"I used to love music, the West Coast was a place of freedom, the bush, the birds, but I don't want to go there any more. The West Coast was a safe free place, it's not a good place for me now," the victim said.
He still had whanau on the West Coast and could not see them any more because of the memory.
Judge David Saunders gave Dibben a second-strike warning that his sentence would be served without parole.
He noted that Dibben was about seven years older than his victim.
"During the hearing the court heard that the victim consented to anal intercourse for a rent payment -- I don't accept he was willing or consented to this act," Judge Saunders said.
The victim was a vulnerable person who was clearly injured in a way that "was not consistent to consensual activity".
Dibben was sentenced to six years and six months for the rape, and a further six months for taking the motor vehicle and escaping custody.
- Greymouth Star