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Man admits 31 child sex charges

A West Coast sex offender suddenly admitted 31 offences as the second of his five child sex victims was giving evidence against him.

Home detention for teacher who 'groomed' boys

Homes give troubled teens chance to turn lives around

Toddler found in concrete

Kahui twins did not die from abuse, says expert

Musician convicted of assaulting son granted appeal

Dioceses oust abusers they had pledged to monitor

At the peak of the Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis, the discipline plan American bishops adopted prompted dioceses to remove nearly all accused clergy from the priesthood.

Call for monitoring of child sex offender

A mother is questioning why a child sex offender will be allowed to live in NZ with no official monitoring when he is deported from Australia this month.

Man charged over baby's serious injuries

Grandmother jailed for Cherish manslaughter

"Count yourself lucky," Justice Warwick Gendall told Joanne Jasmine Tahuri as he sentenced her for the manslaughter of her granddaughter.

Evidence points to caregiver murdering child, court told

Powerful evidence suggested Patricia Pickering killed the three-year-old boy in her care, a court heard today.

NZ police join online child abuse taskforce

Slain boy's injury could have been days old - expert

Paedophile admits historic abuse

<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: Dirty Potter's words must be warning to all mothers

Rise in underage prostitutes working Auckland streets

Police say increasing numbers of girls as young as 12 are working as prostitutes in Auckland's city centre.