An Auckland woman's court-imposed driving ban for drink-driving has been overturned because she was escaping a sexual assault at the time.

A former children's home supervisor convicted of sexually abusing a young girl in his care has escaped a jail sentence by fleeing to England.

When Aaron Gilmore told police he had been sexually abused by a woman, the police officer's first response was: "I'm failing to see a crime here."

A woman whose father is accused of imprisoning her for 12 years and fathering her seven children says she forgives him.

Police are worried by a rise in underage prostitution in downtown Auckland, where girls as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex.

Police say increasing numbers of girls as young as 12 are working as prostitutes in Auckland's city centre.

A sexual abuse trial was aborted after a juror revealed he became aroused while listening to evidence from the alleged victims.

A jury fins a 35-year-old man guilty of raping a 13-year-old in west Auckland and forcing her to smoke cannabis.

A study of 29 children who lived in Auckland's controversial Centrepoint Community has found continuing effects on their adult lives.

Details of a young girl's ordeal and that of two others were revealed during the sentencing of their attacker, Keith Stewart Luke.