Police have interviewed a man over claims a prostitute wrote a note seeking help and secretly handed it to him.

NZ First's prostitution reform amendment bill wants to get sex workers off the streets and into brothels - in other words, end street prostitution altogether.

A study has found that underage sex workers take methamphetamine and work all night on the streets of Auckland - then attend school the next morning.

New Zealand is the best place on Earth to be a prostitute, says a local sex workers' advocate.

New research finds that Auckland's streets were the most notorious, but indoor sex workers were subject to more violence in Christchurch.

A woman who recruited women from Thailand to work illegally as sex workers in Auckland has been jailed.

Christchurch sex workers are continuing in their battle to get toilets installed on their red light patch.

The woman who acted as "a self-confessed pimp", luring under-aged girls into a wealthy Auckland businessman's web of sex and drugs has dodged a jail term.

A man who has launched a series of court battles against a prostitute has failed in his latest bid.

New Zealand is a destination country for foreign men and women subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking, a US State Department report has claimed.

A Jamaican man accused of being a violent pimp who forced women into prostitution in Australia will face trial in a Miami, Florida, court.

A man who tried to sue a prostitute for a refund has lost his case in the High Court.

A Christchurch sex worker has been assaulted following a dispute over payment, police say.

The wife of a senior Auckland police officer under investigation for allegedly harassing a prostitute has rubbished the claims and is standing by her husband.

Liquor licenses have been granted to two brothels owned by the Chow brothers, with the licensing body saying it will not get dragged in to a "turf war" between rivals.

The Chows have dropped plans for a controversial, central-city, 15-floor super-brothel, in a last-minute backdown welcomed by opponents of Auckland's burgeoning flesh trade.

NZ's biggest metropolis stands at a juncture. Do Auckland residents wish to compete with the likes of Las Vegas and Macau for the glitzy yet dubious title of Sin City?

Ngatai "Mellory" Manning had vowed to go straight and clean up her life just weeks before she was brutally raped and murdered.

Murder accused Mauha Fawcett, who is conducting his own trial, has elected not to take the stand, after declaring 'his life is on the line'.

A sex worker has been awarded $25,000 compensation after being sexually harassed by a brothel operator.

A month after telling police he took part in the brutal murder of Christchurch prostitute Mellory Manning, Mongrel Mob prospect Mauha Fawcett backtracked on his story.

Murder victim Mellory Manning's DNA was found on a knife recovered just metres from where her body was dumped in a Christchurch river, a court heard today.

An extremely rare mutated grass pollen found on Mellory Manning's clothing matched samples taken from the Mongrel Mob gang pad where police say she was brutally murdered.

A man who hired sex worker Mellory Manning on the night she was killed was unable to reach her by text later that night, the High Court at Christchurch has been told.

Christchurch sex worker Mellory Manning had consumed a variety of drugs in the days and hours before she was brutally murdered, a jury has been told today.

A witness who sold drugs to slain Christchurch sex worker Mellory Manning has described hearing a "blood-curdling" scream coming from the direction of a Mongrel Mob gang pad the night Mellory Manning was killed.

Ngatai 'Mellory' Manning was raped, bashed, and stabbed at a Mongrel Mob gang pad before her mutilated body was dumped in a river, a court has heard today.