11 years 6 months NPP 6 years
• Vance Paraki TUHEKE here - 10 years 6 months NPP 5 years 3 months
• Keith TEREPO here - 10 years NPP 6 years 6 months
• Georgie Abraham NGAAU here - 10 years NPP 6 years
• Stefan HOEER here - 10 years NPP 5 years 3 months
• Wali Javed ALLAHYAI here - 10 years NPP 6 years
• David Eugene BRISTOWE here - 10 years
• Timothy WIPERI here - 10 years NPP 5 years
• Alan Joseph PLACE here - 10 years
• Anthony Harrod SIMON here - 9 years 6 months NPP 6 years
• Paul ROPIHA here - 9 years 6 months NPP 5 years
• Piri Valli KIRTON here - 9 years 6 months
• George Harvey HAPUKU here - 9 years 3 months NPP 4 years 9 months
• Eru TE WHATA here - 9 years NPP 4 years
• Arthur Duncan BRIGGS here - 9 years
• Andrew KOPELANI here - 9 years NPP 6 years
• Davey Ioane FAAMOE here - 9 years NPP 6 years
• Christopher Wharua KIHI here - 9 years

NZ's longest sentences for drug trafficking (8 years or more)

The offenders listed here are serving the longest sentences for drug trafficking in New Zealand's history. Note that some of these offenders crimes involved violence, sexual offending or weapons/firearms charges which carries a link to the offender's full file on the Violent Offender Database or the Paedophile and Sexual Offender Database. The maximum penalties in New Zealand for drug trafficking as follow: life for Class A; 14 years for Class B; 8 years for Class C.

• Chen Ming CHIN - life
• Pan Wei FENG - life
• Brian James CURTIS here - life reduced to 18 years on appeal
• Deng Guo WEI - 25 years NPP 10 years
• Fan LI - 25 years NPP 10 years
• Alex Kwong WONG here - 17 years NPP 8 years reduced to 14 years 6 months NPP 7 years 6 months on appeal
• Richard Donald COLLINS here - 15 years 6 months NPP 9 years 6 months
• Eduardo OGAZ - 15 years 6 months NPP 7 years 9 months
• Fung Kai LOK - 15 years reduced to 10 years on appeal
• Ho Man LAU - 15 years
• Lei CAI - 15 years NPP 9 years
• Abdalla ALI - 14 years NPP 7 years 6 months reduced to 12 years NPP 6 years 6 months on appeal
• Tshilioizi Jeffrey TSHISA - 13 years NPP 6 years 6 months
• Christopher Duncan WEBB here - 12 years 6 months NPP 6 years 3 months
• Ho Kai LEUNG - 12 years 6 months NPP 5 years 2 months
• Ka Hay YEUNG - 12 years 6 months NPP 5 years 2 months
• Ian Hapeta NUKU - 12 years NPP 7 years
• Michael Joseph CAVANAGH here - 12 years
• Xiao Hui HUANG - 12 years
• Christian Damian WICKREMASINGHE - 12 years
• Sik Cheung WONG - 11 years 3 months NPP 5 years 8 months
• Chun Yu NG - 11 years
• Justin Matthew RYS - 10 years 6 months
• Kwok Cheung HUI - 9 years 6 months NPP 5 years 6 months
• Majid Safaei JAVID here - 9 years 6 months
• Dan DORA - 9 years 6 months NPP 4 years 6 months
• Waha SAIFITI here - 9 years 6 months
• Dwight Percival FATU here - 9 years NPP 5 years
• Shai KADOSH - 9 years NPP 4 years 6 months
• Ian Joseph CARROL - 9 years
• Christian Paul CLIFTON - 9 years reduced to 7 years 6 months on appeal
• Lisa Margaret Kim TOPIA - 8 years 9 months
• Kerry John WILLIAMS - 8 years 6 months NPP 4 years 6 months
• Warren Thomas SPAIN - 8 years 6 months NPP 4 years 3 months
• Linda MARTIN - 8 years 5 months
• Russell Kim CLIFTON - 8 years 3 months reduced to 6 years 10 months on appeal
• Phillipa Marjorie ELLIS - 8 years 3 months reduced to 6 years 10 months on appeal
• Wan Sang CHAN - 8 years NPP 4 years 6 months reduced to 6 years NPP 2 years 6 months on appeal
• Fa'afete TAITO here - 8 years
• Jacky Qiu YANG - 8 years

NZ's longest concurrent terms (40 years or more)

The offenders listed here are serving the longest concurrent terms in New Zealand. The sentences listed were the truth in the sentences, and what they would be serving in places such as the United States cumulatively, but under the system we presently have allows them to be served concurrently. In cases of a indeterminate sentence in New Zealand, under our current system the courts can unfortunately only legally impose concurrent terms.

• Graeme William BURTON here - 260 years
• William Logan JOHANSSON here - 168 years 6 months
• Joseph Sam SAMOA here - 154 years
• Ese Junior FALEALII here - 106 years 3 months
• Liam James REID here - 89 years
• Raymond Wahia RATIMA here - 87 years
• Antonie Ronnie DIXON (deceased) - 71 years
• James Junior LAWRIE here - 64 years
• William Dwane BELL here - 55 years
• Joseph Stephenson THOMPSON here - 55 years
• Craig Neville ROSS here - 47 years
• Pago SAVAIINAEA here - 44 years

NZ's longest cumulative terms (more than 14 years)

The offenders listed here are serving the longest cumulative terms in New Zealand. The sentences listed were the effective sentences imposed by the court, but not necessarily the truth in the sentences as some of the sentences were concurrent with the cumulative sentences e.g. an offender was sentenced to 10 years for rape and 10 years for manslaughter to be served cumulatively and five years for kidnapping to be served concurrently meaning the truthful sentence is 25 years but the effective sentence is 20 years.

• Joseph Stephenson THOMPSON here - 30 years
• James TAMATA here - 24 years
• Barry JOHANSEN here - 24 years reduced to 21 on appeal
• Lava SAVELIO here - 23 years NPP 10 years
• Stewart Murray WILSON here - 21 years
• Brian James CURTIS here - 20 years 6 months
• Basil Steven Marshall MIST here - 20 years NPP 10 years
• Azam ALI here - 20 years reduced to 18 on appeal
• Leslie Maurice GREEN here - 20 years reduced to 15 on appeal
• Warren Charles TE HEI here - 19 years
• Dean James McDonald SHEDDEN here - 18 years 6 months NPP 10 years
• Jason Glen VINCENT here - 18 years
• Michael Huna TE POU here - 18 years NPP 8 years 8 months
• Scott Campbell ELLIOTT here - 18 years
• Robert Craig WINTERBURN here - 17 years
• Arai Whakaari HEMA here - 17 years
• Raymond Russell GREEN here - 16 years
• Ravendra PRASAD here - 16 years
• Brendan Joseph SHIELS here - 15 years 9 months
• Joel Ernest SUTTON here - 15 years 6 months
• Richard TUTENGAEHE here - 15 years 6 months
• Tommy Awaawa Tame TAITAPANUI here - 15 years NPP 8 years
• Michael Edward MARU (nee Michael KOHINGA) here - 15 years
• Shaun Morgan HARTLEY here - 15 years
• Leighton Gavin Brian FAIRBAIRN here - 15 years NPP 10 years
• Storm JAMES here - 15 years
• Karewa Skippa KAPUA here - 15 years
• Xiang Jun WEI here - 15 years
• William DOCTOR here - 15 years
• Garry Leonard JONES here - 15 years NPP 10 years
• Faamanu MILFORD here - 15 years NPP 10 years
• Nicholas David CLARKE here - 15 years NPP 7 years 6 months
• John GILLIES here - 14 years 9 months
• Peter Neil CAMPBELL here - 14 years 3 months

Aggravating and Mitigating Factors in Sentencing

Aggravating Factors

Aggravating factors include:

• Actual or threatened violence, or the actual or threatened use of a weapon, or unlawful entry into, or presence in, a dwelling place.
• If the offence was committed while the offender was on bail or still subject to a sentence.
• The absence/lack of remorse shown by the offender; the extent of any loss, damage, or harm resulting from the offence.
• If there was particular cruelty in the commission of the offence.
• If the offender was abusing a position of trust or authority in relation to the victim.
• If the victim was particularly vulnerable because of their age, health or other factors known to the offender.
• If the offender committed the offence partly, or wholly, because of hostility towards a group of persons who have an enduring common characteristic such as race, colour, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability, if the offender committed the offence partly, or wholly, because of hostility towards a group of persons who have an enduring common characteristic such as race, colour, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability, and the hostility is because of the common characteristic, and the offender believes that the victim has that characteristic.
• Premeditation on the part of the offender and the level of premeditation involved, and the number, seriousness, date, relevance, and nature of any previous convictions of the offender, and any convictions for which the offender is being dealt with at the same time.

Mitigating Factors

The mitigating factors that may be taken into account include:

• The age of the offender.
• If and when the offender pleads guilty.
• The conduct of the victim.
• Whether the offender had limited involvement in the offence.
• Whether the offender has diminished intellectual capacity.
• Any evidence of the offender's previous good character.
• Any remorse shown by the offender, or any offer, agreement, response or measure to make amends.

Note: Being affected by the voluntary consumption or use of alcohol or other drugs is not to be considered a mitigating factor.

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