Charles Goldie said he was "beaten up" as a child - when he became a father, the cycle of abuse continued.

A Chicago grandmother has been found guilty of torturing and killing 8 year old.

A recording of a meeting between the family of a dead toddler and Child Youth and Family has been passed on to media.

CONTENT WARNING: A Sydney dance teacher jailed for 18 years used birthday presents and late night texts to lure his victims, a new report reveals.

A UK man has admitted possessing thousands of indecent images and footage of children which a police officer said were among the worst he had ever seen.

Keith Wiffin says the horrific abuse he suffered at a state-owned boys' home has blighted much of his adult life.

An Australian lawyer is searching for Kiwi victims of serial paedophile Catholic priest Father Denis McAlinden. Alyce Johnson of

Oriwa Kemp, one of the women jailed over the brutal child abuse death of toddler Nia Glassie, has been convicted of assaulting her partner.

More than 80 Kiwi kids were abducted or kidnapped in the first nine months of 2016.

A child rapist has been jailed a decade after his crime when a mother realised what he did to her daughter while cleaning her room.

Prime Minister John Key is resisting growing pressure to further investigate historical child abuse in state care.

COMMENT: Note to Minister of Social Development Anne Tolley: Try stopping being a politician for a minute, and just listen.

A man who put a 3-year-old into a scalding bath, causing the boy's skin to "flake off", has been jailed for nearly four years.

COMMENT: The appalling treatment of hundreds under govt care demands answers - but Anne Tolley says no.

The Human Rights Commission has come out in support of an independent inquiry into the abuse of New Zealanders in state care, to ensure

A prominent judge has come out swinging after Social Development Minister Anne Tolley ruled out apologising for the abuse of children

Tanya Quedley, 48, was sexually abused by her own father from age 9 or 10 until she ran away at 14.

Children whose parents split up are less likely to be sensitive and warm towards their own children in the next generation, researchers have found.

New Zealand has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes of that bad child abuse record. First: Flaxmere.

A Hastings primary school is bringing in self-defence tutors for its older girls because the girls are afraid of being sexually abused by older men.

NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.

Criminologist Greg Newbold said the fact the boy was abducted was very uncommon.

The harrowing last moments of an 11-year-old Australian girl murdered in her bed are revealed.

The fate of 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford has stymied police and frustrated her family since she vanished more than five years ago.

One of the women jailed over the death of Rotorua toddler Nia Glassie has had her third child removed from her care by Child Youth and Family at birth.

New revelations in the JonBenet Ramsey case suggest a mysterious 911 call days before the murder foreshadowed the sickening crime.

A "sadistic" father who raped, tortured and imprisoned his young daughter for years has been sentenced in a Sydney court to at least 36 years in jail.

DISTURBING CONTENT WARNING: A young girl was repeatedly tied up with barbed wire in what Australian police say is one of the most sickening cases they've seen.

The new Vulnerable Children's Ministry wants to recruit 1000 more foster parents in a dramatic bid to improve the quality of state care for children.

COMMENT: Recent cases indicate violence between and against children is widely accepted.