To avoid a second walk to the Christmas buffet, how do you get the most food on your plate in one go? The Stuff team investigates - and finds out just how hard it can be to dodge the treats at this time of year.

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The economic outlook for the first six months of next year is a bit grim. But financial advisor Malcolm Knight has some tips to help you prepare for and get through any financial downturn.

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We’ve hit December and the promise of a happy Christmas is getting closer, but so too is the strain. Everyone's tired, the cost of living's out of control, your aunty's a bit racist .. it's all too much. Psychologist Jacqui Maguire is here with tips so you can thrive this festive season, not just survive.

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Cryptocurrency markets have been hit by turmoil - so is it a safe investment and are the predictions that it will be the money of future of money still valid?

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Interest rates have gone up, house prices have fallen - could you be in negative equity and what can you do about it?

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Australia's planning a referendum on a constitutional change giving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders a so-called "Voice to Parliament." How has this come about .. and will it actually get across the line?

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Three Waters legislation to set up 4 regional water service bodies is inching forward, but does the public really understand why change is needed and what's being introduced?

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It might be our national sport, but the rules are something of a mystery to more of us than we might like to admit. Rugby ref Maggie Cogger-Orr joins Stuff Explained to demystify some of the major rules of the game.

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Small ghost monsters and witches at the front door .. and yells of trick or treat. It has to be Halloween - but is the whole thing just a commercial beat up, or does all the spookiness have historical roots?

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90 million members, and one man making a possible bid for lifetime rule. The Chinese Communist Party National People's Congress is underway, so what impact could it have on the world's second biggest economy .. and further afield, on Aotearoa?

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