A sex offender could be living next door and you'd never know. Australia's newest Senator says that won't be the case for long.

Joe Biden and Barack Obama rewrite rules on college sexual assaults following the Stanford University rape case.

COMMENT: Police Commissioner Mike Bush accepted for the first time that Teina Pora, twice convicted for the murder, was innocent.

A former Child Youth and Family caregiver who sexually assaulted eight victims has been jailed for 22 years, with a minimum non-parole period of 10 years.

A man arrested for allegedly forcing his way into a woman's Porirua home and subjecting her to a prolonged sexual attack will keep his name secret for now.

The third sexual assault in a week has been reported in Wellington.

Police are likely to tomorrow again door-knock neighbours of a Porirua woman subjected to a prolonged and horrific sexual assault in her home.

Earl Ehrhart thinks colleges are coming down too hard on students accused of campus sexual assaults, so much so he takes them court.

Campus police combed through CCTV footage looking for whoever broke a door, but what emerged was something much more sinister than a mindless prank.

Sexual attack survivors and advocates call for ongoing taxpayer-funded counselling without a mental health illness diagnosis.

A "high-risk" sex offender has been placed just metres from a large Auckland school by Corrections.

A social media messaging service helped to save a Japanese exchange student from further sexual abuse from her host after he groped her.

Government pledges $46 million to prevent sexual violence and better support victims.

Pop star denies all allegations against him.

A two year probe into sex abuse claims against Sir Cliff Richard could be drawing to a conclusion.

A man who was convicted of raping his wife while she slept - despite claiming he had the sleep disorder "sexomnia" - has had his appeal dismissed.

On the program today - The police hunt for a young teenager they believe is responsible for a series of sex attacks in the Onehunga area and we have uncovered previously unseen footage of the Chiefs scrum controversy is it foul play or fair injury.

Today on Focus we follow up on our exclusive footage of cheating allegations against the Chiefs in last week's super rugby match against the Hurricanes and we have the latest on the police hunt for a teenage serial sex attacker.

Michelle Hanley, the child protection officer with Football NSW, said yesterday she would like to see checks applied to everybody.

Baptiste says Goguen sexually abused her for more than a decade and then reneged on an agreement to pay her $40 million to halt a personal injury lawsuit.

Sir Cliff Richard has threatened to sue the BBC for broadcasting archive footage of him with Jimmy Savile on Top Of The Pops.

"Unacceptable and insidious" harassment by Dunedin students has hit breaking point and the University of Otago needs to take action, residents say.

Donald Trump denied accusations of gender-based workplace discrimination and sexual harassment from a former campaign employee in Iowa.

Corrections could be banned from this year's Pride Parade following controversy over the treatment of transgender prisoners.

11 permits refused in the past months alone due to sex offences, but agency says most of those new applicants.

OPINION: As your summer festivities reach full swing, so too does the familiar, hand wringing debate about young women's attire, writes Beatrice Hazlehurst.

Teacher touched student's penis when he believed the teenager had passed out drunk in his home.

Wise up, young women. You, and only you, have the ultimate responsibility to keep yourself safe, by behaving in a manner that signals that you are precious, writes Liz Holsted.

A British MP suspended from the Labour Party for sending salacious text messages to a 17-year-old girl is under fire from one ex-wife.