A woman accused of murdering the toddler in her care told her cousin she thought he was sick the day he went to hospital, a court hears.

Act MP David Garrett has suggested parents with a history of child abuse should be given a $5000 incentive to be sterilised.

A panel of experts has recommended an alert system for all abusive mothers so officials know when they have more children.

An Auckland mother has been accused of having a sexual affair with the best friend of her 14-year-old son after plying him with alcohol.

Report shows living standards have changed little.

A US girl was imprisoned and beaten by her father over two months, police say.

An Auckland primary school teacher has been accused of the sexual grooming of two young boys.

Relatives of a 22-month-old girl shaken and dropped when she would not stop crying are upset at her attacker's sentence.

Children as young as a few months old are being targeted by New Zealand's child pornography offenders, as they continue to seek even younger victims.

The prominent comedian facing a child sex charge denies the allegation and will fight to clear his name.

A kidnap victim reveals in a new film how her captor shaved her head, forbade her to cry and brutally abused her during eight years in a cellar.

Along with giving the kids a doll's house, a my little pony, or whatever it is they might want this Christmas, apparently it's okay to give them a light, open-handed smack too.