Anthony Noel Kloosterman, 32, who is serving nearly six years’ imprisonment, instead wrote a letter to the Parole Board stressing his remorse for his violent crimes.
His victim, Monique McLay, told the board of her scepticism before last month’s hearing.
"It’s just a game to him. It’s just paving the way to make me look crazy and him remorseful which I know darn well that he’s not. It’s just further manipulation and narcissism," she said.
"He’ll be in there just festering and fuming about everything."
While it could be up to three years before Kloosterman was released, Ms McLay believed she would always be at risk of brutal retribution.
"There will be a high chance of homicide. I still believe that, without doubt," she said.
Kloosterman was previously jailed in 2017 for assaulting Ms McLay with a metal shearing implement.
Four years later he was sentenced to 12 months’ intensive supervision for subsequent domestic crimes.
Kloosterman was barred from contacting the victim and was electronically monitored to ensure he remained 10km from the town of Lawrence where she lived.
Kloosterman punched her repeatedly then retrieved a knife and a rolling pin from the kitchen.
He beat her with the implement and threatened to cut off her ears with the knife, the court heard at sentencing.
During a lull in the violence, Ms McLay escaped.
She had since moved from her home town and said she would be prepared for Kloosterman’s release, ensuring cameras were installed at the address.
"I’ve pretty much had to rebuild my entire life," she told the Otago Daily Times.
Kloosterman was described as "compliant and friendly" by staff at Rolleston Prison but wrote to the Parole Board that he was "not prepared to fulfil the prerequisite criteria to have myself in a position of eligibility".
Panel convener Mary More said it was disappointing the inmate had chosen not to attend as they had wanted to quiz him on his supposed remorse as well as chart a way forward.
Kloosterman was waitlisted to undertake treatment for violence as well as a dependency programme.
"We are concerned that Mr Kloosterman engaged in extremely violent offending and told the victim that next time it would be worse, and yet he discloses apparent regret to the board," Ms More said.
She ordered a psychological assessment and urged the prisoner to co-operate.
Ms McLay said she had found solace in talking about her ordeal, recently being interviewed on a popular social-media channel.
"I’m so open with telling people about it and why shouldn’t I be? The shame’s not mine to carry," she said.
"It hasn’t been easy. I’m not trying to say it’s all been rainbows and unicorns but . . . it’s been like a rebirth for me. I feel like a human phoenix a wee bit, rising from the ashes."
Kloosterman’s next parole hearing is scheduled for March.
