Family advocates are angry that a couple charged with the abuse and torture of their 9-year-old daughter have been released on bail.

The killer of four-year-old James Whakaruru has been released from prison, despite multiple Parole Board reports claiming he remains violent and dangerous.

The mother of a tortured girl allegedly told authorities she was at a tangi 'down south' to prevent anyone seeing her injuries.

A 9-year-old girl found by police hiding in a wardrobe had suffered so much abuse that almost every part of her body was covered in injuries, including part of her scalp torn off her head as she was dragged down the hallway.

A toddler admitted to Starship Hospital earlier this year with a severe head injury has died.

An investigation has found that CYF failed to act on more than 200 cases of child neglect last year until notified more than 10 times.

Dita De Boni is horrified at the fear of a 2-year-old kicked to death after wetting himself.

A former Marist teaching brother was today found guilty of 11 historic sex offences by a jury in the High Court at Wellington.

A Whanganui High Court jury has found Rikki Ngatai-Check, who kicked two-year-old Karl Perigo-Check to death, guilty of murder.

Mandatory reporting would have saved children like young James Whakaruru.

The slain Kahui twins' grandfather today admitted lying to police to protect his son Chris, an inquest into the twins' deaths has heard.

A Christchurch musician has successfully had his conviction for assaulting his four-year-old son quashed by the Supreme Court.

The man who bashed James Whakaruru repeatedly until he died, aged 4, will spend Christmas a free man - despite fears he will reoffend.