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.

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.

Murray McCully says it was "good and proper process" for him to leave the case of a Malaysian diplomat accused of sex crimes to authorities for seven weeks.

Stewart Murray Wilson has been declined parole because he still poses an undue risk to the community, the Parole Board has decided.

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.