Tame Iti gets parole.
Maori activist Tame Iti has been granted parole this afternoon.
Tame Iti was sentenced to two and a half years in jail after being found guilty of firearms offences relating to the 2007 Urewera raids.
The Parole Board today granted Iti parole as it is satisfied that he no longer poses an undue risk to the safety of the community.
He will be released on Wednesday February 27, the parole board has imposed special conditions on his release. It says these details will be made public in the Board's full decision, which will be available in a couple of days.
"It's a good day. They are sending me home. I can't wait to be back with my whanau," Tame Iti said via Twitter.