24 November 2021
Dear Ms Plummer
Thank you for your emails dated 1 October 2021 requesting:
•
Please provide me with an excel spreadsheet of every scheduled parole hearing between 17
August 2021 and today’s date and whether these hearings were held on their scheduled
date. If not, please advise of the rescheduled date. I do not require the name of prisoners in
this information.
•
How many scheduled parole hearings have been delayed due to the Level 3 and 4
lockdowns?
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
From 17 August to 4 October there were 1,084 hearings and only 43 of those were adjourned.
Of those 43 adjournments only two were directly related to COVID-19. These are highlighted in
Appendix A. In one case the offender was taking part in the vaccination programme while in the
other case the offender was in a unit that could not facilitate a phone call.
The reasons for the rest of the adjournments included but were not limited to requests for legal
representation, requests for psychological reports, information required on accommodation options,
reintegration hui and requests by offenders for the hearing to be stood down.
A break-down of the hearings, their original and rescheduled dates is included in
Appendix A.
I trust the information provided is of assistance. Should you have any concerns with this response
you are welcome to take it up with the Chairman of the New Zealand Parole Board. He can be
contacted v
ia [New Zealand Parole Board request email]
You are also advised of your right to make a complaint about the information I have withheld to the
Office of the Ombudsman. Contact details are: Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington
6143
; https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/what-ombudsman-can-help/complaints-about-
government-agencies
Yours sincerely,
Karyn McLean
Manager, New Zealand Parole Board.
Appendix A
Outcome
Application Type
Board Hearing
Rehearing
Date
Date
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
8/09/2021
30/09/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
26/08/2021
11/10/2021
ADJOURNED
POST RELEASE PROGRESS REPORT PAROLE POST PED
1/09/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
16/09/2021
01/12/2021
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
20/09/2021
20/09/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
9/09/2021
29/09/2021
ADJOURNED
POST RELEASE PROGRESS REPORT PAROLE POST PED
3/09/2021
11/10/2021
ADJOURNED
ESO SPECIAL CONDITIONS
25/08/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
1/10/2021
27/10/2021
ADJOURNED
ESO SC BIENNIAL REVIEW
24/08/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
16/09/2021
01/11/2021
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
30/08/2021
08/11/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
19/08/2021
01/09/2021
ADJOURNED
VARY CONDITIONS - ESO
20/09/2021
20/09/2021
ADJOURNED
VARY CONDITIONS - PAROLE
26/08/2021
27/09/2021
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
31/08/2021
26/10/2021
ADJOURNED
POST RELEASE PROGRESS REPORT PAROLE POST PED
17/09/2021
01/11/2021
ADJOURNED
POST RELEASE PROGRESS REPORT PAROLE POST PED
14/09/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
9/09/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
18/08/2021
01/09/2021
ADJOURNED
POST RELEASE PROGRESS REPORT PAROLE POST PED
15/09/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
19/08/2021
01/09/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
7/09/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
VARY CONDITIONS - PAROLE
25/08/2021
28/09/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
9/09/2021
01/12/2021
ADJOURNED
ESO SPECIAL CONDITIONS
25/08/2021
01/11/2021
ADJOURNED
VARY CONDITIONS - PAROLE
20/09/2021
20/09/2021
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
20/08/2021
20/09/2021
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
31/08/2021
08/09/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
16/09/2021
17/09/2021
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
19/08/2021
09/09/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
18/08/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
31/08/2021
24/09/2021
ADJOURNED
POST RELEASE PROGRESS REPORT PAROLE POST PED
26/08/2021
27/09/2021
ADJOURNED
VARY CONDITIONS - PAROLE
24/08/2021
28/09/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
23/09/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
POST RELEASE PROGRESS REPORT PAROLE POST PED
15/09/2021
17/09/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
7/09/2021
10/09/2021
ADJOURNED
PAROLE - POST-PED
16/09/2021
01/12/2021
ADJOURNED
POST RELEASE PROGRESS REPORT PAROLE POST PED
17/09/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
9/09/2021
01/10/2021
ADJOURNED
ESO SC BIENNIAL REVIEW
27/09/2021
01/01/2022
ADJOURNED
RECALL APPLICATION - PAROLE
30/08/2021
30/09/2021
*PED – Parole eligibility date
* ESO – Extended supervision order
* - Adjournments related to COVID-19