Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is facing three additional sex assault charges involving two new alleged victims, one aged "seven or eight" at the time.

John Tamihere says he would happily ask his daughter the questions he controversially put to a woman named Amy at the height of the Roast Busters saga.

An Italian woman has been charged with sexual assault for kissing the helmet of a police officer during a protest.

The Roast Busters scandal has stretched support services for rape and sexual violence complainants as a wave of abuse victims seek help.

The Police Commissioner has been grilled by MPs over the handling of the Roast Busters rape allegations, conceding it should have been "sharper".

Police Commissioner Peter Marshall has admitted to MPs that the police handling of the "Roast Busters" case could have been sharper.

Queensland police say the victims of a machete attack in Rockhampton have terrible wounds to their legs, arms and bodies.

Opera singer William Winitana has been jailed for three years for a sex offence involving a teenager.

Metro magazine is under fire for publishing an "offensive" rape joke about the Roast Busters scandal.

The Roast Busters controversy was top of mind for many anti-violence marchers taking part in today's White Ribbon Day parade in Auckland.

Children's Commissioner Russell Wills has written an open letter to the men of New Zealand about the impact of violence on children.

Men overestimate how much their peers tolerate derogatory comments towards women and underestimate other men's willingness to step in to stop violence, a new paper says.

Members of the west Auckland community shaken by the Roast Busters scandal will march against violence towards women tomorrow.

An appeal is being considered against a judge's decision to stop a rape case that's been compared to a scene from the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey.

A former NZ school teacher is facing serious child-sex charges in Sydney.

A teenage girl who told police she was sexually assaulted by two members of the Roast Busters group when she was 13 has laid a new complaint.

Justice Minister Judith Collins says the treatment of sexual assault victims has reached a tipping point and there is a real move to stop blaming victims.

Politicians, actors and many first-time protesters turned out yesterday in a wave of street demonstrations against the so-called Roast Busters.

Man Booker prize-winner Eleanor Catton has criticised one of NZ's foremost literary figures on his comments on the Roast Busters scandal.

Thousands of protesters throughout the country have taken part in a series of synchronised protests aiming to "bust rape culture".

Thousands of protesters throughout the country have taken part in a series of synchronised protests today aiming to "bust rape culture".

Police Commissioner Peter Marshall says police cannot afford to fail victims of sexual assault and has warned his staff if they do the public "will not forgive us".

A website telling the stories of rape and sexual assault survivors in their own words launches today with a social media campaign encouraging people to share their experiences.

Victims of a prominent Far North businessman who were sexually abused while in his care have expressed disappointment at the sentence handed down today.

The victims of a Kaitaia man jailed for five years for sexual offending say the fact he was preaching in church made it more difficult to complain about his actions.