A new bra powered with an electric charge has been developed in India to shock any would-be rapists.

A former Northland teacher has pleaded guilty to a further 25 charges, including five charges of sexual assault, at Kaitaia District Court this morning.

Victims in rape cases should not have their sexual history paraded in front of a court and jury because it adds stress to an already ghastly experience, the Law Commission says.

A man has been jailed for historical sexual offences against two girls - sisters who were his own children's friends.

Two teens were sexually assaulted during a Picton home invasion, and a West Coast woman was attacked while she slept, in two separate attacks early on Sunday morning.

A prominent Australian entertainer has been arrested by Scotland Yard detectives on suspicion of sexual offences.

A New Zealand man accused of a horrific attack on a sex worker in Canada could serve time in a New Zealand jail if he is convicted and extradited.

A man charged with a horrific sex attack in Canada cut off his electronic bracelet and fled New Zealand on a false passport while on bail.

A Kiwi accused of dragging a sex worker behind a van in a "horrific" attack in Canada is believed to have fled there after removing his electronic monitoring bracelet while on home detention in NZ.

A New Zealander has been charged over the alleged abduction of a sex worker in Canada where a woman was tied up and dragged behind a van.

An exhausted cheerleader lay down on the gym mats after a lengthy training session and was sexually abused by her coach, a court has heard.

A cheerleading coach bought two 14-year-olds a bottle of vodka before sexually abusing one of them in the back seat of his car, a court has heard.

A siege involving convicted rapist Antonio Loguancio at a home in Melbourne is continuing into the second day.

Christchurch police are investigating two unrelated attacks on women over the weekend which they say appear to be sexually motivated.

A man accused of rape, who left New Zealand after obtaining a new passport while dressed as a woman, has been extradited after nearly eight years on the run.

A second charge has been laid against a 20-year-old Invercargill man in relation to the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl in the sand dunes of Invercargill's Oreti Beach earlier this month.

The father of a teenage girl, allegedly plied with drugs then repeatedly raped by a former businessman, is demanding the high-profile man be named.

A "celebrity" Saudi preacher accused of raping and torturing his 5-year-old daughter to death has been released from custody after agreeing to pay "blood money".

A man has been arrested over a sexual assault on an 8-year-old girl at a South Island beach at the weekend.

Police are seeking witnesses to a sexual assault on an 8-year-old girl just 50m from the main entrance of a popular Southland beach.

An 8-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in the sand dunes of Oreti Beach in Southland near where a large number of people were present.