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The Winter issue features:

Kaikōura
Mayor of the Cul-de-sac
My Great Football Experience
Red Zone

The Bakery
The Blackmount Trail Ride
A Life Full of Colour
Here
Will and the Yeti
Caught!

The Sailor
Front Yard Cricket

Roasting Marshmallows



... and many more!

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From The Editor
Artist credits: Kapa Haka, Toitoi 32, pictures by Meilan George-Cawte, age 11; Te Wai Tino Makariri, Toitoi 13, ko te pikitia a Tirea Campbell, e 12 tau tōna pakeke; 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.
Toitoi Together

Toitoi teams up with the School Journal

Submissions for the June 2024 School Journals are now open!

This is an amazing chance for Toitoi writers to have a piece of work published in the world's longest-running serial publication for children, alongside established and celebrated writers from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Deadline: September 22, 2023

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Elsie Locke Writing Prize

Submissions for the Elsie Locke Writing Prize 2023 have now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted their writing.

The winner will be announced in Term 4.

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