How Teina Pora went from being a teenager convicted of rape and murder, to being exonerated and paid $2.5 million in compensation.
1987
December: Rapist Malcolm Rewa begins his nine-year spree of rape and violence
1988
January: One of Rewa's victims gives the police his name, but nothing is done June/July: Police interview Rewa about the attack, but fail to check his alibi - that he had been out with a friend the night of the attack
1991
Rewa is caught peeping at women, but not charged
1992
March 23: Susan Burdett raped and murdered in her Papatoetoe home April 6: Police first speak to Teina Pora, then aged 17 May 28: Mr Pora interviewed again
1993
March 18: Mr Pora arrested on other charges March 18-21: Mr Pora talks to police about Ms Burdett's death, making a confession he would later retract March 23: Teina Pora charged with raping and murdering Ms Burdett, as well as aggravated burglary
1994
June 7: Mr Pora's trial begins June 15: Mr Pora convicted on all charges July 1: Mr Pora sentenced to life in prison
1995
Rewa taken into custody on an unrelated matter, but isn't charged and is allowed to go free
1996
May 13: Malcolm Rewa arrested after his DNA was found at the scene of Ms Burdett's death, and several other crime scenes
1998
May: Rewa found guilty of several rapes, but not Ms Burdett's, nor her murder December: Rewa found guilty of Ms Burdett's rape, but not murder
1999
October 18: Court of Appeal quashes Mr Pora's convictions and orders a retrial
2000
March 20: Mr Pora's second trial begins April 6: Mr Pora again found guilty on all charges June 23: Mr Pora again sentenced to life in prison October 12: Court dismisses Mr Pora's appeal
2009
Former detective Tim McKinnel, now a private investigator, looks into Mr Pora's case
2011
September 2: Mr Pora applies for royal prerogative of mercy from the Governor-General
2012
August: TV3's 3rd Degree requests copies of the police interviews with Mr Pora from 1993
2013
March 13: 3rd Degree reveals new evidence that shows Mr Pora was likely innocent March 23: It's revealed police had already figured out Rewa raped Ms Burdett before Mr Pora went on trial July 31: 3rd Degree uncovers even more evidence Mr Pora suffered a miscarriage of justice August 20: Mr Pora seeks leave to appeal to the Privy Council August 21: Rewa's victims call for an inquiry into why it took so long for police to arrest him
2014
January 31: The Privy Council grants leave so he can appeal his convictions May 21: Police officer who interviewed Rewa in 1988 admits mistakes November 4-5: Mr Pora's case is presented at the Privy Council
2015
March 3: The Privy Council quashes all Mr Pora's convictions relating to Ms Burdett's rape and murder March 30: The Privy Council rules that Mr Pora cannot be tried a third time April 13: Mr Pora applies for compensation over his wrongful imprisonment May 24: Mr Pora gives his first-ever TV interview to 3rd Degree June 4: Hon Rodney Hansen QC appointed to go over Mr Pora's claim August 23: Witnesses reveal seeing Rewa on Ms Burdett's property the night she was killed
2016
March 23: Mr Hansen says on the balance of probabilities Mr Pora is innocent, and therefore eligible for compensation May 31: Cabinet advised by Mr Hansen that Mr Pora should be paid $2,520,949.42 June 15: Cabinet accepts Mr Hansen's recommendation and makes the amount public
2018
Rewa eligible for parole
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