Latest FromChild abuse
![Terrifying child abduction experiment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Terrifying child abduction experiment
A social experiment published on YouTube shows just how easily a stranger can walk away with a child.
![Early childhood educator struck off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Early childhood educator struck off
A teacher has been struck off after failing to tell a day-care centre she had previously been accused of verbally and physically abusing children in her care.
![The time I was accused of child abuse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The time I was accused of child abuse
Lauren Knight recalls the night police visited her house after an anonymous bystander wrongly reported her for slapping her children.
![Family fear: 'Just give him back'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Family fear: 'Just give him back'
A 3-year-old boy missing for the past seven months, may have been abducted by a paeodophile gang, Australian police said yesterday.
![Orphans recall vicious, sadistic abuse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Orphans recall vicious, sadistic abuse
As the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse held a hearing in Queensland this week, another scandalous story of cruelty, cover-up and neglect.
![NZ man jailed for filming naked children](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ man jailed for filming naked children
A father-of-two living in NZ has been jailed in Croatia after he was caught using a camera hidden inside a fake car key to film naked children at the beach.
![Child sexual abuse: Enough evidence for 1000 hearings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Child sexual abuse: Enough evidence for 1000 hearings
The head of an Australian royal commission into child sexual abuse says he has uncovered enough material to justify public hearings on more than 1000 institutions where child sexual abuse has been alleged.
![Violent child guide stays in libraries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Violent child guide stays in libraries
Auckland Council will not be removing a controversial book from its libraries, despite a growing petition claiming it "advocates child abuse".
![Sleep needed to break cycle of abuse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sleep needed to break cycle of abuse
Abused children need help to sleep normally again if we are to break the abuse cycle, a child expert says.
![Enoch Powell investigated over paedophile ring](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Enoch Powell investigated over paedophile ring
Enoch Powell, the late Conservative anti-immigrant firebrand, is being investigated as a member of an alleged Westminster paedophile network.
!['To Train Up a Child' available in libraries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'To Train Up a Child' available in libraries
A mum has launched a campaign to ban from public libraries a book that instructs parents to withhold food and whip their children with tree branches and belts.
![Sex offender denied parole](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sex offender denied parole
One of the country’s worst sex offenders jailed indefinitely after he subjected a man to an horrific 17-hour attack.
![Girl endured horrific torture: detective](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Girl endured horrific torture: detective
An Auckland teenager has allegedly suffered four days of shocking torture at the hands of a man more than twice her age.
![CYF bungle halts women's sex-abuse trial](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
CYF bungle halts women's sex-abuse trial
A High Court child-abuse trial was aborted when it was revealed Child, Youth and Family had failed to hand over 300 pages of documents to the police investigation.
![Smack for Pope from advisers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Smack for Pope from advisers
A New Zealander who advises Pope Francis on combating sexual abuse has criticised the pontiff's support of smacking children.
![Paedophile MPs focus of Scotland Yard](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paedophile MPs focus of Scotland Yard
British police are investigating claims that up to five paedophile rings operated at the heart of Westminster with the involvement of "highly influential" politicians.
![UK police probe VIP sex ring murder claims](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
UK police probe VIP sex ring murder claims
Scotland Yard is investigating claims that a Tory MP throttled a young boy to death during a depraved sex party in the 1970s and that two other boys were killed by a VIP paedophile ring.
![Westminster sex attack murder probe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Westminster sex attack murder probe
Scotland Yard investigates the murder of three young boys by a VIP paedophile ring, after a credible witness says a Tory MP killed a boy during a sex attack.
![Death of baby girl no longer treated as suspicious](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Death of baby girl no longer treated as suspicious
The death of a 7-month-old Hamilton girl is no longer being treated as suspicious, police say.
![Injured baby girl dies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Injured baby girl dies
A baby girl who suffered critical and unexplained injuries has died in Waikato Hospital. Enquiries continue at an address in Hamilton East.
![Glenn report - judges need to be inquisitors on family violence cases](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Glenn report - judges need to be inquisitors on family violence cases
Sir Owen Glenn's report also recommends tough new alcohol laws, including higher taxes and raising the legal drinking age to 20, plus a new dedicated family violence agency.
![Smacking law 'criminalises' parents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Smacking law 'criminalises' parents
Leading public lawyer Mai Chen says New Zealand's 2007 changes to smacking law have criminalised "good parents".
![Cardboard 'buddies' out and about today](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cardboard 'buddies' out and about today
Today is Child Matters advocacy organisation's fourth annual child abuse prevention "Buddy Day".
![Woman sent nude photos of daughter to lover](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman sent nude photos of daughter to lover
A childcare worker who sent graphic nude photos of her daughter to her lover has walked free from a Brisbane court.
![What kids learn when they are smacked](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
What kids learn when they are smacked
With every blow, you're losing contact. Remember that the next time you raise your hand.
![Dana Johannsen: Sports bodies copping out on violence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dana Johannsen: Sports bodies copping out on violence
The recent outpouring of anger towards the NFL over its response to incidents of domestic violence involving players has been an exception rather than the norm in professional sport.
![Body mistaken for rubbish](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Body mistaken for rubbish
A near-dead comatose Cromwell girl found in the street was nearly mistaken for a pile of rubbish.