I am concerned that the child sex offender register will not, in practice, remain confidential to the Police, writes Keith Locke. Some information will probably leak.

A panel tasked with examining historical abuse in New Zealand's state institutions has heard a litany of physical, emotional and sexual abuse.

We demand action. But equally we should be dispassionate and rational in demanding measures that seek to prevent these things occurring, writes Jarrod Gilbert.

The Social Development Minister said that infants would not be treated as "lab rats" under her watch.

A man charged after a 6-month-old girl died this week has reappeared at Porirua District Court.

The mother of a 5-year-old autistic boy who was allegedly murdered at his Christchurch home has been charged with failing in her legal duty as a carer.

A man has appeared in Porirua District Court charged with two counts of assault after a six month-old baby died from head injuries on Monday.

The Government's latest report card for the public service shows an increase in the number of children and young people being assaulted.

Eight Kiwi companies - including six fashion brands - have joined a New Zealand-led campaign to eliminate child labour.

Carolyn Cragg becomes even more determined every time she gets verbally abused to keep on speaking out and doing all she can to comfort to some of NZ's most needy children.

Sticks and stones may break bones, but it seems words can still do some serious damage to young people.

A 10-month-old baby who suffered broken arms was left in pain and anguish by his carers, a Dunedin judge said yesterday.

A mathematical model designed to predict children at risk of abuse will be trialled with data about children reported to Child, Youth and Family.

The man and his wife (pictured here) pleaded guilty to child abuse offences when they appeared at court this morning.

Dunedin police are investigating after a Palmerston baby was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A social experiment published on YouTube shows just how easily a stranger can walk away with a child.

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.

A 3-year-old boy missing for the past seven months, may have been abducted by a paeodophile gang, Australian police said yesterday.

As the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse held a hearing in Queensland this week, another scandalous story of cruelty, cover-up and neglect.

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.

A man who fractured the skull of a 10-month-old boy in his care and broke several of the child's bones has been jailed for three years.

What if some unfit, unthinking parent considers this advice credible? What local authority would want to be associated with that potential parenting disaster?

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.

Auckland Council will not be removing a controversial book from its libraries, despite a growing petition claiming it "advocates child abuse".

Abused children need help to sleep normally again if we are to break the abuse cycle, a child expert says.

Enoch Powell, the late Conservative anti-immigrant firebrand, is being investigated as a member of an alleged Westminster paedophile network.

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.

One of the country’s worst sex offenders jailed indefinitely after he subjected a man to an horrific 17-hour attack.