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'If that dog wasn't there, I'd rape you'

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

Trump: Allegations totally made up

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

Corrections could face Pride banning

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

346 sex offenders ruled 'unfit' to drive taxi

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

Beatrice Hazlehurst: Tis the season for slut-shaming

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 blames Aspergers for abuse

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

Liz Holsted: Women must take responsibility for their actions

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.

British MP suspended, sending sexual texts

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.

Onus on Muslim world to quash Isis sex slavery

Islamic law forbids the enslavement of Muslims, but all that did was to encourage a roaring trade in the enslavement of non-Muslims that lasted for over a thousand years, writes Gwynne Dyer.

School boys assault women, post online

A group of secondary school boys have been assaulting young women in broad daylight and posting videos to social media.

Warnings for Roast Busters II

Police have let school boys off with warnings after they performed lewd acts on drunk girls and posted pictures online.

Herald on Sunday editorial: Young sex offenders need dose of reality

Police issue warning over online taxi services

Police are warning of the dangers of unlicensed taxi services after a man was sentenced for indecently assaulting a female passenger he took for a ride.

Sex attack: Hunt for three men

Police search for three males who were in a white van with dark tinted windows.

Jail attack inmate transgender

The transgender community says the inmate is not getting enough support and needs better protection.

Police called after rape claim at jail

A police investigation has begun into claims that a prisoner was raped while locked in overnight at a privately run men's prison in South Auckland.

Smith victim: 'Sorry means nothing'

The sister of the man murdered by Phillip Smith says nobody has been properly held to account for his escape, and politicians were "all ducking their heads".

Jail absconder's guard on charges

Corruption charges have been laid against the prison guard who Phillip John Smith claimed helped him escape to Brazil.