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aged between 12 and 16 years, four of sexual connection with a child under the age of 12 years, five of sexual connection with a young person aged between 12 and 16 years and five of sexual violation. During his trial, Parker infamously stated that âThose of you who know me well will know that I am not the monster that many will portray me to be.â
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under the guise of teaching them, only to sexually abuse them. He also slept alongside students during school camps, with one student spotted wearing Parker's underwear one morning. In 2012, one boy came forward to make accusations against Parker to the police, after which he was arrested and put on
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November, 2023 James Parker was denied parole for the second time at Rolleston prison, where he is currently serving his sentence. It was revealed that Parker has been working as a janitor in the administration building of the prison and has participated in some controlled releases,
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to 49 charges of sexual abuse in August 2012, however during the course of police investigations more charges were laid. In April 2013, Parker pleaded guilty to a further 25 offences. These charges included 25 charges of indecent acts with boys under the age of 12 years, 35 of indecent acts on boys
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with students. However, no charges were laid against him. Ms Lovatt-Davis, the principal of Oturu school, refused to support Parker's application to become a fully registered teacher due to her concerns about him taking students to his home where his girlfriend noted he would leave the couple's bed
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As a consequence of his failure to act on allegations of
Parkersâ offending in 2009 and the concerns other teachers had regarding his conduct with pupils, along with the mismanagement of the school which allowed for Parkersâ offending, Pamapuria School principal Hovell was found to have committed
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In 2009, police investigated complaints from two victims about Parker's offending, however during a second interview the victims retracted their allegations and no charges were laid. In light of this, police sent a letter to the school urging that Parker's habit of taking children to his home was
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Parker commenced work at
Pamapuria school, where he was fully registered as a teacher under the recommendation of Hovell. The bulk of Parker's offending occurred between 2006 and 2012 with Parker abusing pupils aged between 8 and 15. This abuse ranged from touching the boysâ genitals to sexual
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styleâ. Lovatt-Davis warned the principal of
Pamapuria School, Mr Hovell, that Parker had taken students onto a marae with him at night, however Hovell believed these concerns were based in violation of
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intercourse on two occasions. Despite this, Parker was able to maintain a positive image of himself in the
Kaitaia community, being well-loved for his skill on the guitar (with which he led a
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after his arrest in August 2012. 74 charges were laid spanning a period of offending of 13 years, potentially making Parker New
Zealand's most prolific child sex offender.
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group for children) and his close friendships with parents and families of his pupils, thus leading to claims of abuse being dismissed by the families of his victims.
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Parker continued to target children from vulnerable, impoverished and typically Maori backgrounds at his isolated farm house in
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did not deregister Parker, instead of waiting until his sentencing to permanently cancel his registration as a teacher.
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School, James Parker, between 1999 and 2012. Parker's offending at the small school near the town of
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but still poses a risk to the community. He will next be eligible for parole in
September 2024.
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inappropriate and of concern. No further action was taken by the school.
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327:"MOE will meet costs over Pamapuria commissioner" at NZHerald.co.nz
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291:"Teacher Paedophile Gets Preventive Detention" at Stuff.co.nz
315:"Child Sex Offender's Registration Cancelled" at scoop.co.nz
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https://teachingcouncil.nz/sites/default/files/2014-61.pdf
303:"Sentencing Notes: James Robertson Parker" at scoop.co.nz
240:"James Parker Victim: 'I trusted him'" at Newshub.co.nz
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264:"Paedophile Slipped Through the Net" at Newshub.co.nz
276:"James Parker's Betrayal of Trust" at NZHerald.co.nz
200:"James Parker: I betrayed you all" at NZHerald.co.nz
212:"Predator Teacher 'Flagged' in 1999" at Stuff.co.nz
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