The controversial child sex offender register has been live for a day, but there are already concerns about how stretched police numbers will check-up on offenders. The register gives police and Corrections a central source of information to share with other government agencies, at their discretion. Adults being sentenced for sex offences against children, will face a judge for both sentencing decisions and to decide whether their details are included on the register. If they're sentenced to prison they will go on the record, and will have to provide ongoing reports on where they live, where they plan to travel, and where they're employed. It's not a public register, and information is released at Police and Corrections' discretion.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 14, 2016 21:22 UTC