Maka Renata, a sex offender who was coached to stalk and rape by his uncle is on the run after breaching his parole conditions a second time.

Police investigating the brutal sexual assault of a woman by four men in Tokoroa last weekend have not yet made any arrests.

Pope Benedict XVI has admitted that the Catholic Church itself should bear the brunt of the blame for paedophile priests.

A teen was abducted from a street in a small Hawke's Bay town and driven to a remote field where she sexually assaulted by two masked men.

Controversial former cop Clint Rickards is working at the same courthouse where the woman who accused him of rape assists crime victims.

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by two men in Dannevirke last night, then left in a paddock.

A Christchurch teenager made a false rape complaint because she liked the attention, a court has heard.

Sexual abuse survivors plan a protest over changes to subsidised counselling - which they say are putting lives at risk.

The target had no idea what was about to burst in on him. He was on his computer, which held thousands of child sex files.

People who were abused in Salvation Army homes as long as 70 years ago say they're still waiting for a public apology.

Police are hunting a man who they say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old Napier girl as she slept in her bed late last night.

The partner of a gang member accused of beating her was declared a hostile witness after refusing to repeat her complaint in court.

A mother died four days after her claim for ACC-funded counselling for sex abuse was rejected.

Pope Benedict XVI is planning to make the first general apology for the abuse of children and minors, Vatican sources say.