An Indian spiritual leader has sparked outcry by claiming the student raped and murdered in New Delhi was partly responsible for what happened.

Two of the men allegedly involved in the rape and murder of an Indian medical student have said they are ready to turn state's witnesses.

Nelson police have been flooded with information from members of the public following a violent rape on New Year's Day.

Serious violent and sexual assaults have spiked over the Christmas period in Auckland's CBD - and police say alcohol is to blame.

A Tongan overstayer who raped a 17-year-old stranger in a Rotorua park has been jailed for more than eight years.

Two men kidnapped a drunk and vulnerable woman, drove her out to an isolated area near the dump and raped her, a Rotorua court has heard.

"You can call us any time," Maxine Brayshaw told a woman who rang Auckland's sexual abuse helpline at the weekend. Then she had to correct herself.

A NZ woman who alleges she was sexually abused by a tennis champ 33 years ago says it's a "huge relief" he has been suspended from the Tennis Hall of Fame.

Police are having to shelve sexual assault complaints because witnesses are too drunk to remember the details.

Child sex abuse scandals prompt recommendation priests reveal information to police.

A sexual assault victim faced her attacker in court and described how his "depravity" had robbed her of her childhood.

Name suppression has been lifted for Damian Christopher Gillard, 43, after an appeal hearing in the High Court at Auckland yesterday was abandoned.