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Offender Databases Rodney Taniwha

Rodney Paul Taniwha

Alias

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Offences

Sexual violation by rape of a Hamilton woman in December 2007

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

unknown

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentence to be updated
Conviction upheld on appeal in February 2010
Unsuccessfully applied for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in May 2010

Background
Taniwha and the victim met each other at a strip club in Hamilton in the early hours of a Sunday morning. The victim was with a friend who invited Taniwha and his associate back to victim's house when the club closed at 4 AM. They had been drinking. At 8.30 AM the victim asked everyone to leave because she was tired. The others went back to the house of the victim's friend but Taniwha left quarter of an hour later and drove back to the victim's house and raped her.

Supreme Court decision here (PDF)

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