Taxi-hailing service Uber has been banned in Delhi after one of its drivers allegedly raped a female passenger.

She duped Irish and Canadian authorities with horrific tales of being a child sex abuse victim. Now a 26-year-old Aussie is being sent back home.

A former Malaysian High Commission staffer accused of assaulting a Wellington woman at her home has failed in his bid to have his bail conditions relaxed.

Jailed pedophile Rolf Harris has abandoned his push to appeal 12 convictions for sexually assaulting four girls in the United Kingdom.

A 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a "brazen" daylight attack in Papakura, police say.

A man who attempted to sexually violate a tourist in Westport in June has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison, without parole.

An Air Force Sergeant is accused of more than a decade of sexual offending against five girls, including one who was allegedly bound in a car with a seatbelt and raped.

A complaint has been lodged with police against a former politician who tweeted the name of a prominent Otago man who has permanent name suppression.

Every year 3500 convictions will be recorded against men for assaults on women. The majority of these horrific incidents are preventable.

The rich, the famous, the powerful, the connected, all know the name of the "prominent New Zealander" charged with indecent assault.

This week, the world was introduced to pickup-artist Julien Blanc. He's a guy to whom even Robin Thicke would say, "Whoa. Dude. What the hell?".

An overseas student who was grabbed around the neck and dragged towards a car managed to lash out at her attacker to escape.

Former Waipukurau ambulance officer Christopher Roger King has been found guilty on all charges by a jury at Napier District Court.

A jury is now considering the fate of an former St John officer accused of sexually assaulting four women in the back of his ambulance.

The prominent New Zealander granted name suppression over his sexual offending has a profile on an online dating website.

'I accept," said Police Commissioner Mike Bush, in a classic bit of police-diplo-speak, "the decision not to lay charges will prompt a range of reactions."

A positive change could emerge from the Roast Busters scandal, a victim advocate says, as the Ministry of Education plans new sex education guidelines for schools.

A Kaipara man has walked out of court a free man after three arduous trials in which he was accused of sexual assault and rape.

The mother of a girl who laid a complaint with police against members of the Roast Busters says a lack of evidence to lay charges is unacceptable.

The family of Roast Buster Beraiah Hales were yesterday relieved the police investigation is over and say he has been vindicated.

A respected international college where rich UK expatriates send their children is embroiled in a major scandal involving claims of sexual abuse by staff of pupils as young as five

The victim of an alleged sexual assault at the hands of a prominent NZer whose identity has been suppressed has vowed to keep fighting until "everybody knows who he is".

A prominent New Zealander given name suppression over his alleged sexual offending has broken his silence.

Former British footballer Ched Evans wants a second chance in the sport after being jailed for rape.