A 40-year-old Rotorua man has been jailed for sexually violating a young girl.
Michael Hona was sentenced in the Rotorua District Court on Friday to two years and eight months' prison after previously pleading guilty to sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection.
Judge Phillip Cooper said the offending consisted of a single incident between October 2011 and January 2012.
He said Hona told the girl to take off her clothes then sexually violated her.
The judge accepted Hona had shown deep regret and remorse for what he had done and for the impact his offending had on the victim and her family.