A mother has admitted neglect after her four children - including a baby - were found home along with no food in a dark, dirty house.

A mother who cut her baby's throat was reunited just months later with the child inside the psychiatric facility where she was being treated.

The prosecution in the Rolf Harris indecent assault trial is set to call its first witness overnight.

A prison guard who harboured a bailed paedophile at his home, and then charged the offender's ex-wife $18,300 in back rent has quit after an urgent investigation.

Two New Zealand women allegedly molested by Rolf Harris as young girls could be called as "bad character" witnesses at his indecent assault trial in London.

Entertainer Rolf Harris used his untouchable reputation to conceal a string of shocking assaults on children and young women, it was claimed at his trial.

Rolf Harris used his fame as a children's entertainer to approach young girls and then abuse them over a number of decades, a London court has been told.

The Children's Commissioner said the bravery of one child led to a Child, Youth and Family caregiver being convicted of 21 charges of child abuse.

The mother of the 3-year-old who was tortured and killed says she was shocked by the Parole Board's decision to revoke her parole.

Aman charged with fracturing the skull of a 10-month-old in his care and breaking another seven of the boy's bones has blamed his children for the injuries.

Two New Zealand boys are among 251 victims of a massive international online child pornography ring busted in the United States.

The mother of tortured Rotorua three-year-old Nia Glassie has had her parole revoked by the Parole Board.

A specialist scheme to identify high-risk violent spouses needs a consistent national approach, says a report into fatal domestic abuse.

The mother of tortured Rotorua three-year-old Nia Glassie will be released from prison after being granted parole.

Timing was crucial in the busting of an alleged online child sexual abuse network, New Zealand authorities say.

Understandably, there has been much comment in the media concerning the tragedy in Dunedin involving the killing of two children by their father.

The BBC will be plunged into a fresh crisis with a damning review that reveals staff ignored the rape and sexual assault of up to 1000 boys by Jimmy Savile.

A convicted German child sex offender tried to abscond to NZ but was returned by officials here to serve his sentence in Germany.

The man who murdered one of his newborn triplets and wounded another in January last year is being locked up for life.

Increasing numbers of children have been physically and emotionally abused in the past few years - starkly contradicting welfare officials' claims.

Peaches Geldof could face a criminal investigation after she named two women who allowed their babies to be abused by disgraced rock star Ian Watkins.

Paedophile and Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins sexually abused hundreds of young victims during years of secret drug-fuelled debauchery, his ex-girlfriend has warned.

A group of us went up to Kerikeri last weekend to run the Kerikeri Half Marathon.

NZ's child abuse rates are higher than anyone ever realised, officials admit, after bureaucrats bungled the numbers for more than two years.