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The autumn issue features:

Gabrielle
The Cherry Pickers
My Aunties' Moko Kauae
The Battle for Chunuk Bair

Flipped!
A Storm in the Night

Cool Cubing
The Naughty Kiwi
Kakaruwai

My Bedroom and Mr Cat
Once upon a Game
First Concert

Wonderful Things

... and many more!

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Artist credits: Ohakune in Spring, Toitoi 29, pictures by Christine Aixenjueluo, age 13; Te Wai Tino Makariri, Toitoi 13, ko te pikitia a Tirea Campbell, e 12 tau tōna pakeke; Taniwha, Toitoi 19, pictures by Vita Lawson, age 13; In the Depths, Toitoi 13, pictures by Scarlet Connor, age 10; Leaving Colombia, Toitoi: Latin America Special Issue, pictures by Alena Zhu, age 13 ; Lady of the Lake, Toitoi 19, pictures by Harry Simpson, age 8.
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