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Things to consider before gifting a child a phone for Christmas

Tech: More friends, more division, super-scaled fakery

Around the motu: Torika Tokalau in Auckland

Book review: Nash Falls by David Baldacci

Maegen Blom: Winning with mussels

UK: Russian spy ship in UK waters, asylum crackdown

Auckland wetland retoration project wins international award

Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad on capturing the early days of the war in Gaza

Concerns over FENZ plan to cut specialist wildfire roles

Language learning + ageing, fuel CO2 levels hit record

The MacLeods epic overland journey

Around the motu: Libby Kirkby-McLeod in Hamilton

Book review: An Eccentric History in Batik by Dinah Priestley

Map Men Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman on cartography quirks and catastrophes

Australia: Toxic sand, Liberal chaos, Pacific COP quest

Push to help employers be more inclusive, solve shortages

Report warns gas mismanagement could cost $7.3 billion

Police move to next phase of mental health pull-back

All Blacks, and Silver Ferns lose to England