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Apply to join The Collegian!
https://thecollegian.typeform.com/to/tzy4lB Are you interested in what happens around Macleans College and the greater community? Do you enjoy writing, reporting, journalism, or playing an active…
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Macleans vows to fiercely oppose government taskforce recommendations
Drastic changes to the New Zealand education system recommended, in draft form, by an independent government taskforce have been fiercely shot down by Macleans…
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A Journey of Becoming
‘To be, or not to be, that is the question’. When do we first begin to remember? When do the waving lights and shadows…
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What’s in a Name?
Shakespeare. Shakespere. Shakespear. Shakspeare. Shackspeare. Shakspere. The lingual revolutionist himself had six renditions of his surname. Nowadays, people are rarely as lenient as the…
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Exams: how to cope, and maybe even do well
Possibly the most dreaded and stressful time of the year for many high school students, final exams are a perennially formidable challenge. Many of…
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Documents reveal likely overloaded school buses despite AT review
Auckland Transport had the boarding data from school buses showing some were likely packed beyond set limits, new documents show. The data also shows…
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The Strange, Confusing Human Existence
Human existence is a strange and confusing thing. When we started to have an idea of consciousness, we filled it with an array of…
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Overcrowding raised as an issue on school buses following student injury
“[The bus situation] is utterly inconvenient and requires hundreds of students everyday to battle their way onto public transport”, says student Fiona Yu. Auckland…
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The Scarfie Life
The end of your high school life can be tedious. You’ve been with the same people in the same place for almost five years.…
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What I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self
This writing below was originally written for IG English Language speeches. Prisha, darling, sweetheart, honey boo child, I need to talk to you. What…
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Emergence: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous & Back Again
“Man must rise above the Earth – to the top of the atmosphere and beyond – for only thus will he fully understand the…
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Te Awa Mate
The small figure before me curls tightly into a ball, the sweeping mountains and valleys of her figure causing waves in the shabby wool…
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Never Mind Your Language!
From the immortal psalms, gospels, and epistles of the King James Bible to the eloquence of Cicero and Homer; the galvanising wartime speeches of…
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One term down, three to go: Advice For Year 9s
As high school students, we have to deal with a heap of problems. The struggle of carrying five textbooks home, only to lug them…
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Dust to Glory
Dance, dance. Ballet slippers paired with a hushed up spine––those girls and all their stuff––pretty arabesques, dream dose of caffeine for that extra kick.…
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A Sacrifice of Gratitude
Logically, life is only time. It is merely a state of being. From your first breath to your last. That is it. Dust to…
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Interview with Principal Steven Hargreaves
Taylor Swift vs. Kanye – What’s Principal Hargreaves’s verdict? — this and 10 other interesting questions answered by the principal of Macleans College