New ZealandBrothel baron granted diversionRich lister and sex entrepreneur Ka Yu Chow, known as John Chow, has been granted diversion after a charge of threatening to injure was downgraded.03 Oct 12:21 AM
New ZealandSchool wants brothel actionEpsom Girls Grammar is considering a fresh complaint to Auckland Council after a <i>Herald</i> report that brothels are operating in its immediate area.29 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandBrothel baron pleads not guiltyRich lister and sex entrepreneur John Chow has pleaded not guilty to threatening to injure another man.14 Aug 01:26 AM
New Zealand'I have to resort to prostitution'Beau De Royce fears she could be forced to work on the streets if her sickness benefit is cut as part of a cull of welfare numbers.15 Jul 04:01 AM
New ZealandWild West sex trade as Chow boys ride inAn attempt by two Wellington brothers to take over Auckland’s lucrative sex industry could put them on the Rich List.29 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandTrafficking report said to be from NZ mediaThe Government has dismissed parts of a high-level report which identified trafficking of underage prostitutes in New Zealand because it believed the findings were based on media reports which were not backed by police evidence.20 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandStreet legal: Ten years after prostitution decriminalisationThe campaign to clean up Hunter's Corner has created some unlikely bedfellows.07 Jun 09:29 PM
New ZealandVexed issue of sex in the cityAll forms of prostitution were decriminalised in 2003. But while the Prostitution Reform Act gave local authorities power to regulate where brothels operated, there are no such controls on those selling their bodies on the street.07 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandOfficials to discuss arresting prostitutes and clientsCentral government politicians have called a roundtable meeting in Wellington tomorrow to look for ways to control street prostitution in South Auckland.28 May 07:00 PM
New ZealandTrial for Manning murder likely to start next yearThe trial of a man charged with the 2008 murder of Christchurch prostitute Mellory Manning is likely to start next year.22 May 10:13 PM
New ZealandMoney lures migrant sex workersMigrant prostitutes here are not victims of people trafficking and many are in the sex trade for the money, research on migrant sex workers in New Zealand has found.11 Apr 05:30 PM
OpinionClean up underage prostitutionPolice have denied there is a problem with underage prostitution, writes Dave Crampton. Perhaps this is because nobody has laid a complaint with the police?03 Apr 04:54 AM
New ZealandPeter Calder: Standing up for city's sex workersThe bars on Ponsonby Rd are pumping when I turn up at the Auckland office of the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective, behind an unassuming frosted-glass window at the western end of Karangahape Rd.26 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandProstitution ban splits select committeeA parliamentary committee is still wrangling over whether the Government should ban prostitution from Auckland's troublespots.13 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandSex tycoons buy Orakei baseA pair of Wellington sex industry magnates appear set to make Auckland their home, with the purchase of a $6.65 million house in the city.31 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentChina censors cut key Skyfall scenesMovie censors in China have cut references to torture and prostitution in the country from the Bond film Skyfall.22 Jan 01:27 AM
New ZealandTrial set for man charged with Manning murderA man charged with the 2008 murder of Christchurch prostitute Mellory Manning will stand trial next year.13 Dec 10:15 PM
New Zealand$1000-a-night street workers in turf warA South Auckland prostitution spot has become embroiled in turf battles between local workers and those travelling from as far as Christchurch and Tokoroa.20 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandPublic can get a say on brothelPlans for Auckland's first high-rise brothel will move a step closer this month when Wellington's Chow brothers face those opposed to the plan.31 Oct 04:30 PM
