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THE PULSE FAREWELL MGC - MEMORIES, MILESTONES, AND MĀ TE WĀ
Issue 7, Term 4 2025
Above: Cleo Collins, Harriet McLauchlan, and Kyla Thorstenson at MGC Senior Prizegiving
Written by Lou Muir For five years, we as MGC students have watched from the sidelines as Year 13s are farewelled, moving on to the next chapter of their lives. We’ve seen every kind of reaction: sadness, joy, nerves and happiness, no matter the emotion, it has always been accompanied by a spark of excitement for what lies ahead. This year, it has been our year, to experience all of our “lasts”, the last first day, the last last day, the last collection of sports events, and mufti days, the last time in our classes where we definitely did not do our work.
We experienced these moments with joy, promising to feel sadness later. And that “later” has arrived, now that our senior sunrise has turned into our senior sunset. It has been weird experiencing what we’ve only watched others go through. I don’t feel ready, and yet here we are. After spending an entire year ignoring the inevitable we found ourselves seated in the school hall, many of us crosslegged on the carpet, for our Ma te wa celebration. Continued page 2.
What’s in this issue?
Pulse Editor: Lou Muir
Spirit Week 2025
Year 11 Amazing Race
Page 7
Pages 11 -13
Māreikura Nepia wins at 2025 Ngā Manu Kōrero Nationals Page 28
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