Premium‌John Raye Tamanui, 71, was sentenced at Gisborne District Court to eight and a half years in prison for sexual offences against three boys. Photo / NZMEJohn Raye Tamanui, 71, was sentenced at Gisborne District Court to eight and a half years in prison for sexual offences against three boys. Photo / NZMEA former Oranga Tamariki caregiver who sexually abused three vulnerable boys threatened to self-harm when one of them chose to stay with a family member rather than return to his care.

John Raye Tamanui, 71, appeared for sentencing in Gisborne District Court before Judge Turitea Bolstad – the judge on