Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch discusses what she's been watching.
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Things to consider before gifting a child a phone for Christmas
Tips about smartphone alternatives for younger kids and for parents embarking on a device journey with their little ones.
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Tech: More friends, more division, super-scaled fakery
Tech commentator Mark Pesce discusses a new study finding that while our social circles have increased, so has polarisation.
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Around the motu: Torika Tokalau in Auckland
Torika discusses the petition calling for an inquiry into voting in Paptoetoe, the latest in the measles outbreak, a fine over illegal earthworks on the North Shore and embers lead to a fire on a track in the Waitakere Ranges.
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Book review: Nash Falls by David Baldacci
Sally Wenley reviews Nash Falls by David Baldacci, published by Macmillan.
From nine to noon every weekday, Kathryn Ryan talks to the people driving the news - in New Zealand and around the world. Delve beneath the headlines to find out the real story, listen to Nine to Noon's expert commentators and reviewers and catch up with the latest lifestyle trends on this award-winning programme.