Hayden Joseph Taylor, who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a pregnant teenager and the rape of another woman, has been denied parole.
The 36-year-old killer appeared before the Parole Board at a hearing in Auckland today.
He was denied parole because he still posed an undue risk to the safety of the community, a Parole Board spokeswoman said.
Taylor was on bail, awaiting trial for the rape and kidnapping of a woman, when he killed pregnant teenager Nicola Rankin in 1996.
He admitted kidnapping Ms Rankin from outside a police station in Kumeu, in west Auckland, before burying her in a shallow grave he had already dug at the nearby Riverhead Forest.