Minister: Abuse isn't about dress sense
Justice Minister Judith Collins says sexual abuse has nothing to do with the way a woman dresses, and has slammed radio hosts for making this connection.
Justice Minister Judith Collins says sexual abuse has nothing to do with the way a woman dresses, and has slammed radio hosts for making this connection.
Labour leader David Cunliffe says John Tamihere has a "snowflake's" chance of becoming a Labour candidate for the next election.
Sexual violence is an abhorrent crime. Offenders who sexually attack women, and men, should face the full consequences of their actions, writes Judith Collins.
PM John Key says the Government is looking at rape prevention education but when it comes to sex education in schools it would have to tread carefully.
Police have upped the ante on the Roast Busters investigation, appointing a woman detective with significant experience in child sexual abuse cases.
As parents and citizens, it is time to question a culture that encourages teenage boys to treat girls like sexual objects, writes Katie Fitzpatrick.
More than 63,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the Prime Minister to take action over the Roast Busters.
Sexual abuse support groups, anti-violence campaigners and health practitioners have spoken out in support of victims and to condemn violence against females, in the wake of the Roast Busters revelations.
A string of attacks on the elderly has prompted an appeal to support one of society's most vulnerable groups.
The country's top cop has conceded police could have gone public about the Roast Busters scandal earlier.
Judith Collins has never been a big fan of short skirts. With our robust Kiwi figures, they're best left to super models.
The Roast Busters are delusional losers, starring in their own fantasy of a rock-star life. If their actions hadn't been so harmful and damaging to young women, they would be laughable.
Matthew Hooton is so far right he sneeringly derides the National Government as communists, says Matt McCarten.
The victim of a brutal pack rape which has gone unpunished for more than two decades says the "Roast Busters" case has brought back awful memories of her ordeal.
Police have been asked to investigate a website that claims to be exposing dozens of men who it says sought sex with a 14-year-old girl.
"Roast Buster" Joseph Parker has skipped town after threats and abuse were shouted at his family home.
Yet again, the message from the NZ Police to New Zealand women is that the police will not protect women by enforcing sexual assault laws, writes Catriona MacLennan.
One of the boys at the centre of the Roast Busters underage sex controversy left school soon after allegations were made about an incident involving a young female student.
Any Facebook posts, videos, photos and text messages deleted by the Roast Busters group would not stay hidden from the prying eyes of police for long, a private investigator says.
The response was swift and pretty much universal: this was appalling, stomach churning, almost certainly criminal, writes Toby Manhire.
The Police Minister says she would be "extremely disappointed'' if police had not followed strict protocols when questioning a young complainant in the Roast Busters case.
'I haven't done anything." A sandwich company owner has been inundated with abuse over the Roast Busters sex scandal - so he's changing the name.
Another RadioLive host has come under fire, this time for an interview with a caller who said she was raped as a 14-year-old.
Police have been called after at least one copycat Facebook group appeared following the Roast Busters underage sex scandal.
Waitemata police have this afternoon spoken to two alleged members of the 'Roast Buster' group which boasted online about having sex with drunk teenage girls.