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

Manly fullback Brett Stewart said he was "very grateful" to the jury who today found him not guilty of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl.

Mayor Meng Foon says it was a mistake to write a letter supporting a man who raped a woman then got takeaways before raping her again.

Outspoken Andy Haden has reignited the Robin Brooke sex scandal by saying booze-fuelled young women target All Blacks.

Much of Hoffman's writing is rich in symbolism and fantasy, and her latest novel, The Story Sisters, is no exception.

Brian Tamaki says he is shocked a sex abuse allegations against his 'spiritual father', Eddie Long.

A US man who travelled to NZ to spread the word of God - and whom Brian Tamaki called his 'spiritual father' - is accused of sexually assaulting young men.

An elite paedophile ring in Portugal used an orphanage for the sexual abuse of hundreds of children.