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The recent outpouring of anger towards the NFL over its response to incidents of domestic violence involving players has been an exception rather than the norm in professional sport.

A near-dead comatose Cromwell girl found in the street was nearly mistaken for a pile of rubbish.

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.

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.

Evidence from a cell phone has been used for the first time to convict a person of possession and making a copy of objectionable material.

The Government is falling short of key targets it set itself for reducing child abuse and rheumatic fever.

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

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

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.

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'.

Rolf Harris: From CBE, MBE and Queen's portraitist to adulterer, abuser and paedophile. Of all the celebrity historic sex abuse cases, why did Harris' shock the most?

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.

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.