By Kent Atkinson of NZPA

Wellington, March 8 NZPA - Health officials are calling for pregnant women to get a seasonal flu "jab" in the next few weeks, in case of an early resurgence of swine flu.

Wellington, Feb 25 NZPA - The Supreme Court has reserved its decision on an appeal by the Solicitor General over the acquittal of George Gwaze for the murder of his 10-year-old niece.

Wellington, Feb 25 NZPA - George Gwaze's acquittal for the murder of his 10-year-old niece was a miscarriage of justice and a retrial should be held, the Solicitor-General told the Supreme Court today.

Wellington, Feb 5 NZPA - An Auckland taxi driver, jailed for five years for trying to hire a hitman to kill a priest he believed was his wife's lover, has been refused by leave to appeal his conviction in the Supreme Court.

One of the iconic items in the photographic archive of Aotearoa is a picture of The Beatles wearing the traditional symbol of fertility around their neckssome people might not know that.

Wellington, Nov 27 NZPA - The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a Kawerau builder, jailed for seven years for attacking a policeman.

Wellington, Nov 20 NZPA - Mongrel Mob member Karl Check, instigator of the 2007 fatal drive-by shooting of Wanganui toddler Jhia Te Tuaa, has had his appeal thrown out by the Court of Appeal.

By Kent Atkinson of NZPA

Wellington, Nov 8 NZPA - New Zealand may get a national screening programme for Down syndrome birth defects next year -- four years after health officials were told some of the present testing is not safe enough.

A request to hold a Commission of Inquiry into the Peter Ellis case has been declined, mainly because Peter Ellis has not exhausted all his appeal rights, Justice Minister Simon Power announced today.

Wellington, Oct 10 NZPA - The Crown is to make a second attempt to have a man retried for the rape and murder of his 10-year-old niece.

George Gwaze was acquitted of the murder and sexual violation of Charlene Makaza at a High Court trial in Christchurch in May last year.