Mandatory reporting would have saved children like young James Whakaruru.

Mel Gibson’s estranged lover Oksana Grigorieva will reportedly make him “squirm” when they meet today.

Kimberley White remembers her stepfather Greg Meads enforcing silent meals at the family dinner table as he watched television.

A man who is now a marriage guidance counsellor threw his wife into a door frame, splitting her head open, then dragged her down the hall.

There was less crime and more of it was solved in the year ended June 30, police say.

A woman accused of murdering her baby son by leaving him alone in the bath knew CPR but did not try to resuscitate him because she thought it was too late, a court has been told.

A mother accused of murdering her baby said she felt "incapable" of looking after her children.

A CYF supervisor says an oversight meant a parental assessment was not carried out for a baby boy who was returned to his parents and allegedly drowned by his mother.

The actions of a poisonous mind and kidnapping.

According to a pal, 54-year-old Mel is still in therapy and trying to come to terms with the allegations against him.

Mel Gibson faces potential jail time if Los Angeles sheriffs find evidence supporting his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva's claims the Australian-raised Oscar winner assaulted her.