Youth Week has just finished. For the News Committee, as teenagers, we feel that it is equally important for us to celebrate our achievements and to support each other when we need it. Thus, we have compiled a few resources that you may find useful now, or in the future. Free Support Phone Lines (New Zealand) Youth Line Youth line is a support line for young people facing problems. … Continue reading Support for Youth
At Macleans, we are constantly associated with success, as we celebrate it often and it is something we strive to achieve. And therefore we see failure in a negative light, purely due to it being the opposite of where we wish to head. This should not be the case. Of course nobody enjoys failure, but it shouldn’t always be considered a bad thing. Failure should … Continue reading Failure isn’t all that bad
“The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.” Sound familiar? We’ve all heard it at some stage, that cliché phrase being tossed about by members of the older generation, trying to inspire or perhaps intimidate us. Sure, someday we will be the Prime Ministers, CEOs, school principals and other titled leaders of society, but while leadership comes naturally to some, others find the prospect … Continue reading Youth Week #5: Leadership
You’re either called smart or a geek, amazing or weird. Whenever someone called me hurtful words my dad always told me: “Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can never hurt you”. But in all honesty, I’ve always had those discriminatory words stuck in my head, and I swear they will always haunt me. But a few weeks ago someone told me to … Continue reading Youth Week #4: Bullying
Humans have numerous and different stages of life. Birth is where we all start at, when we could pass as twins with the infant next door. As we age slowly into toddlers, we are taught and raised by our parents in diverse ways – we are exposed to some aspects of life that other people aren’t. This is where we start to develop diversity and … Continue reading Youth Week #3: Diversity
Not just art. I assume that most think ‘Creativity’ and make the connection to Art right away. Perhaps a 15th century painting of a naked lady looking sad at something might pop up in your head. It’s true that creativity is mostly found in art, but I hope to broaden your perspective on it by shining some light in the other areas it contributes to, … Continue reading Youth Week #2: Creativity
When was the last time you said thank you to your mum for washing, hanging and drying your uniform every week? Or for the hard work your dad does as he comes back home, late and exhausted? Over the past few weeks, these thoughts ran over my mind as I realised just how important my family was to me. This all started after the school … Continue reading Youth Week #1: Family and Whanau
In life, all of us eventually get to a stage where we have to make extreme decisions that will ultimately mould our futures. These decisions can put an immense amount of pressure on us. The main example that affects most of us is graduating high school, being spit out into the big, wide, scary world and trying to decide what to do next. The majority … Continue reading Beyond Graduation
From the 23rd to the 26th of April, 200 high school students attended a national event, a coming together of the youth of Aotearoa. ‘Youth Declaration 2014’ was held at Auckland University; the lecture theaters provided us with the perfect platform from which we were able to debate, convey our thoughts and voice our opinions. We were introduced to a diverse range … Continue reading Youth Declaration 2014
So the ball is tomorrow evening and all you ladies (and men!) are probably bustling with excitement at the thought of the big night. Down below are just a few of the things that you might want to bring with you to the ball, obvious or not, that can seriously help you out. For Everyone – Your ticket. This is probably the most important thing! Don’t … Continue reading What to Bring to Ball
It doesn’t just apply to surviving the zombie apocalypse; sometimes, each one of us needs to step back from life and find something to enjoy. Everyday life is full of big pressures: exams, sports,girls, so each and every one of us deals with stress constantly. Like Tallahassee eating a Twinkie, look at your life and find something small in your life that makes everything worth … Continue reading Rule 32: Enjoy the Little Things
