A man is seriously ill in hospital after he fell from a wharf, hit a boat and "bounced" into the water.

Heidi Warren has patrolled Hawkes Bay's Waimarama Beach for four years but only saved her first life outside a Napier pub at 3 o'clock yesterday morning.

The man who raped and murdered the 6-year-old has been denied parole because his risk of further sexual offending is too high.