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.

Further inquiries about Rolf Harris' potential offending in NZ are being carried out by police here, as The Wiggles confirmed they'd deleted him from a video.

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.

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.

Editorial: The most contentious idea involves changing the burden of proof so it lies with the perpetrators of child abuse and domestic violence, not the victims.

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.

Nothing short of a major overhaul of the court system is needed to address family violence - the "sickness of society", Dame Cath Tizard said today.

Sir Owen Glenn's inquiry suggests shifting the burden of proof in "domestic" cases so the alleged perpetrator is considered guilty, until proven innocent.

A woman ran to her neighbour's house to find a critically ill baby going purple and his eyes rolling in his head yesterday.

The trial of Rolf Harris has been unexpectedly delayed just as it was drawing to a conclusion.

Jurors in Rolf Harris's sex abuse trial have been urged to find the entertainer guilty on the basis that 10 alleged victims have given "chillingly similar accounts".

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.

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.

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.

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.

Harrowing details of the abuse carried out on young boys by a former teacher at a London private school were revealed yesterday.