'Monster' abuser sentenced
Paedophile school teacher James Parker has been sentenced to preventive detention in an emotionally-charged sentencing before his victims.
Paedophile school teacher James Parker has been sentenced to preventive detention in an emotionally-charged sentencing before his victims.
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett often stands accused of taking a hard line on matters within her purview.
Sexual violence survivors are launching a push for alternatives to jury trials in a bid to avoid retraumatising victims.
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett announced the new measures in compulsory screening as part of a wider package aimed at addressing child abuse.
A South Auckland woman has been raped repeatedly by her stepfather for most of her life - but has never told the police about it.
New measures to protect children from abusers are stronger and sharper than previous tepid responses.
A woman charged with murdering her godson told her biological children to lie about the incident when interviewed by police, a High Court jury heard today.
Sir Owen Glenn's inquiry into family violence will go ahead with only half of its original budget remaining and with Sir Owen's own role still in doubt.
The alleged killing of baby Atreyu has proved a timely reminder about the community's real priority - to seek out solutions to child abuse.
Court documents outlining new details of the alleged assault case against Sir Owen Glenn have emerged - but it has not deterred the two top figures of his inquiry.
A 30-year-old man who sexually groomed young boys and made contact with one of his victims via Facebook has been sentenced to 11 months of home detention.
Owen Glenn Inquiry member Marama Davidson says she will stay with the inquiry to protect the details provided by victims of abuse.
Members of an expert think-tank set up to guide Sir Owen Glenn's inquiry into family violence say the only way for the inquiry to continue now would be for Sir Owen to step out.
Sir Owen Glenn has withdrawn his bid to be a White Ribbon campaign ambassador after media reports he was charged with abusing a woman in 2002.
The Government has dismissed parts of a high-level report which identified trafficking of underage prostitutes in New Zealand because it believed the findings were based on media reports which were not backed by police evidence.
I taught - tried to teach - Dion when he was about 15. He was abused, neglected, feral, almost uncontrollable.
Kiwi bands get together and jam for a good cause, writes Paula Yeoman.
When Sir Owen Glenn announced he would finance an inquiry into child abuse and domestic violence, it was hard to know what he expected from the exercise.
Irrespective of recent resignations, the reasons for the creation of the inquiry that bears his name still exist. Sir Owen Glenn explains why this important work needs to continue.
Rebecca Barry Hill meets three women whose suffering taught them survival — and led them to success.
Sir Owen Glenn should know by 6pm tomorrow whether his $2 million inquiry into family violence has a credible future.
A man who traded pornographic images of his toddler son has been sentenced to nearly nine years imprisonment on a raft of charges.
Three more key members of Sir Owen Glenn's inquiry into child abuse and domestic violence have quit in sympathy with the inquiry's founding director, Ruth Herbert.
Australia's most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, has admitted the fear of scandal led to cover-up in the church over child abuse.
CYF is reviewing the cases of more than 200 children thought to have been subjected to continued abuse and neglect despite repeated warnings.
Embattled entertainer Rolf Harris will continue to be investigated over historical sex abuse allegations after his bail was renewed.