Northland has been rocked by another alleged sexual crime committed by an employee at one of the area's schools.

The Rolf Harris convictions have left people puzzled: how did he get away with it for so long?

The diplomat who left New Zealand after being charged with sexually assaulting a woman will be brought back at Malaysia's expense.

Derryn Hinch wants to be able to turn on his mobile phone and see the names of all sex offenders in the neighbourhood.

The call for public registries of convicted sex offenders is a kneejerk response to an entrenched problem of sexual violence in our country.

Opposition parties attacked the terms of reference of the sex case inquiry, released yesterday, for not specifically identifying the role of Mr McCully for scrutiny.

Last night an online petition calling for Mr McCully's resignation had gathered over 250 signatures, including someone claiming to be Conservative Party leader Colin Craig.

Both major parties are promising fundamental changes to the way rape cases are prosecuted - and that has some legal experts concerned.

The Social Development Minister is promising that any NZ women molested by disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris will have their claims fully investigated.

What a complete cock-up on the part of our Foreign Affairs officials over the case of the Malaysian diplomat who has been accused of burglary and sexual assault.

eBay is reviewing the sale of artwork and other items associated with Rolf Harris following his conviction for child sex offences this week.

Over a dozen NZ women have told Maggie Barry they were also indecently assaulted by Rolf Harris - and one is considering an official complaint to police after years of silence.

Rolf Harris has been sentenced to five years and nine months in prison on 12 charges of indecently assaulting four girls.

Australia's Anglican priests will be free to report serious crimes revealed to them during confessions, ending a church law that has its roots in the 12th century.

National MP Maggie Barry has revealed that Rolf Harris groped her during a radio interview she was hosting in the 1980s.

The Govt's ability to monitor 25 high-risk paedophiles will expire next year unless a law to allow supervision orders to be applied indefinitely is pushed through.

For once, Prime Minister Tony Abbott spoke for all Australians.

The Malaysian Government asked NZ to drop all charges and seal the court record of an official accused of sexual assault, documents released by NZ officials show.

The Harris family was accused of making staged entrances at Southwark Crown Court, as if to present a united front for the benefit of the media.

The Malaysian Government asked New Zealand to drop all charges against a diplomat accused of sexual assault, newly released documents show.

Prime Minister John Key says Government wanted a diplomat accused of sexual assault to face charges in New Zealand.

A diplomat accused of a sex crime was ordered out of New Zealand after invoking full diplomatic immunity.

Investigators say the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile abused victims aged from 5 to 75 - and may even have performed sex acts on the dead.

Jurors in the Rolf Harris trial have asked a series of questions of the judge as they continue deliberating in the complex child sex abuse case.

Justice Minister Judith Collins will head to a summit on ending sexual violence, which is being chaired by Hollywood star and UN Special Envoy Angelina Jolie.

Rolf Harris's older brother and manager Bruce says he "wasn't trying to get her to change her story" when he rang a witness in his brother's sex trial.

No charges will be laid against a group of rugby players accused of raping a young woman while they were in Wanganui for a match last year.