Name suppression for sex assault accused
A man arrested for allegedly forcing his way into a woman's Porirua home and subjecting her to a prolonged sexual attack will keep his name secret for now.
A man arrested for allegedly forcing his way into a woman's Porirua home and subjecting her to a prolonged sexual attack will keep his name secret for now.
The third sexual assault in a week has been reported in Wellington.
Police are likely to tomorrow again door-knock neighbours of a Porirua woman subjected to a prolonged and horrific sexual assault in her home.
Earl Ehrhart thinks colleges are coming down too hard on students accused of campus sexual assaults, so much so he takes them court.
Campus police combed through CCTV footage looking for whoever broke a door, but what emerged was something much more sinister than a mindless prank.
A second former Vanderbilt University football player has been convicted of the rape of an unconscious woman in his dormitory room, almost three years after the incident occurred.
Judge Aaron Persky has received a string of death threats after the sentence he gave to convicted rapist Brock Turner was condemned as too lenient.
Sexual attack survivors and advocates call for ongoing taxpayer-funded counselling without a mental health illness diagnosis.
A "high-risk" sex offender has been placed just metres from a large Auckland school by Corrections.
A two year probe into sex abuse claims against Sir Cliff Richard could be drawing to a conclusion.
A man who was convicted of raping his wife while she slept - despite claiming he had the sleep disorder "sexomnia" - has had his appeal dismissed.
On the program today - The police hunt for a young teenager they believe is responsible for a series of sex attacks in the Onehunga area and we have uncovered previously unseen footage of the Chiefs scrum controversy is it foul play or fair injury.
Today on Focus we follow up on our exclusive footage of cheating allegations against the Chiefs in last week's super rugby match against the Hurricanes and we have the latest on the police hunt for a teenage serial sex attacker.
WARNING: Disturbing content - A teen accused of live-streaming the assault of her friend got caught up in collecting "likes" on social media, a prosecutor says.
COMMENT: Why has the Education Minister decided against holding a full inquiry into how Robert Burrett came to work with children?
Michelle Hanley, the child protection officer with Football NSW, said yesterday she would like to see checks applied to everybody.
"Unacceptable and insidious" harassment by Dunedin students has hit breaking point and the University of Otago needs to take action, residents say.
Donald Trump denied accusations of gender-based workplace discrimination and sexual harassment from a former campaign employee in Iowa.
Corrections could be banned from this year's Pride Parade following controversy over the treatment of transgender prisoners.
11 permits refused in the past months alone due to sex offences, but agency says most of those new applicants.
OPINION: As your summer festivities reach full swing, so too does the familiar, hand wringing debate about young women's attire, writes Beatrice Hazlehurst.
Teacher touched student's penis when he believed the teenager had passed out drunk in his home.
Wise up, young women. You, and only you, have the ultimate responsibility to keep yourself safe, by behaving in a manner that signals that you are precious, writes Liz Holsted.
A British MP suspended from the Labour Party for sending salacious text messages to a 17-year-old girl is under fire from one ex-wife.
Islamic law forbids the enslavement of Muslims, but all that did was to encourage a roaring trade in the enslavement of non-Muslims that lasted for over a thousand years, writes Gwynne Dyer.
When a diplomatic row broke out between New Zealand and Malaysia last year, the sexual assault victim at the centre of it all got lost in the noise.
Brutal cross-examination process in criminal trials has been acknowledged as a key reason why sexual violence victims receive so little justice in the legal system, writes Catriona MacLennan.
The five each face a charge of unlawful sexual connection involving girls aged 14 and 15.