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Offender Databases Tauaho Vakavelo

Tauaho Vakavelo

Alias

Tauaho Stanley

Offences

Assault on a Gisborne woman with intent to commit sexual violation in 1989

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1967

Current Location

Unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 5 years 6 months in December 1989

Background
Information from The New Zealand Paedophile and Sex Offender Index, New 2004 Edition
Vakavelo came to NZ from Tonga when he was 10 and was raised by his aunt in Mangere. He served with the Tongan army until 1984 but Tongan authorities said no exit visa was issued for him. He had been boarding with the complainant in Gisborne for several weeks before he committed the offence. The woman's husband had gone to Auckland and after the woman and her children had gone to bed, Vakavelo knocked on her door, entered uninvited and asked for her to have sex with him. She refused and, as she went to leave, she followed him to close the door, carrying her baby. He grabbed her and threw her and the baby on the bed, threatening them with a knife. He dragged the victim to his room, where he produced a machete and threatened her again. When he turned off the light she managed to get free and jumped through the glass pane of a closed window.

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