A man and woman charged after the death of Taupo preschooler Moko Sayviah Rangitoheriri have had the charges upgraded from assault on a child to murder.

Mother told police in emergency call her son had been "roaring around the garden" wearing his Spiderman outfit just before he went missing without trace.

A 9-year-old New Zealand girl was sent sexually explicit photographs of a Florida man whom she had been chatting with on a social networking website.

Fixing child abuse and neglect is all about building relationships with families in need, social workers say.

Fixing child abuse and neglect is all about building relationships with families in need, social workers say.

Melinda Tankard Reist spends a fair bit of time in fairly grubby places. She says it's paying off.

The shortcomings at Child, Youth and Family reflect an agency that hasn't coped with a significant switch in societal attitudes to child abuse.

A damning report on Child, Youth and Family says 117 New Zealand children were abused in care last year - and some have had up to 60 placements.

I am concerned that the child sex offender register will not, in practice, remain confidential to the Police, writes Keith Locke. Some information will probably leak.

The Social Development Minister said that infants would not be treated as "lab rats" under her watch.

A man charged after a 6-month-old girl died this week has reappeared at Porirua District Court.

The mother of a 5-year-old autistic boy who was allegedly murdered at his Christchurch home has been charged with failing in her legal duty as a carer.

A man has appeared in Porirua District Court charged with two counts of assault after a six month-old baby died from head injuries on Monday.

The Government's latest report card for the public service shows an increase in the number of children and young people being assaulted.

Eight Kiwi companies - including six fashion brands - have joined a New Zealand-led campaign to eliminate child labour.

A leading family violence expert is welcoming a move to encourage more transparency between agencies dealing with domestic abuse cases.

A study has found that underage sex workers take methamphetamine and work all night on the streets of Auckland - then attend school the next morning.

Carolyn Cragg becomes even more determined every time she gets verbally abused to keep on speaking out and doing all she can to comfort to some of NZ's most needy children.

A mathematical model designed to predict children at risk of abuse will be trialled with data about children reported to Child, Youth and Family.

The man and his wife (pictured here) pleaded guilty to child abuse offences when they appeared at court this morning.

Dunedin police are investigating after a Palmerston baby was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A social experiment published on YouTube shows just how easily a stranger can walk away with a child.

A teacher has been struck off after failing to tell a day-care centre she had previously been accused of verbally and physically abusing children in her care.

Lauren Knight recalls the night police visited her house after an anonymous bystander wrongly reported her for slapping her children.

A 3-year-old boy missing for the past seven months, may have been abducted by a paeodophile gang, Australian police said yesterday.

As the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse held a hearing in Queensland this week, another scandalous story of cruelty, cover-up and neglect.

A father-of-two living in NZ has been jailed in Croatia after he was caught using a camera hidden inside a fake car key to film naked children at the beach.