An Auckland police officer is facing sexual assault charges and has been stood down for five months while the allegations were investigated. It is not clear whether he was on duty at the time of the alleged incidents.

Kevin Locke, the young league star under investigation for an alleged sexual assault, recently split from his girlfriend.

Warriors management has confirmed that Kevin Locke was the player accused of sexual assault by a woman after a recent incident in central Auckland. Locke 'strenuously denies' any wrong-doing.

A man charged with drugging and raping a woman while he was out on bail has been bailed again, and yesterday his conditions of release were relaxed. In 2009 Paulus Nieuwenhuiysen was charged with possession for supply of Ecstasy,

A former Hawke's Bay jockey has been jailed for six years for years of sexual abuse and violence against a young girl who told him in court today he had robbed her of a childhood that should have been focused on dolls and pretty pink dresse

A Queen's Counsel will carry out an investigation into the publication of the names of two sexual abuse victims on a Ministry of Justice website.

A woman raped by Malcolm George Chaston long before he fulfilled his boasts to kill is angry the predator was able to go on hurting others.

The Chief High Court Judge, Justice Helen Winkelmann, says the court failed to note suppression rules on a judgement which led to two sexual abuse victims being named on the Ministry of Justice website.