Pat Hanly Creativity Award Winners!
The Pat Hanly Award for creativity, presented by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, is…
University of Auckland ‘Future Me’ Day for Year 10 Māori and Pasifika Students
Kia orana and kia ora. On Wednesday 23rd November, a group of Pasifika and Māori…
Visit to German Restaurant
In order to celebrate the end of the school year, the Senior German Class went…
Dawn Raids Play written by Oscar Kightley (Ex Rutherford Student)
On Thursday 25th August, a group of young Pasifika Rutherfordians were taken out to the…
Art Student Wins Award at The Trusts 35th Arts Exhibition
Five students participated in the exhibition; Harrison Reeve (13 Photography), Samantha Vye (13 Photography), Ghazal…
Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership Programme
O le ala i le pule i le tautua Leadership is through service Mālō e…
Music is the strongest form of Magic!
Congratulations to Year 13 student Rachel Kim of 13WD who competed in the Stand up…
Art Show – a Great Success!
Rutherford College hosted its first Art Show since 2012 on 1st July this year. It…
Year 13 Pacific Island Leaders Of Tomorrow (PILOT)
Year 13 Pacific Island Leaders Of Tomorrow (PILOT) On Wednesday 6th July, 3 Pasifika Year…
Inaugural Saili Malo Pacific Leaders Summit
Inaugural Saili Malo Pacific Leaders Summit. On Monday 25th of July, Camryn and I had…
Pasifika Island Leaders Of Tomorrow – Year 12
Malo e lelei, Kia Orana, Ni sa Bula, Talofa lava, Fakaalofa Lahi atu, Warm Pasifika…
German Drama Production at University of Auckland
Our German class had the opportunity to attend this year's German Drama Production at University…
Young Free & Pacific 2022
On Tuesday 14th June, six senior students were selected to attend an influential leadership conference,…
Polyfest 2022 – Niue Speech Competition
On Saturday 26th March at the Manukau Sports Bowl, Ola Grace Viviani participated in the…
Sea Week Art Competition
Sea Week is an annual weekly celebration of our seas hosted by the New Zealand…
African Group performs at Assembly
Year 9 and 10 students were very lucky this week at assembly to be able…
Polyfest – African Group
Usually Polyfest is a time where all secondary schools come together sharing the stages at…
Polyfest Te Kotuku Kapa Haka 2022
“E tama e takahi ana i tō whare puapua, ka ea te mate o Poroumata.”…
Tongan Relief Fundraiser with One Tree Hill College
Tongan Relief Fund On the 15th of January 2022, the islands that make up the…
Cultural committee badge presentation
Congratulations to all the members of the senior cultural committee. Looking forward to a wonderful…
Author Gareth Ward visits
During the week of 24 May, Gareth Ward, an author, magician and steampunk enthusiast, paid…
Great Show, Charlie Brown
Congratulations to the hugely talented cast and crew of Rutherford´s school production ¨You´re a Good Man,…
Polynesian Panther Party 50th Anniversary
Malo e lelei, Kia Orana, Ni sa Bula, Talofa Lava, Fakalofa Lahi Atu, Kia Ora,…
Rutherford at Manu Kōrero
On Friday, 11 June, Year 13 reo student Pare Kira went to rep Rutherford at…
Haere Tahi Launch
Rutherford College Community of Learning team have been developing a student championing programme, Haere Tahi,…
Senior Reo Māori trip
In early May the Year 11, 12, and 13 Reo Māori classes went up north…
Year 9 Buddhist Temple Visit – 3G4G cultural sharing
Imagine a peaceful, elegant temple. One which had beauty in and around it. This was…
Auckland Writers’ Festival 2021
The Auckland Writers’ Festival was a welcome return to the yearly queue of events Rutherford…
Gareth Ward visit
On Monday, 24 May we had the privilege of welcoming author Gareth Ward to Rutherofrd…
Tula’i 2021
Talofa lava and Warm Pasifika greetings, On Friday, 7 May, Liva Alaifetu-Tafola, Leisa Falealili, Kolokita…
Wave Action
On Tuesday, 11 May the year 13 Geography students got close to nature whilst studying…
Tuvaluan group
On the Jubilee weekend, 9-10 April, we saw the first performance by our Tuvaluan group.…
Junior Cultural Committee 2021
"A big congratulations to these following students on being selected for the Junior Cultural committee…
Samoan group
“O le tama’ita’i Samoa, e tumau, e fa’avavau” Friday, 9 April, and Saturday, 10 April…
African group – Polyfest 2021 results
A huge congratulations to our African group for winning the overall Diversity stage award. The…
Polyfest Diversity Stage 2021: African Dance Group
On 14 April, a group of Rutherford College students banded together to perform a medley…
FiaFia Reunion Celebration
Rutherford college has an impressive range of cultural groups. Amongst them are the five groups…
Indian Dance – Polyfest
The theme at Polyfest’s diversity stage this year was; “healing the mind, body, soul and…
Lily Carter – Solo Exhibition
Normally, the Art Exhibitions in the reception foyer of the school involve several students' work,…
Rutherford College Concert Band
Our awesome Concert Band usually competes in the KBB Music Festival however because of COVID…
Finalists in Wallace Secondary Schools Art Award
The Art Department is very proud to announce that we have not one, but two…
Studio Show 2020
On Wednesday, 9 September our Dance students from Year 10-13 performed work that was originally…
Trojan Legs Recording – Play It Strange
Where to start… Hey, everyone! Kingston from the Sad Italians here. So, earlier in the…
Studio show
Upcoming Studio show at Tapac on 27 and 28 August 2020. Get your tickets online from…
Y13 Photography Student’s Work on Display in Auckland!
Budding Year 13 photography student - Faith Tan, entered the 'Nikon Photo Day' competition last…
Fun in Drama
Year 10 Drama have been exploring different roles to perform from Bradley Hayward's play Note…
Rutherford hosts the Polynesian Panthers
Talofa lava, Malo E lelei, Fakalofa lahi atu and Kia Ora, In light of the…
Samoan Language Week ‘Tapena sou ōso mo lau malaga’ – ‘Prepare yourself a gift for your travels’
Manuia le vaiaso o gagana Samoa” 'Tapena sou ōso mo lau malaga' which in English…
Fia Fia Night 2020
Wednesday, 11 March 2020 saw the return of the annual Fia Fia Night at Rutherford…
Rutherford College Fia Fia Night
On Wednesday, 11 March our Cultural Groups participated in our annual Fia Fia Night. The…
Te Kapa Haka o te Kōtuku
I te mutunga wiki, i parakatihi au mō te whakataetae a Polyfest i te Marae…
9MAO Haerenga Ki Unitec
My day started off with bottled up excitement, before even arriving at our destination I…
Attending A Fun Japanese Event.
On Saturday, 23 November, a group of year 9 and 10 Rutherford Students from the Japanese…
Inaugural Pasifika Law Conference 2019 (AUT – South Campus)
Talofa Lava, Malo e lelei, Bula Vinaka, Fa’akalofa lahi atu, Kia Orana, Kia Ora and…
Cultural Dinner
On Tuesday, 22 October, we held our annual Cultural Awards that took place in our…
2019 Pasifika Prizegiving
Talofa Lava, on the evening of Tuesday, 16 October Rutherford College held our 3rd Annual…
Year 11 Māori Leadership Day at AUT
The Year 11 Māori students attended a Māori Leadership Day at AUT with other secondary…
Year 12 Chinese Class Trip
On Thursday, 6 September the Year 12 Chinese class went to Yum Cha to experience…
KBB Music Festival 2019
On Wednesday, 14 August, the Rutherford College Concert Band competed in the annual KBB Music…
MASSIVE EFFORT
Year 11 Drama got to work with Sam Scott, Artistic director of Massive Company who…
Commedia Dell’arte at Rutherford Primary
The Year 11 Drama students have been working hard for just over a term to get…
Turangawaewae
Year 11 Drama had the privilege to perform their Production of Commedia Dell'arte to the…
COL Cultural day
On Wednesday, 31 July, the Cultural Committee went to Rutherford Primary to help with their…
Drama Production – Bare
Over the past 2 months, the year 12 and 13 drama students have been working…
Rutherford College Language Week
Knowledge of languages is a doorway to wisdom. From Monday, 27 June to Friday, 28…
Black Grace Dance Show Trip
On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 a group of Year 12 and 13 students attended the…
Studio Show
Over three nights from 3-5 April, Rutherford’s dance department kicked off the year with their…
African Group
The African group of 2019 celebrated the culture of 54 African nations through traditional song…
Indian Group
On Friday, 22 March, the school gathered together on the field to view the Indian…
Art and Design Trip to the Zoo
On Monday, 25 February, the Art Department took the Year 10 and Year 11 Design…
Voices from Alice In Wonderland Junior Production
Alice in Wonderland Junior School Production
6th December – 8th December 2018 at 7:30pm $7 Students | $10 Adults Rutherford College…
Cultural Committee 2019
We are pleased to announce the 2019 Cultural Committee Leaders! Our Leaders are Nikisha Sharma…
Matipo Festival
On the Friday, 28 September Rutherford College Kapa Haka rōpū, Te Kōtuku under the leadership of…
6th NZ National Mosaic Art Exhibition and Competition
Congratulations to Emily Thorn who won the 1st place Youth Award in the mosaic competition…
Year 13 Dance show
The Year 13 choreographic showcase titled ‘Turbulence’, was a massive deal for the year 13’s…
Gold for James Marriott
As well as playing with the West City Concert Band, James competed in the solo…
Collegiality 2018
Every two years Mrs Taula and teachers of her cluster group "8ve" bring their music…
Studio Show 2 – Revive
Revive - Rutherford's second and last studio show of the year was held in the…
Bronze Award winners at the KBB Music Festival 2018
On Thursday, 9 August the Concert Band competed in the KBB Music Festival. This festival…
Rutherford Concert Band Workshop
On Friday, 22 June, Rutherford’s Concert Band had been given the advantageous experience of having…
Chinese Classes Cultural Excursion
Last Friday the Chinese language classes took a trip to Fo Guang Shan Buddhist temple…
The Northern Dance Networks Festival
This week Rutherford’s year 12 and 13 dance students performed at The Northern Dance Networks…
Writers’ Festival Experiences
It was a crisp Thursday morning, and excitement was in the air. The reason? That…
APO’s Discovery Concert – A Journey Through Time
The two Year 9 Music classes attended the APO’s Discovery Concert – A Journey Through…
Recording Session Experience
Over the Christmas holidays I was part of something very special! My dad (who is…
National Top Scholar Awards Ceremony
On Wednesday, 2 May, I once again had the pleasure to attend the New Zealand…
Samoan Group Polyfest
5 weeks of learning, 5 weeks of late practices, 5 weeks of hard work for…
Kapa Haka Polyfest
This year’s Kapa Haka campaign went by very quickly, six weeks felt like three. We…
Indian Group Polyfest
This year Rutherford’s Indian Dance Group formed as soon as school settled in, and we…
FiaFia Night
On the 13th of March 2018 Rutherford College held a FiaFia Night in the school…
