A teenager charged with the rape and abduction of an 11-year-old girl has appeared in court this morning.

'Why didn't I cry out for help? Fear.' Ten years on and in a new book Elizabeth Smart details her ordeal after she was snatched from her bedroom by a crazed preacher.

Police hunting the fluoro-vested intruder who raped a young mother in her Sockburn flat last week are speaking to ex prison inmates and known sex offenders.

Christchurch police are commending a rape victim who is recovering from a serious sexual attack in her own home.

A young woman was raped in her Christchurch home while caring for her 7-month-old baby by a man who talked his way inside, saying he was there to inspect storm damage.

A city-wide hunt continued today for a man who police say may have been wearing a high-visibility vest when he raped a woman in her Christchurch home.

An Auckland youth group leader accused of indecently assaulting and grooming boys has been charged with 10 additional counts.

Taxi drivers were accused of six violent sexual attacks on the public in the past year, a figure described by an industry leader as disturbing.

Security footage from local bars is being reviewed today as police investigate rape allegations made against members of the South Canterbury rugby team.

The NZRU responds to allegations of rape leveled at members of the South Canterbury rugby team.

About 1 in 10 men in some parts of Asia admitted raping a woman who was not their partner.

A former running coach accused of committing indecent acts against a boy in Wanganui now faces 35 new charges.

Notorious sex offender Nicholas Reekie has lost his bid to have nearly $6000 worth of security costs waived.

He was cleared of sexual misconduct in a criminal trial, but a Korean pastor says he's being victimised by the Presbyterian Church of NZ.

A defiant deposed Presbyterian Korean pastor has vowed to continue leading church services despite being barred for sexual misconduct and abuse.

A former Catholic brother today has an appeal hearing against a judge's decision to have him extradited to Australia to face 252 sexual abuse charges.

A court hears a Coronation Street star raped a young girl as she clutched a teddy bear, telling her that if she told anyone about the abuse "you'll die".

Rolf Harris has maintained his silence after being charged with 13 child sex offences in the UK including the indecent assault of two teenage girls in the 1980s.

Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis will deny sex crimes spanning 30 years against nine women and a teenage girl, a court was told yesterday.

Paedophile teacher James Parker's case was described as the worst of its kind in New Zealand history, so why did he get a minimum non-parole period of only seven years?

James Parker subjected 24 young boys to prolonged and depraved abuse.

James Parker "stoutly denied" any wrongdoing during a 2009 police interview when a boy complained he had been sexually abused by the former deputy school principal.

Paedophile school teacher James Parker has been sentenced to preventive detention in an emotionally-charged sentencing before his victims.