Paul Mabey QC, acting for the man's wife, requested the man's name be permanently suppressed. He argued on her behalf that publication of the man's identity would gravely affect the businesses he was associated with.
However, the bid was lost and Judge Phillip Cooper ordered the man's interim name suppression be lifted on Friday, unless the decision was appealed in the meantime.
An application by one of the victims to have her automatic permanent name suppression lifted was successful. That will also take effect next Friday, unless an appeal is lodged.
According to the police summary of facts, the offending started when the eldest victim was 12 and "progressively became more abusive" until it was happening on a weekly basis. The man became controlling of the victim - who she saw, where she went and what she did, the summary said. The abuse of the second victim happened in 2000. She later attempted suicide.
"Both victims were extremely traumatised by the offending that occurred," the summary stated. When the girl was 16 she told an adult what was happening and the offending stopped. The summary said the man admitted to police what he had done, that it was wrong and that the victim was not able to consent.
In sentencing the man, Judge Cooper said it was clear the offending had a profound effect on the victims.
"These women have suffered from depression, suicidal thoughts and, for one of them, an eating disorder.
"Your offending has ... not only blighted her childhood but her adulthood too," he said. One of the women, now in her mid 20s, said in her victim impact statement the offender was controlling, manipulative and took full advantage of her vulnerability.
"He groomed me from a young age to put all my trust in him and to go to him with any problems I had. I used to think I was the one in the wrong and that if I told anyone, it would hurt the people around me.
"He made me feel like he really cared for me and was the only one who understood me.
"He had power over every aspect of my life."
She said she became anorexic, dropping down to 31kg because she "wanted to look ugly to him so he didn't want me anymore".
In an exclusive interview with the Rotorua Daily Post the woman said the whole trial process had been surreal.
"It doesn't really feel real to me - his abuse has impacted my life in every way so no matter what the outcome is, it doesn't equate to the pain he's caused."
She said the main driver for her wanting her name suppression lifted was to reach out to other victims and increase awareness about child sexual abuse.
"There is still so much of a stigma around sexual abuse and reporting it and I think if I can make my situation real to people by putting a name to it, then I will hopefully be able to reach out to others in the same situation.
"If I can reach out and touch just one person then I will know the pain I've gone through has meaning."