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Making People Your Priority
‘The Last Word’ are the final section of school assemblies, where a senior student of the school gives a speech about a lesson they…
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The Darkness Came Down
Jared stared at the stream of blinking notifications on his phone. They all said the same thing. ‘Look at the sky’. ‘The sky is…
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Being Present: Why 2019 Is Your Year To Take Back Control
Out of the 86,400 seconds which define the parameters of your day, this article might set you back by 180, give or take another…
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AT adds new school bus routes for Macleans students
Auckland Transport (AT) has increased the number of school buses servicing Macleans College and Bucklands Beach Intermediate (BBI) going into the new year. According…
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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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Procrastination: Catching the Thief of Time
I have come to realise that procrastination is one of the most significant and deeply rooted issues in our society. Many of us do…
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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…
