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Nyx
Chilly air seeps through cracks in the cars’ shaking chassis: the old, bumpy, road threatens to rattle the even older engine apart with each trying jolt as we descend the mountain. I peer at the moon through the frosted windshield and try not to let the pain of resting my head on the glass bother…
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Interview with Principal Steven Hargreaves: 2020 Edition
If Mr Hargreaves were a superhero, what superpower would he have? How do we go about addressing inequity in New Zealand education? These pressing discussions, and twelve other insights in the third annual interview with Macleans College’s principal, Mr Hargreaves. Firstly, what are your plans for Macleans this year? Do we have any new things…
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Love on Earth
I was wrong. I was completely and utterly wrong. So wrong that I would admit it willingly to the heavens above; to the dull stars that frowned down upon my helpless and torn figure. I would scream it until my throat became dry, until my voice was hoarse and my tongue bitter. About how stupid…
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Lockdown: A series of webtoon and manga recs to get you through
Since social isolation started, I’ve had a lot more time on my hands than I expected. A friend asked me for webtoon recs a few weeks before the lockdown started, and I ended up going back to that conversation for inspiration when writing this piece. This is basically that conversation, but more refined and with…
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To Make a House a Home
Time has dragged you in front of an aged door attached to an elaborate five storey house. It’s unfamiliar and daunting, yet you’ve been waiting for this moment. There’s this unnamable sense that your entrance into the corridor is going to be life changing. It’s been life changing for everyone faced with the same polished…
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Holofeucene
Alone. Atop the soaring spire of rock, the tattered cloth rifles in the cold, misty wind, starkly defying the rain-faded oranges, reds, and purples of the Mesa. The evening’s bright, but the sun’s already set. A wildfire of passionate sorrows and furious agony; crippled breaths, faint pulse, numb lethargy, and the scarcity of vision kindle…
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A New Cycle of Collegian Writers
It’s a new year, and we’re excited to watch The Collegian continue to grow alongside its 2020 writers. Once again, here is a series of brief autobiographies from the members of our core group. Annika LeeHello there! My name’s Annika, and I’m a Year 12 student from Snell house. I’m exceptionally proud to be one…
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From The Archives: Climate Climax
Originally published in the College NZ Herald in August 2008, written by then Year 9 Macleans student Linus Goh. As the years go by, we hardly care, Knowing that when that day comes we won’t be there. The sea levels are rising And the polar caps are depleting. Fossil fuels keep burning, Leaving the ozone…