A woman who once threw a bucket of boiling water over a fellow inmate and broke a prison officer's arm is continuing to threaten and abuse other people in
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The board did not explain the significance of the name change. However, in te reo Māori meanings of “kino” included evil, bad, wicked, harm and hate. It could also mean body. Matete received the open-ended term of preventive detention in 2006 on charges of causing grievous bodily harm, wounding, and injuring, which included scalding another prisoner with boiling water. The Parole Board said she had a long history of violent offending which contributed to the sentence. She had done one-on-one counselling to prepare for the violence prevention programme Kimihia, for women with high and complex needs. Matete was “somewhat sceptical” about its value, and the board said it hoped it had convinced her of its importance to her progress.