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Re: Any Donations??

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:49:34 +1200

go on this website http://www.fis.org.nz/
and use username afsetrust and password 245121

it has lots of different sources of scolarships/grants and stuff
i found it very useful when fundrasing

hope that helps

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all ages show wellington july 17th

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:16:44 +1200

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=552698128#!/event.php?eid=114179481960729&ref=ts

yup. details in the event.

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Re: When I grow up, I want to...

Mon, 31 May 2010 17:26:32 +1200

I've known since I was 13 that i wanted to be a Kindergarten teacher and now I'm 15, still my mind is set on this goal =)

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Any Donations??

Wed, 26 May 2010 13:16:39 +1200

Hey peepz Do any yous know any companies or people that coould donate to our cambodian trip to help the orphanages over there. Its for our Humanitarian aid project...

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AFS EXCHANGE.

Fri, 14 May 2010 12:15:36 +1200

my bestfriend is actually in Brazil atm with 5 other New Zealanders
Three went to Brazil & the other two went somewhere else, icant quiet remember.
But sooo far, my bestfriends family tell me she is LOVING Brazil, and the Brazilians think she is Brazilian (not Maori)
who would have thought some girl from tiny tiny Tolaga Bay would be whisked off to Brazil for a whole year? AMAZING!

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they're only gonna break your heart.

Fri, 14 May 2010 12:12:33 +1200

i hate the word 'crushes'
the word finally made me realise why they're called CRUSHES!
'cos they're only gonna break your heart' its sad buut true.
nowadays though, all isay is for people just to focus cos there is a guy out there for all of us. lol
no matter how long we wait,

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Re: INPUT NEEDED

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:17:47 +1200

Teenage pregnancy; life options in this instance, first flatting tips, Parental tips eg how to get around parents hating eachother, things like that

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Re: Eating Dogs?

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:03:03 +1200

My dad has always been upset that when he was a kid and going thru a hard time, his only friend in the world was a dog.... a dog that got stolen and eaten by his neighbour.

true story.

he tells it every single time he gets drunk

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HERBAL HIGHS

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:20:06 +1300

Hi,

I'm looking for a couple of people who have tried herbal highs/party pills to give us an opinion/account of their experience, in 50 words or less. This can be completely anonymous but if you would like to do this please get back to me ASAP, and remember to include your age and town.

EDx

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Re: Have you been affected by Depo Provera??

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:01:33 +1300

About 10 years ago I started using Depo Provera as I thought this would be the "easiest" option for me and all my friends were also doing the depo.
Within the first year I went from 75kg to a whooping 98kg!! (admittedly burgers may have also played a small part)
I also bleed non stop for 5 weeks strait at one stage until i went to see the doctor who gave me another injection to stop it.
It was after that I decided to come off it. My periods went from being regular to once every few months to once a year after that.
My friends have takin from 4-6years on average to be able to get pregnant since stopping depo........my partner and I however eight years on and still are trying to concieve:(

All I say is, I know its the easy thing to do, but please please please read all you can about Depo Provera before jumping in.There are sooo many other contraceptions you should atleast consider before this one.
An "easy" decision now could cost you years of heartache and sleepless nights later on with fertility issues.

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Re: Have you been affected by Depo Provera??

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:11:33 +1300

...it's an injectable contraceptive drug
EDx

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Re: Have you been affected by Depo Provera??

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:07 +1300

What is depo preverra?

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Re: Have you been affected by Depo Provera??

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:23:03 +1300

I decided to try the Depo Provera about 7 years ago. In 9 months i went from 60 kgs to a massive 90 kgs!!
The side effect of weight gain was so massive i was amazed i was never told this may happen.

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What do you think about you? Understanding low self-esteem, depression and youth suicide

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:26:48 +1300

Are you aged 13-18 and are enrolled at school? Take a short survey and go in the draw to win a $25 Visa Prezzy Voucher.

This survey is a Massey University Project that is aiming to help find out more about the mental life of New Zealand teens, and how we can them can help them when they feel down, preventing things like low self-esteem, depression and suicide.

The questions included in the survey will ask you about how often you experience different emotions, what you think about when you're thinking about yourself, how you feel about you, and how life has been for you in the past six months. You do not have to type or describe anything, just click options that apply to you.

If you would like to participate, and do your bit to help us understand what goes on in the mental life of our teens, please click on the link to the survey:

http://psych-research.massey.ac.nz/reynolds

(Please note that when you click on the link it says that only 13-16 year olds can enter - please ignore this. If you are aged 13-18 and still at school, you can enter.)

If you have any thoughts at all that you would like to share about this topic, it would be great if you could post them below.

Thank you,
Anna

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Re: Eating Dogs?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:58:30 +1300

Eating dog's is just wrong! And cruel!

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Re: Mental Illness

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:18:09 +1300

I have Borderline Personality disorder, aniety and depression, at the moment i live in residential care and i am studying at CPIT Tourism and hospitality. Its so hard to get up everyday go to school study and do exam. anyone else int he same boat??

even know i fill like ending my life. which i could possibly do tonight. and there is no one for me to get help from, because they always cal the cops, io hate cops.

grrrggg

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Mental Illness & Drugs

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:10:18 +1300

Wow. Its been so long since i last wrote in here!! Like Years!

Things have chnaged dramatically.
SO DRAMATICALLY.

One thing i stress on is the underlying fact that depression did not leave for me. Its still there. I moved cities, changed schools, everything i possibly could change surrounding me, i did. In some ways it helped, but the underlaying of it all i realised, was siitting here in my head.

Its like trying to run away from debt. You can change houses, change jobs - yet you are still going to suffer the frustration and stress of the change that really needs the attention - your habits. Running away or hiding is the key to suffering in that darkness, running away will always bring you back to reality - and hiding will only let you shiver and dwell in its darkness.

Since my last entry on here, i have rebelled in negative coping stragedies, that either took me back further than where i started, or worsened my situation. I made a HUGE mistake in turning to drugs for the hiding places and the running away to 'higher places'. It took the death of the person i fell in love with, to awaken my stupidity and face the real world. Fac myself.

I viewed life as 'shit happens' - until shit started happening.

I STRESS the importance of self help habits to be healthy stragedies. Cutting only led me to mutilation to a higher level, and the aura of someone who was 'special'. I bear the scars as punishment, i cant get away from it. Drinking will only drown your sorrows and sobering up is like hitting the wall of reality - you cant run from it. Marijuana took the streaming thoughts and anxiousness away, but replaced me with a unmotivated me with a downbuzz, empty wallet and countless debt from laziness and lack of importance.

The worst coping mechanism i took on, ruined my life, worsened my depression and took the life of the closest to my heart. It was a selfish decision and i struggle with the long term affects to this day. I thought coke would keep me happy, keep me awake - sabotage my eating ( im anorexic/bulimic) it did all, for a an extreme high price - not just literally. ANd there is no refund.

I guess i just want people to be aware, especially about drugs - it isnt a way to cope. I can be talking about prescription in the same way. Drugs are great to steal the present from you, put you to sleep or to make you feel invincible. Yet reality has a habit of returning - and when it does, the worlds darker, less enjoyable and your more likely to live in the drug ridden world till it eventually kills you.

Life is given only once.
Make use with it, dont use it.

Depression/mental llness resides in your mind. Like a drug. It can confuse you. Make you anxious. Keep you up all night. Reduce or increase your appetite. It can send to to dark places, bury you in thick heavy sand. It can twist your emotions and toy with your moods. And with immense overdosage, It can kill you.

Take control, get deep into yourself and ask why you must feel like you are. The meaning of life has no meaning without life itself.

Stay alive, stay focussed. Stop running away from yourself. If its in your head, only you can deal with it. Noone else.

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Youth Law - any questions???

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:35:48 +1300

Hey,

We are running a new column in Tearaway in conjunction with Youth Law. If you have any questions about anything related to legal matters, post them here, or email rights@tearaway.co.nz

We'll be answering a question on a different topic each month. Coming up soon we'll be looking at ...

* Drugs and alcohol
* NZ Music

Got any legal questions to do with the above (or any other topic)? - let us know!

EMAIL rights@tearaway.co.nz
OR post your questions here

EDx

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Re: INPUT NEEDED

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:27:32 +1300

@ oVICINITYOBSCENITYo:

You can definitely send me some stuff to have a look at. Most of our content is written by teenagers, and I'm always interested in reading your work.

Email me:
rain@tearaway.co.nz

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Re: INPUT NEEDED

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:22:22 +1300

Hey, (:
I Was Wondering If It Would Be Possible For Me To Show You Some Of My Writing? I've Written A Few Essays On Love, Insecurities, Suicide, The Difference Between "EMO" And "WEMO" And Other Stuff Like That. I Think It Would Be Really Cool For People To Get Opinions And Thoughts On Issues From Someone The Same Age, I'm 15. If Your Interested Send Me An Email? xD

Thaaaaaaanks.
Poison.Perfection@hotmail.com

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Re: Zeal.

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:09:03 +1300

I Went There Last Weekend To Watch Saving Grace Play With A Couple Other Bands. They We're Awesome But Zeal Itself Is Really Tiny. Not Sure Why People Like It So much.

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Have you been affected by Depo Provera??

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:36:41 +1300

Hi everyone,

We're currently putting together a story on Depo Provera and its down sides, after people we know were affected really badly. Anyone got anything to share? You can email me directly if you want!

rain@tearaway.co.nz

love,
ED

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Re: Mental Illness

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:05:12 +1300

I was committed 5 yrs back,

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Re: INPUT NEEDED

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:44:25 +1300

hey sb5097,

Thanks heaps for that, it is definitely an important topic. It's awful that you and those boys' family and friends had to go through that - let alone the boys themselves. We are working on a mental health issue later this year, and I'll definitely put teen suicide on the list of topics.

Cheers for the input

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Re: INPUT NEEDED

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:45:08 +1300

i was thinking maybe you could do an article on teen suacide and depression and where to go for help. i know it's not a very nice topic but i think it's relavant to us teenagers. two of my friends killed themselves last year and they must'nt have knowen where to turn for help. that has changed me alot and everyone else who knew those boys and i never want to have that happen again. i dont want anyone else thinking they have no where to turn and no one to talk to.

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Re: Ok i need your help with something Big

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:10:41 +1300

Turns out she all ready had i boyfriend... i beat him up nah but i wish i had

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INPUT NEEDED

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:38:05 +1300

Hey guys,

Just planning out what we'll be featuring in Tearaway each month in 2010. What are the big issues to you right now? What do you want to see in the magazine? All ideas welcome!

ED =)

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Re: Mental Illness

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:23:30 +1300

Hey guys, I'm sure you've been told about these before, but if not, check out

www.thelowdown.co.nz
www.youthline.co.nz

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

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Re: followers

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:20:43 +1300

Life is full of leaders and followers and we need both for society to function. But you're right - some leaders are positive and some are negative. Never be tempted to follow someone if your gut tells you it's the wrong thing to do. Stick to your guns! It makes you stronger. Often if people are trying to pressure you into doing something you know is wrong, they're only doing it to make themselves feel better about it - don't let them bring you down too!

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followers

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:25:51 +1300

Do you follow what someone else is doing?
How many times have you done somthing because someone else did it.
There are so many people i know that do, sometimes it's a good thing they did follow the others sometimes a bad thing.
Have you ever felt like you should conform?
It sucks I just think you don't have to do somethings if you don't feel they are right... But then ya mate says come on just do it. (that frustrates me)
Then you don't do it and then you get heaps of questions popping up... Doubt, Anger, Alone.
I think it's some what a way of life these days just to many choices, and you can't always choose the right one, but thats life and you will always be forgiven if you have done somthing wrong.

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