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Fuck ay. This is it, the last Critic of the year. This place has a strange effect on you. It’s high-stress, amazingly fun, and always, even to the end, completely seat of your pants. You turn up having no idea how to do the job, you leave having no idea how you did it.

I think, I hope, that’s it’s been a pretty good year for Critic. All of the magazines got picked up each week, we managed to avoid getting into any serious trouble, and we took out Best Publication overall at the annual Aoteoroa Student Press Awards. I hope that you guys enjoyed reading/wiping your ass with it. Thanks.

Looking ahead to next year, our current News Editor Callum Fredric has been named as the big boss dog. I’m sure that Callum is going to do a great job. I’m also sure that Callum is going to fuck up and stick his foot in it epically. I can’t wait to sit back and watch. But seriously mate, you’re going to be great, enjoy it.

I know it’s trite, but there really are some people that need to be thanked, if you’re not here to see your name in print you can go ahead and stop reading now:

Thanks to each of the designers who have played a part in making Critic look amazing this year – Andrew Jacombs, Daniel Alexander, Sam Stu“T”ch, Tom Garden, Lucinda McConnon, and a special thanks to Sam “Clarky” Clark. Couldn’t have done it without you bro.

Thanks to Howie. I know you’re a cat, and that you only use Critic to shit on. But you’re a pretty fucking cool cat. Enjoy your summer in Southland, and good luck flatting with those young Nats next year.

Thanks to Sam McChesney and Maddy Phillipps for providing Critic with at least a modicum of correct grammar throughout the year. Thanks to our feature writers, Katie, Lauren, Michael, Zane, and Maddy, for their hard work every week. Thanks to our news team, led by Charlotte Greenfield and later Callum, sports provocateur Gus Gawn, and our lovely dedicated interns. Thanks to our section editors and our columnists, and thanks of course to each and every volunteer. Even if you only wrote one small thing for Critic, your contribution is hugely appreciated. You’re all amazing. Oh and Jesus, I should probably thank Jesus. Thanks Jesus.

Lastly I want to thank our cleaner Angela. Your bright smile lightened the darkest print nights.

Vacuum Angela,

Vacuum.

- For the last time, Joe Stockman.