New stats show family violence continues to increase in New Zealand.

Hastings father pretended to kill his son with a hammer for running around in a mosque.

Chilling statistics show there were 194 family violence deaths in NZ over a 7-year period.

Police warn against inaccurate postings on social media about children being approached.

Father charged with attack and released on bail - to the disgust of mother's family.

The sexual abuse Sarah* suffered shaped her life and all her future relationships.

Troy Solomon has lost an appeal over the murder of his 5-month-old daughter Aaliyah.

COMMENT: NZ's responsibility to protect children extends beyond our borders.

A former Waikato priest, already jailed for sex offences, has admitted more charges.

Jacoby Poulain's weekly column returns.

A quarter of children in Australia are obese or overweight but is surgery the answer?

A judge said she couldn't stomach detailing the 5-year-old boy's injuries.

A teen is in rehab and refuses to go home as she claims she loves her teacher abductor.

Lynn Euphemia Abraham is defending 11 charges against nine different children.

He admitted assaulting his son by placing his hand around the boy's throat.

A 15yo student's ordeal with her teacher traverses nine states and ends in a rustic cabin.

Bernice recounted the story depicting every grandmother's "worst nightmare".

Numerous stories of feral children like the young girl exist.

A BMX rider has been jailed for crimes including rape, grooming and child pornography.

COMMENT: If child abuse was terrorism our politicians would act on it.

Police have been called to the family's home more than 50 times in the past year.

COMMENT: One of the women involved in the death of Nia Glassie about to have her fifth child. Taxpayers will raise all of them.

Victim had no idea she had been assaulted until video started circulating on social media.

Oriwa Kemp is pregnant again, just months after CYF removed a child from her care at birth.

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.