The prosecution in the Rolf Harris indecent assault trial is set to call its first witness overnight.

A prison guard who harboured a bailed paedophile at his home, and then charged the offender's ex-wife $18,300 in back rent has quit after an urgent investigation.

Entertainer Rolf Harris used his untouchable reputation to conceal a string of shocking assaults on children and young women, it was claimed at his trial.

Two New Zealand women allegedly molested by Rolf Harris as young girls could be called as "bad character" witnesses at his indecent assault trial in London.

The Children's Commissioner said the bravery of one child led to a Child, Youth and Family caregiver being convicted of 21 charges of child abuse.

Rolf Harris used his fame as a children's entertainer to approach young girls and then abuse them over a number of decades, a London court has been told.

Harrowing details of the abuse carried out on young boys by a former teacher at a London private school were revealed yesterday.

Two New Zealand boys are among 251 victims of a massive international online child pornography ring busted in the United States.

The mother of tortured Rotorua three-year-old Nia Glassie has had her parole revoked by the Parole Board.

A specialist scheme to identify high-risk violent spouses needs a consistent national approach, says a report into fatal domestic abuse.

The mother of tortured Rotorua three-year-old Nia Glassie will be released from prison after being granted parole.

An 89-year-old man has been sentenced to home detention on more than 40 counts of historical child sex abuse.

Hastings' Mayor has criticized the sentence of a local man who broke his baby daughter's legs and was released from prison after little more than 12 months.

The BBC will be plunged into a fresh crisis with a damning review that reveals staff ignored the rape and sexual assault of up to 1000 boys by Jimmy Savile.

A convicted German child sex offender tried to abscond to NZ but was returned by officials here to serve his sentence in Germany.

The man who murdered one of his newborn triplets and wounded another in January last year is being locked up for life.

Increasing numbers of children have been physically and emotionally abused in the past few years - starkly contradicting welfare officials' claims.

Peaches Geldof could face a criminal investigation after she named two women who allowed their babies to be abused by disgraced rock star Ian Watkins.

Paedophile and Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins sexually abused hundreds of young victims during years of secret drug-fuelled debauchery, his ex-girlfriend has warned.

A group of us went up to Kerikeri last weekend to run the Kerikeri Half Marathon.

NZ's child abuse rates are higher than anyone ever realised, officials admit, after bureaucrats bungled the numbers for more than two years.

British PM pledges intelligence services to probe `dark net' following internet giants' move.