MacMillan had been recalled and released in July last year and then recalled again in September for cannabis possession and possession of a knife.
The board's view was MacMillan needed to work with a psychologist on a one-to-one basis to address two things: firstly, the reasons why he kept coming back to prison and appeared to be unable to practise what he had learnt in prison through his rehabilitation; and, secondly, to further develop his safety plan, Sir Ron said.
As to the board's current position, it had been proposed MacMillan would be released in the South Island, "but as it turned out that has not worked out well and he now has a potential release address at [withheld] in Hamilton".
MacMillan needed to do the risk-based work with the psychologist the board identified back in February, Sir Ron said.
That had only just begun. MacMillan had had two sessions with a psychologist to identify what work needed to be done and it was anticipated that work would be completed by late February next year.
At that stage, the board thought the proper course would be to transfer MacMillan to Waikeria Prison in Waikato.
That would be the nearest prison to his release address in Hamilton, and then he could start to work with an organisation, the name of which was withheld, and have guided releases to their residence if they accepted him for release there, the parole decision said.
"In the meantime, given the work still to be done, Mr MacMillan remains an undue risk. We will see again by the end of April 2022."
