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welcome to the cultural

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mcevedy feature

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the 7th xi - wc’s finest?

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maxwell’s music

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RUNATHON 2016

one on one with mr. moses

one on one with mr. moses

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Before going through the gruelling task of setting up an appointment with the big boss himself, I came to ask one of my peers about Mr. Moses.

Keiha Nicol’s take: “I think Mr. Moses is a fair person. He’s a good guy and he treats students with respect, while at the same time holding an authority that keeps most of us in check. A bit too strict at times in my opinion, but if he wasn’t then I guess he wouldn’t be doing the job of headmaster very well, would he?”

The following day I swung round to Mr. Moses’ office. Nearing the office he approached me as he was getting ready to head down the drive. But just before he did, he agreed to

the interview. Keep in mind I did have an appointment with him, however his secretary said he may cancel.

I decided to ask him some tough questions that would engross you the reader. First off were his thoughts about the school. “I love the school. I love the fact that we got the highest number of scholarships last year, I also love our sporting teams. I’m proud of this school.”

Then came his thoughts on the biggest event of the year - McEvedy. Not coming as a big surprise, he was not pleased about some aspects “I love McEvedy, but I dislike idiots who drag Wellington College’s name through the mud with their dumb ideals! Thinking they’re making a difference when in actual fact they’re not.”

He seems to have a strong stand on that matter, but other than that he loves the idea of colleges competing against one another for excellence.

Finally in this outstanding interview, I tackled the thing that most of us dread having to wake up to in the mornings - the School buses. Sometimes the bus will be packed and you‘ll have to wait minutes just to get on another bus. Or when they are canceled it is very annoying. They are just a dumb thing to have to deal with. “I can’t comment. I don’t use that mode of transport, I drive to school, but I do appreciate them coming to our school and picking up our boys.” The struggle, I’m afraid, will have to remain on our shoulders.

This interview was conducted prior to the McEvedy shield.

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welcome to the cultural 1st xv

Welcome to the cultural 1st xv

Noah mirkin

What do you imagine when you think of a cultural first XV? The chorale maybe? Perhaps the Jazz Band?

But there is no louder, no more enthusiastic, no more blood-rushing group then the mighty WC Ukulele Orchestra!

The WC Ukulele Orchestra has started off 2016 with a bang, performing “Hey

Soul Sister”, “Lean On Me”, and “Riptide”at the Commonwealth Service in front of the amazing John Key, and the Governor General, both watching intensely as we strummed our ukuleles.

And in another one of our gigs this year, the Runathon, we played infront of a wild, screaming crowd.

All of this wouldn’t be possible without the Wellington Girls College Ukulele Orchestra.

This year ‘Uke' is lead by Jordy Barrett, Jack Saunders and Jamie McClymont, who have done a great job recruiting, with a whooping group of around 50 boys.

We have an exciting year ahead, so this won’t be the last you hear of the Cultural First XV.

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mcevedy: 50 years at home

Mcevedy: 50 years at home

As the school year began to break in and the beginning of March approached, one question was on the lips of all students - are we going to McEvedy? The historic sporting event had been plagued by numerous hiccups in recent years, from a year 10-13 ban in 2013 that received heavy criticism in the press, to a lift of the ban in 2014, then

a year 9-12 ban in 2015 due to the appalling behaviour on the day. Luckily 2015 was a

successful year.

There was then an announcement in early February that the whole school would be attending in 2016. Then came the attack. Overnight, Wellington College was vandalised with SPT insignia, causing costs for the school upwards of $10,000. It seemed at this point that our chances of attending were getting slimmer by the day, especially after SPT was then tagged with WC

slogans, however Coll Hub has heard rumours that these were committed by students from another

school.

However, after all of this (plus reports of schools attempting to join the event), the big day arrived. With newly introduced parental permission having been signed, and new health and safety initiatives being put in place, it was time for the school to walk to Newtown Athletic Park (carefully overseen by NZ Police).

At the event itself, the

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crowd was relatively well- behaved. Besides a minor debacle of fruit with Rongotai, there was a distinct lack in offensive chants, which pleased senior management. Because the day was run by Wellington College, there was no need for animosity towards the commentary box. Instead, the spirit fingers were out in full force supporting the squad.

From the second scoreboard update there was a feeling within the air that we might do it - we might claim the shield for the second year in a row.

With outstanding performances in our junior track categories, combined with excellent leadership by example displayed by the seniors (claiming 50 points), WC clocked up 221.5 points, 60 ahead of our closest competitor St Pat’s Town.

WC also had the best performance in hurdles WC has had in recent years.

All in all a good day - even Mr. Moses would be happy.

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McEvedy 2016 was a fantastic success for Wellington College on the day, but the Shield was won on months of hard work and effort from the competing athletes. Coll Hub interviewed middle distance runner Patrick White on how he prepared, what he felt like representing the school, and what his favourite McEvedy moment was.

Q: What was your preparation like prior to the event?

PW: Two to three months of solid hard work. We all worked really hard through the holidays to get to peak condition for the event. We all made sacrifices in order to train for this, and luckily it all paid off in the

end.

Q: How did you feel about representing the school in such a prestigious event?

PW: Honoured. This event has had such a long and illustrious history, and it felt incredible to represent not only the school, but all the old boys who cherish the McEvedy Shield.

Q: What was your feelings towards the opposition?

PW: The utmost respect, because I knew they had put in as much work into this event as I did. It's one of the best things about McEvedy - you can compete and train as hard as you want, but in the end you have to respect and applaud your opponents.

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our rising talent

our Rising talent

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Wellington College looks like it has got some quite promising talent for the years to come at McEvedy. Winning six out of eight of the U14 Running races at McEvedy, we claimed the most wins out of all the schools competing.

Year 9 Harry Jones showed outstanding potential winning the 400m, 800m and 80m hurdles. In the long distance events it was a similar story of success with Year 9 student Felix Williamson winning the 1500m and 3000m. Bruno McKnight (1500m) and Eddy Martin (3000m) finished second in their long distance events.

Joshua Williams (100m), Xander Mankelow (triple jump), Henry Hamilton (long jump) and Tim Robinson (Javelin) also all won or finished second in their U14 events.

At this rate, WC’s chances of securing the shield for the 51st year and onward is looking positive. Of course, this is on the outlook that no other College is brought into the McEvedy fold. As we know, if that was to occur there would be outside athletes brought in to ‘represent’ their college, and therefore WC’s chances at the shield might not look as good.

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maxwell’s music review

maxwell’s music review

Our correspondent Maxwell Young as a musician from Wellington College is certainly one to watch. His

Soundcloud has over 6000 followers, with his track Spark having 156,000 plays. His music is also used by New York filmmaker Casey Neistat, most notably being on a video of his with over 3.5 million views. Coll Hub asked Maxwell for

his current take on music. In this issue he reviews Wellingtonian, Eddie Johnson.

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Wellingtonian Eddie Johnson has been releasing music online under the name Lontalius since 2010 when he was only 13, gaining a healthy fan base from covering Pop and R&B artists such as Drake and Beyonce.

His sound has always been consistently unique and distinctive whether through his remarkable use of autotune as a humanizer or his signature Casio keyboard chords, establishing himself as a master of emotive melody to his Soundcloud followers.

On the now 19 year old's debut “I'll Forget 17", a title inspired by a line in a Frank Ocean song, we hear Eddie’s voice more strongly, and fleshed out instrumentally into what is a gorgeous record of “forlorn yet resonant pop songs”. This is because the songs on the album are far more personal to

Eddie than the covers he’s known for. To the average insecure teenager, every word is extremely potent and permeating. He has said about the earliest

song on the album “Kick in the Head” that it marks when he “started writing about real experiences and real feelings” rather than those Chief Keef and Yung Lean songs he resonated with and articulately transformed into heavy flashes of expression but were never totally autobiographical.

The record feels reminiscent of singer songwriter and considerable influence to Eddie, Sufjan Stevens’ latest musical effort, Carrie & Lowell, in that it is made up of minimalistic vignettes of the artist's life. However these projects are coming from very different places. Evident even from

the song titles, employing internet shorthands such as “yr” and “thru”, it’s clear that the teen love and angst which the music is saturated in are from a post Facebook era.

The album in a way is an example of the emotional impact of what the internet does to people and their relationships in a neurotic light. He’s not trying to depict a negative view of life or love or anything but he’s being deeply honest about very real moments people have of uncertainty in relationships and years of uncertain adolescence.

Extremely clean in sonic's, every instrumental component comes together to make a whitewash of fragility and vicissitude, while Eddie's voice cuts through crisply with densely emotive lyrics, affirming his place in relationships and lamenting to himself as much as his listeners how he’s feeling. Every melody reaches inside you and aggressively tears at your insecurities.

The bedroom recording outbursts of Eddie’s Soundcloud are exploded in full technicolor in “I’ll Forget 17”, with the aid of Cellos and other studio recorded lush instrumentation, without losing the intimacy of Eddie’s excellent songwriting.

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apparently tramping is cool

apparently tramping is cool

The recent Duke Of Edinburgh tramp to Arthur’s Pass in February provided 30 boys from years 11 to 13 with an amazing experience. The highlight for many was climbing Falling Mountain. Mr Phil Kendon, who coordinated the tramp, said “It was a great experience for the group, especially in terms of the

scenery because it is a difficult place to get to. It was good for the boys to experience turning back when the weather was too dangerous as well.”

On the first day of walking both groups walked up different valleys. One group walked up the Mingha valley to Goat’s Pass and stayed in Goat’s Pass Hut while the other group walked up the Hawdon valley and stayed

in the Hawdon Hut. Despite an ominous forecast, the weather turned out alright.

However, the next day the weather had turned from slightly overcast to rain and gale force winds. This forced one group to backtrack their previous day because they couldn’t go over the high ridgeline. The other group braved the weather and had a very tough day tracking uphill. They stayed under flys that night.

By the evening the weather had cleared, and so the following day the two groups met up to

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tackle the challenge of Falling Mountain, with the impressive height of 1901 metres. The views at the top were well worth the six hour climb.

Due to their tough day before, one group took it as a day trip

and camped that night, while the other group had another five hours to go, scrambling down the other side of the mountain following a small stream

through Walkers pass and down into the Hawdon Valley. The following and final day brought the end into sight, with one group walking out through the Hawdon valley, and the other tramping down the Edwards Valley to the road end.

Challenge completed and time to rejoin civilisation, many found it a relief to get on the bus as it headed for home.

the chess club

The chess club

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Chess.

The age old game that you can play here, at Wellington College with your friends.

The chess club meets on Tuesdays lunchtime in M4, and runs to around 1.20. If you currently play chess, or haven't played in years, you will certainly be welcome.

I really enjoy this club, it’s a nice place to just come and relax, I certainly enjoy pitting my wits against random Coll students.

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RUNATHON 2016Runathon 2016

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At 6.00am on the 19th of March 2016, Wellington College finally kicked off its annual World Vision Runathon, but that’s not really when the Runathon began.

Part of the Runathon has always been the buildup events, and this year was no different. The water walk came first; it was something that I’d never been involved with before. Team leaders fought through the aches and pains of their shoulders to carry buckets of water over their heads, to the train station and back.

I have never been the type of guy to get caught up in an events atmosphere. At previous Runathons, I would do laps in break times on the Friday, and then stay after school for some more. This year though, I would stay for the whole 40 hours, and it really changed my perspective on the event. I’d always thought that the event was purely about raising money for charity. I had no other motivation to take part, but now I think

that every single Coll boy should stay the night at least once.

Rather than the rowdiness on the Saturday, and the relatively relaxed (except for T-Shirt sales) nature on the Friday, my favourite part of Runathon was the night laps on the turf. Despite having the system of five turf laps adding up to two real laps (it got confusing very fast), the night running was a much quieter, less extreme version of the Runathon. It was a time where you could just enjoy having a run, and not having to worry about organising anything.

After waking up from a fairly low amount of sleep, day two would begin for the team leaders. We’d be there till 10pm, and in that time the waterslide would get going, there’d be a dance off, a concert, and a lip sync battle, all

culminating in the famous undie lap. All of these events, all keeping people at the runathon, giving the the energy to run more laps.

I think the school as a whole has got to give it up for this year’s Super Six. They did a fantastic job letting everyone know what to do, and answering people’s questions (making T-shirt sales slightly less hectic). Also congratulations to James McDiarmid for breaking the record of laps run.

In the end, despite the fun, the event is all about charity. Even if you’re not a runner, hopefully you’ll make the effort to come along next year, maybe even to stay overnight. If not running, then just find sponsors anyway, buy a shirt (or a singlet) and just enjoy the atmosphere.

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the 7th xi - wc’s finest?the 7th xi - wc’s finest?

Gabriel dykes

The 7th XI.

The name does not allude to anything great. Maybe at best a mediocre cricket team that may win only a few of their games by abysmally small margins. This is usually significantly clear at Wellington College where there are only eight senior teams, so the team is right down near the bottom.

However, in 2016 this is not the case. In an incredible show of sporting form, the 7th XI is at the top of the table. The team is completely dominating the premier four grade.

Scores regularly soar past 200 runs, and multiple times it has reached the 400 plus runs mark. The

team’s top score has been an incredible 579 runs.

With these high scores, 50s and centuries have become a regular occurrence. Josh Morgan-Ranui is the notable opening batsman in the team, having scored a double century in one game.

The team’s success is not just down to the monumental scores that the batsman put up on the scoreboard. It is also down to their bowling efforts. Most teams that the 7th XI have faced have barely managed to score over 50 runs, with teams being bowled all out for as low as 28 runs.

The top score against the 7th XI was around 130, which was put up by Hutt International Boys School in the last game of the season. This was a measly result from the

opponents, as the 7th XI had already scored around 210 runs.

This bowling success is lead by Sam Waayer and Nalin Aswani, the teams opening bowlers. These two have both taken 22 wickets in 7 games which is an incredible effort and is a key part of the team’s success.

Not such a bad team after all.

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the end of an eraThe end of an era

kasheef morgan

The radio mast in Titahi Bay held a whole lot of memories within its beams, many of which are still in the hearts of local people. In 1939, the radio

mast contributed to the war effort, sending vital messages. The area was also used for filming - most notably with Peter Jackson’s Lord of the

Rings, and Blacksheep. Once, there was even a flash of lightning that struck the mast, waking all of Porirua!

However, on Tuesday, 23rd of February, Titahi Bay’s radio mast (north of Porirua) came tumbling down, and was removed

from the horizon. The mast was built in 1937, becoming the country's second tallest structure, beaten only by Auckland’s Sky Tower by 108 metres.

After months of planning workers had to use 40 grams of controlled explosives powergel, sending the structure plummeting down at a whooping 350 km/h. Before this, 20 metres off the top was removed for reuse. Around 50 people came to watch the historic event. One resident said “It was a sad sight seeing the radio mast come down.”

It was not ideal weather to take the transmitter down, but Martin Wilson’s (the managing director) planning was spot on. The mast didn't get picked up by the wind and crash on some nearby houses (like mine), instead landing perfectly on its target. From my perspective, when I come back to Titahi Bay it’s like part of my childhood is missing from the landscape. I always come home hoping that the tower wasn’t taken down, however I know it was rusty, old, and dangerous, so I know they did the right thing.

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DOWN 1. Versus (7) 2. To place things in order is to ____ them (7) 3. Sports ground near WC (5) 4. Receives willingly (7) 5. Units of computer data (5) 6. A publisher ______ a book before it’s printed (5) 9. Where lots of planes are kept (9) 14. Coloured arch (7) 15. Place where you can watch movies (7) 16. A pedal-powered vehicle (7) 19. Opposite of a smile (5) 20. Area between supermarket shelves (5) 21. Author of very famous fables (5)

Photo credits used throughout: Amanda Wilkins, Kent Blechynden, Joel Carrett, Harry Russon