NZ police say they have yet to receive information regarding four Kiwis reportedly caught in an international sting offering to pay a 10-year-old girl for an online sex show.

Enlisting the help of a computer-generated 10-year-old Philippine girl, Dutch children's rights activists turned online sex predators into their prey.

A baby girl was forced to live hidden in the boot of her mother's car for as long as two years in a case that has appalled France.

A man who admitted murdering one of his newborn triplets and wounding another is facing life in prison, but has been granted bail.

Thomas McGregor, father of 2-month-old triplet Hinekawa Topia who died in January last year, has admitted murdering her.

A child bitten by her teacher, teachers smacking children and staff smoking near pupils were among almost 250 complaints - including abuse and neglect - at early childhood education centres reported last year.

Former residents of a home for troubled kids have launched a $500,000 lawsuit against the Govt for claims of physical and sexual abuse.

Australians yesterday began hearing details of how some of their most trusted organisations allowed child abuse to continue.

Police have charged a woman with attempted murder after a 3-week-old baby was critically injured in Invercargill last week.

Australian artist Rolf Harris's portrait of Queen Elizabeth is reportedly in art limbo, with no-one confirming its whereabouts.

The hospital care received by an Invercargill mother just a day before her baby girl suffered critical injuries is under review.

The 3-week-old baby left fighting for its life after a violent incident at her Invercargill home was so badly injured that a policeman had to drive the ambulance to hospital.

A 3-week-old baby left fighting for its life after a violent incident in Invercargill this morning has been transferred to Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland.

A Catholic nun has been ordered to undergo anger management counselling after breaking a child's arm when the 9-year-old did not follow instructions at Sunday school.

Paedophile teacher James Parker's case was described as the worst of its kind in New Zealand history, so why did he get a minimum non-parole period of only seven years?

A member of the Kaitaia Child Protection Team has defended the action police took in 2009 when an allegation was first made about James Parker sexually assaulting boys.

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.

New measures to protect children from abusers are stronger and sharper than previous tepid responses.

A South Auckland woman has been raped repeatedly by her stepfather for most of her life - but has never told the police about it.

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.

Parents battling to get their children back from state foster care are being stymied by two-month delays to get hold of their official files, a lobby group says.

A woman charged with murdering her godson has formally entered a not guilty plea at an appearance in the High Court at Auckland.

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.