Stories by Andrew McRae

A man who was sexually abused by brothers in the Catholic Order of St John of God, in both New Zealand and Australia, says they used God to put fear into a child.

A man who spent time in a church orphanage as a child has told the Abuse in Care inquiry he was forced by two priests to sexually violate another boy.

A survivor of abuse at Marylands School in Christchurch in the 1970s has outlined deviant behaviour from some of the Catholic brothers who ran the place.

An advocate for sexual abuse survivors at Marylands School says the sexual and physical abuse was known about by many, but they all failed to act on it.

There has been no progress in dealing with New Zealand's high rate of child abuse despite strategy talks in recent years, according to an independent child abuse advocacy and training provider.

A top secret World War II operation involving New Zealanders and aimed at disrupting the occupying Japanese Army is now detailed in a new book.

It's been a year since inmates at a King Country remand prison rioted, causing more than $25 million worth of damage.

Sunday marks the 80th anniversary of Aotearoa's worst naval tragedy, the sinking of HMS Neptune during the World War II. Of the 764 men who lost their lives on 19 December 1941, 150 were New…

People abused while in care are welcoming recommendations for the establishment of an independent redress system for survivors, but say the devil will be in the detail.

A campaign to prevent child sexual abuse has been launched on Wednesday in Mercury Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula.

The former patient says the decision to lay charges meant it finally felt as if survivors were listened to.

The team searching for a man and his three children in a remote part of King Country in September initially thought the family were most likely taken by the ocean.

After five years in the planning, work has started on an $80m performing arts theatre in central Hamilton.

Children in the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit in the 1970s were subjected to many forms of abuse, including the use of electroconvulsive therapy as a punishment.

Vaccination rates in the Ruapehu District are some of the lowest in the country, and Aucklanders are expected to either visit there or pass by there once boundaries lift.

It's "crazy" an entire King Country school's staff won't get vaccinated as it puts the whole community at risk, Ruapehu District Mayor Don Cameron says.

The mayor of Hamilton wants her city treated differently to the rest of the region once it reaches 90 percent fully vaccinated.

A woman who earlier this year finished seven months' home detention for a series of arsons says her time in a welfare residence as a child and the abuse she faced there has affected her life ever…

Afghan people living in this country are pleading with the government not to forget about people with connections to New Zealand still stuck in Afghanistan.

People in South Waikato say their tight-knit community helped them through lockdown and will continue to do so in uncertain times.

The first group of people evacuated out of Afghanistan following the dramatic takeover by the Taliban are due to be released from MIQ over the next few days.

Thousands of New Zealanders' Friday afternoon workflow was interrupted today when their internet connection cut out due to a cyber attack on a main internet provider.

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark is calling on New Zealanders to take action and support the need for humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, as that country faces an uncertain future.

A Pacific community worker says the Bay of Plenty DHB's apology for requesting passports before vaccination is 'passive-aggressive' and racist. The Minister for Pacific Peoples said it never should…

As the world continues to battle Covid-19 and New Zealand is in the midst of another lockdown let's cast our mind back to another pandemic that swept the world over 100 years ago.