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.

Probe into what teachers' group knew about paedophile and damning email.

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.

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.

One of New Zealand's most notorious sex offenders has been awarded $1000 in costs after a failed attempt to sue the Corrections Department.

A man who assaulted a woman with the intention of raping her told police he did it because he could not get a "missus", a court has been told.

Mikayla Ziebe, 16, delivered more than 100 leaflets to Napier houses, accusing an elderly man of being a paedophile.

Sexual assaults by players and supporters in last year's Rugby World Cup helped set a new record for assaults on women reported to an Auckland sexual abuse service.