Karen Middleton is a Canberra-based political correspondent

Last Christmas morning scientist Dr Georgia Grant woke up in a tent on the edge of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, 700km from Scott Base, to drill through ancient ice into the rock below. Last night she was awarded the Early Career Researcher award at the Science New Zealand Awards.

Electric vehicle charging is now a critical national infrastructure, and the Government is nowhere near reaching its goal of 10,000 public chargers by 2030, says EV lobby group Drive Electric.

Service clubs used to be a community mainstay, but many branches in Rotary have been struggling for survival. The former Governor General and long time Rotarian, Sir Anand Satyanand on what could change that.

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Split Enz' iconic tune "I see Red" is just one of a raft of songs set to be protected by a law change extending the time artists hold the copyright to their art.

The number of young people not in jobs, studying or training has jumped dramatically in the last year in regional communities, as much as 40 percent in some places Opotiki youth advocate Alex Le Long spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The government is pushing for widespread use of AI in the public service at a 'pivotal' time for scores of lawsuits against AI globally. Phil Pennington reports.

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