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

A yellow plastic watch could be a crucial clue in a police investigation into a broad daylight sexual assault on an 11-year-old girl in Napier.

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.

A Cromwell man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for raping and indecently assaulting a girl over a nine-year period some 40 years ago.

Police are interested in photos which may have identified a young victim of Kaitaia sexual predator James Parker.

An Education Ministry inquiry into sex abuse by Far North teacher James Parker will begin this week, but no children will be questioned.

A convicted child rapist was removed from a Hawke's Bay house by probation services after the landlord learned of his background.