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QC to investigate naming of sex abuse victims
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.
Government to deal with high-risk reoffenders
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.
Judge: Breach was court's fault
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.
Independent reviewer to look at suppression breach
An independent reviewer is to be appointed to look into the accidental publishing of two sexual abuse victims' names on the Ministry of Justice website.
Judge could have been behind victims' naming - Power
The accidental publishing of two sexual abuse victims' names may have been the fault of a judge and not a clerical error as earlier thought, Justice Minister Simon Power says.
Watch: Ghislaine Maxwell speaks from prison and claims Jeffrey Epstein was murdered
Ghislaine Maxwell speaks to Jeremy Kyle from behind bars and claims that the convicted paedophile was murdered and she wished she never had met him. Video / Talk TV
Rape victim faces her demon
One of the country's most notorious killers has told one of his victims what she has waited nearly 15 years to hear.
High-risk sex offender caught in bed with underage girl
A sex offender supposed to be under constant monitoring was allegedly found in bed with a 14-year-old girl.
Man sexually assaults woman he met on internet
A 24-year-old Christchurch fisherman broke into the home of a woman he met months earlier on an internet dating site and sexually assaulted her, a court was told today.
Assange fears execution in US, court told
Julian Assange fears that he will be sent to Guantanamo Bay and ultimately executed if he is extradited to Sweden, his lawyers say.
Editorial: A warning all police must hear and understand
Three years after a damning report, too many long-serving officers still believe the old ways don't need to change. The minister's message says they are wrong.
Police get 'culture change' hurry up
Police Minister Judith Collins has given a sharp warning to her senior officers to speed up the "culture change" required by the Bazley inquiry into police sexual misconduct three years ago.