Mikayla Ziebe, 16, delivered more than 100 leaflets to Napier houses, accusing an elderly man of being a paedophile.

Sexual assaults by players and supporters in last year's Rugby World Cup helped set a new record for assaults on women reported to an Auckland sexual abuse service.

A Cromwell man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for raping and indecently assaulting a girl over a nine-year period some 40 years ago.

An Education Ministry inquiry into sex abuse by Far North teacher James Parker will begin this week, but no children will be questioned.

A convicted child rapist was removed from a Hawke's Bay house by probation services after the landlord learned of his background.

The timing of Lloyd Alexander McIntosh's alleged breach will raise the pressure in Wanganui.

More children have come forward with complaints against a teacher who admitted 49 charges of sexually abusing pupils.

More children have come forward with complaints against a teacher who this week admitted 49 charges of sexually abusing pupils of a school in the Far North, the school's commissioner says.

A former Far North primary school deputy principal could face more sex offence charges, police say. James Parker, 36, yesterday admitted a raft of sex charges against young boys. Police say new cases have come to light and it's possible