A move away from the adversarial court system for sexual and domestic violence may be back on the agenda after the resignation of former Justice Minister Judith Collins, a senior National MP says.

A man who indecently abused young boys over nearly a decade has narrowly avoided a sentence of preventive detention.

A Napier woman was dragged from her car and sexually assaulted while on a break near her work in Ahururi last night.

In the latest Herald policy series, we put the election spotlight on the parties' plans for law and order.

Justice Minister Judith Collins has approved the extradition of a former Catholic brother to Australia to face child-sex charges.

Waikato University staff hope security footage will help police track a man who attacked a young woman in broad daylight at the Hamilton campus yesterday.

Police say several people have "provided information" after the Berkshire apartment of singer Sir Cliff Richard was searched in connection with an alleged historical sex offence.

A couple of years ago, I was out in the early hours of the morning after I'd MCed a conference.

Kim Workman writes: The Cabinet's agreement to establish a child sex offenders' register, but to limit it to government agency access, is a cautious step in a dangerous direction.

New Zealand's first sex offender register has been signed off by Cabinet, but will only be available to agencies and not the general public.

An accused child rapist is one of a growing number of people able to flee criminal charges after cutting off their electronic bracelets.

Malaysian diplomat Muhammad Rizalman bin Ismail was initially scheduled to return to this country almost a month ago to face charges of burglary and assault with intent to rape Tania Billingsley.

Convicted sex offender Alan Rubick was highly manipulative and skilled at identifying young vulnerable boys, the High Court at Wanganui was told.

I was wrong when I claimed that leading politicians knew the name of the "prominent" New Zealander hiding behind name suppression. David Cunliffe did not.

An Auckland school failed to act on concerns raised by two teenage students who felt unsafe around their teacher - six years before he was arrested for sexually grooming one of them and other underage girls.

Failure to pass on information at school’s management level was critical to the overlooking of allegations made by students.

Evidence from a cell phone has been used for the first time to convict a person of possession and making a copy of objectionable material.

Prime Minister John Key has come under fire for refusing to apologise to the victim of an alleged sex attack involving a Malaysian diplomat.

John Key will not personally apologise to the victim of an alleged sexual attack involving a Malaysian diplomat after she accused him of appearing bored with her case.

Proposed "vote-winning" law changes relating to criminal justice reform of rape cases could result in more innocent people being sent to prison.

I have reluctantly concluded that NZ does suffer a rape culture. Men can commit sex crimes and get away with it, writes Rodney Hide.

A 16-year-old girl was picked up off an Auckland street and sexually and physically assaulted for three hours, police say.

The Labour leader apologised for being a man and the lid came off a sizeable can of worms, writes Patricia Greig.