Muffin Magazine
A homeschool publication for kids who don't fit the mould.
Written, photographed, argued over and printed by homeschool teens across New Zealand. You're not the audience — you're the newsroom. Tell us what goes on the next cover.
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Every issue we feature one homeschooler doing something brilliant. Quietly or loudly — both count.
Tané from Whakatāne
Age 14 · Maker · Tide-watcher
Tané spent six months building a tide-clock out of bike parts and an old radio, because the tide tables online were "too boring to actually read." Now half her neighbourhood checks her front fence before they go fishing. She's never been to a regular classroom and, in her words, "wouldn't know what to do in one." That's exactly the kind of muffin we mean.
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Issue No. 07 — “Build your own thing”
48 pages on making, breaking and rebuilding. Featuring nine teenage makers, a tide-clock, a debate about whether NCEA even matters, and a centre-spread you'll want to tear out and pin up.
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