A Te Kuiti man caught with pictures of children being sexually abused has been sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment.

Police say several people have "provided information" after the Berkshire apartment of singer Sir Cliff Richard was searched in connection with an alleged historical sex offence.

An Auckland man has appeared in the Manukau District Court this morning charged with the murder of a baby girl.

Police are following the money trail left by paedophiles in paying for material and are using the information to shut down rings that include dozens of people across continents.

New Zealand's first sex offender register has been signed off by Cabinet, but will only be available to agencies and not the general public.

Convicted sex offender Alan Rubick was highly manipulative and skilled at identifying young vulnerable boys, the High Court at Wanganui was told.

Police have given former Wanganui mayor Michael Laws a formal warning after he was accused of smacking his child.

An Auckland school failed to act on concerns raised by two teenage students who felt unsafe around their teacher - six years before he was arrested for sexually grooming one of them and other underage girls.

Pope Francis has said 2 per cent of the Roman Catholic clergy worldwide, the equivalent of 8000 members, are paedophiles.

Ever since the first Jimmy Savile revelation, dozens of elderly former television, radio and political celebrities have been accused of long past sexual offences.

Derryn Hinch wants to be able to turn on his mobile phone and see the names of all sex offenders in the neighbourhood.

Fears over an establishment cover-up of an alleged Westminster paedophile ring deepened as it emerged that lost "explosive" evidence was also handed to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A paedophile scandal engulfing Westminster deepened after the British Home Office confessed to losing or destroying 114 "potentially relevant" files.

A Palmerston North man who was caught twice with child sex abuse material has been sentenced to 18 months intensive supervision and 100 hours community work.

The Social Development Minister is promising that any NZ women molested by disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris will have their claims fully investigated.

Over a dozen NZ women have told Maggie Barry they were also indecently assaulted by Rolf Harris - and one is considering an official complaint to police after years of silence.

Australia's Anglican priests will be free to report serious crimes revealed to them during confessions, ending a church law that has its roots in the 12th century.

When Rolf Harris visited NZ in 1986 to campaign against child abuse, he told the Herald he wanted to 'repay his carefree childhood to help kids who haven't had one'.

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The widening web of allegations that followed the establishment of Australia's royal commission into the handling of child sex abuse has entangled a bishop.

The mother of an eight month old Hamilton boy who died following head injuries received at home has released a statement.

New Zealand is a destination country for foreign men and women subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking, a US State Department report has claimed.

After six weeks, the jury hearing allegations of sexual assault against Rolf Harris has finally retired to consider its verdict.

A law change aimed at improving the protection of children at risk of abuse or neglect has passed into law with broad support in Parliament.

A man accused of assaulting an 8-month-old baby who has since died has been charged with the infant's murder.

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A man accused of assaulting an 8-month-old baby who has since died will reappear in court later this week.

A baby boy in Hamilton who was airlifted to Starship Children's hospital with critical injuries on Sunday has died.

A man accused of assaulting an 8-month-old baby has been remanded in custody to reappear tomorrow.