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.

An artist's daughter says her mother's nude photograph of her was "totally unacceptable".

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.

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.

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

Authorities say a Minnesota man threw his newborn daughter four metres across his living room and into the kitchen, fatally injuring her.

In May the Herald launched a campaign focusing on family violence in NZ. We are revisiting the issue with a spotlight on family harm over holiday period.

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.

Social issues reporter Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes of that bad child abuse record. Second stop: Kaikohe. For as long as Destiny O'Brien can remember, her father has been in and out of jail.