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'Concern about escalation': Children as young as one identified in man's objectionable videos
Jordan Te Iri-Kearns was jailed for 25 and a half months.
Man who impregnated girl after meeting at her 15th birthday party jailed
The pair ran away together and lived in a car parked at a campground.
Children being adopted overseas, trafficked to work in NZ
A 12-year-old boy was among them. He was put to work and assaulted.
'Offensive joke': Taxpayers fund rapist's $120k battle to keep name secret
'Let’s call it what it is – a rort,' mother of one of Luca Fairgray's victims says.
'The cruellest injustice': Abuser jailed but victim will never be free of the damage he caused
The victim was lured into a game of hide-and-seek that ended her childhood.
'Life of darkness': Stepfather's 20 year sentence for 15 years of abuse
The victims have suffered self-doubt, PTSD, fear, distrust and shame.
Family's emotional courtroom farewell to man jailed for violating young girl
The man was granted permanent name suppression for the sake of his children.
'Free to practise their faith': PM downplays MP's ties to sect under FBI investigation
Christopher Luxon isn't aware of Hamish Campbell's ties to the investigated sect.
Abuse survivor: Why 'By Māori For Māori' isn't always the answer
Eugene Ryder on why the right person for the job doesn't always share your whakapapa.
‘Horrific and abhorrent:’ Computer tech makes startling discovery on customer’s laptop
Ton Kaan claimed he did not know images of children in explicit poses were illegal.
Jailed paedophile James Parker admits there is another victim
Northland man was jailed indefinitely in 2013 for abusing 20 boys aged 9 to 16.
‘Cover-up’: Family demand answers after child sex offender’s prison death
Kingi Hemi died in Ngawha Prison in November. His cause of death remains unknown.
‘What evil looks like’: 501 paedophile swayed Australian judge, then offended again in NZ
An Auckland judge took a rare step this week by ordering a sentence with no end date.
'You didn’t care if you hurt him': Mother guilty of causing baby's brain damage
The mother insisted she only tried to wake the baby with a simple shake.
‘I knew there was more to life’: Save Our Babies founder on escaping 25 years of abuse
Kahira-Rata Olley is using her story to empower and heal others in a similar situation.
‘A real threat’: Auckland musician acquitted of dog indecency, jailed for child sex abuse
He has performed at many events attended by children. No one knew his secret.
‘Treated like an animal’: Gang member involved in mob killing kept in kennel as a baby
The three-day sentencing came to an end with lengthy jail terms handed down.
Watch - ‘Hugely damaging’: Online extremists target NZ children in sadistic extortion campaign
Police and the Department of Internal Affairs say a new breed of ultra-violent online manipulators has emerged in New Zealand.
'Dealt the wrong cards': Tearful mum defends son caught with 20,000 child abuse images
Judge Sainsbury called the images 'truly disturbing and grotesque'.
'No regrets... LOL': Woman who tortured boy jailed as judge rejects apology letter
The victim was stabbed, burned and forced to eat faeces. He suffered a broken spine.
‘Incalculable harm’: Former Destiny Church member jailed for sexual abuse of boys in youth group
He pleaded guilty in December.
‘No remorse’: 50-year-old jailed for child abuse imagery – again
The man had nine different user accounts for apps to exchange photos and videos.
‘Worst treatment of humanity’: Police accuse woman over stepson’s decades of alleged abuse
The stepson was found emaciated and weighed just 31kg despite being 1.75m tall.
Fresh child abuse charges for disgraced NZ businessman Ron Brierley
Aged 87, Brierley appeared in the Waverley Local Court in Sydney this afternoon
Northland lawyer struck off for sharing child abuse images on social media
Vaughn Hill was arrested in 2023 after a search of his Kaitāia home.
Soiled, neglected toddler found wandering streets, mother was ‘disconnected from reality’
The whānau was on Oranga Tamariki's radar long before the child went missing.
‘Helpless’ mum told toddler must continue visits with dad after sex abuse claim
The child has twice claimed her father has touched her inappropriately on the visits.