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Fran O'Sullivan: Ron Brierley child-porn allegation caps off 'year of behaving badly'
All that was missing from the "Year of behaving badly" was a sex scandal. That's changed.
Shorter sentence for mum who fed her baby a battery
The woman's sentence has been reduced due to her mental disorder.
School sex abuse: Concerns for teacher raised earlier - twice
After one of its teachers was jailed for sexual abuse - a school breaks its silence.
Sir Ron Brierley charges 'relate to 200k photos and 500 videos of child abuse'
The 82-year-old was arrested at Sydney Airport as he was about to board a plane to Fiji.
Sexual grooming ex-social worker fights to keep identity secret
While entrusted to care for children, the woman began grooming a then 15-year-old boy.
Blenheim sex abuse teacher: Anatomy of a scandal
Anatomy of a scandal: how Blenheim teacher fell from grace into a sordid web of sex abuse.
Accused killer of toddler Malcolm Bell named
A High Court trial has been set for August next year.
17 years of abuse: 'Righteous' Christian mum of 9 starved kids
Exclusive: Children were starved and forced to run around a home-built punishment circuit.
Kiwi man who paid $80 to abuse boy loses suppression
The man had more than 14,000 objectionable images on his computers.
'Catfish' child porn case: Kiwi girl, 12, targeted by predator
The Newry man has remained in custody since his arrest in July.
'It was a crime factory': Career criminal Arthur Taylor on being in state care
Arthur Taylor will tell his story at tomorrow's Royal Commission of Inquiry hearing
Couple charged after 8-week-old baby seriously injured
Two people charged after 2-month-old baby seriously injured at Mt Wellington address
Family man who abused boy gets permanent suppression
Man who abused boy 20 years ago gets permanent name suppression.
Huge demand for 'big sibling' service in Auckland
An initiative which finds 'big siblings' for Auckland kids has struck a chord with Kiwis.
Female social worker groomed boy, asked him to destroy sexually explicit images
EXCLUSIVE: She asked victim to destroy sexually explicit images during investigation.
Kahui twin murders: Macsyna's new life married to a bishop, running a takeaway
What ever happened to the parents of murdered Kahui twins Chris and Cru, killed in 2006
Abusers of toddler Nia Glassie in and out of jail
Whatever happened to the five people jailed over the abuse and murder of Nia Glassie?
Hamilton man jailed again for possession of child sexual abuse images
Andrew Floyd Williams has been jailed a second time for child sex abuse images.
Punched, struck, kicked: Assaults on Oranga Tamariki staff increase
Pregnant social worker was threatened with punch to the stomach.
Anna Leask: Greta Thunberg's great, but what about our dead and abused babies?
Comment: Greta is great, but her message is not the only important one we should spread
'Game of Thrones': Who will be NZ's next top cop?
ANALYSIS: The race to be New Zealand's next Police Commissioner is officially underway.
Teacher's sinister manuscript revealed
The sickening fiction of former teacher jailed for child pornography has been revealed.
Hilary Price's crusade for abused, neglected children
Profile: One woman's 16-year fight to help abused and neglected Tauranga kids.
'Church became a place of trauma': Marist brother sentenced for child sex crimes
The 72-year-old abused three young girls in the 1970s while working in Wairarapa.
Letters: Traffic-free cycle ride wonderful
The whole of human history will undertake a violent swerve. -- L.E. Fitton
Letters: Pollution hotline an exercise in futility
The numbers show how grossly sub-par HRC is when compared with other councils around NZ.
Notorious molester and 'psychotic bad guy' to walk free
Drawings of young boys were found in Michael Guider's jail cell as recently as 2012.
The heartbreaking reason George Pell's accuser stayed silent for so long
George Pell's accuser did not tell anyone about the abuse he suffered for almost 20 years.
Manawatu man caught with 4000 child sexual abuse files
The man used social media to distribute files depicting the sexual abuse of children.
Man caught viewing child pornography on ferry
The man was seen by others on the ferry scrolling through pictures on his mobile phone.
Letters: In the dumps over humps
I'm beginning to understand how Humpty Dumpty felt, and he wasn't even in a car.
Ariah Roberts murder trial: jury shown scene photos, toddler's lifeless body in her home
A jury has been shown scene photos from the home where a child was allegedly murdered.
Ariah Roberts murder trial: Mum shopping when child died
Ariah Roberts murder: stepfather allegedly killed child while mum went to supermarket