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Year 9 Mindfulness Trip

On 2nd and the 3rd of May 2023, the entire Year 9 cohort went to…

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World Vision Youth Conference

On Tuesday 2nd of May, 4 Rutherford College Prefects, accompanied by Ms Linda Fraser, attended…

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Pasifika Island Leaders of Tomorrow (PILOT)

“O le ala i le pule, O le tautua” - “The path to leadership, is…

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Rutherford College Performing Arts Show Case

Tuesday 4 April and Wednesday 5 April – Rutherford Performing Arts Showcase 7.30pm, follow link…

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Mana Connection for (MC4) Pasifika Youth Leadership

MC4 is a leadership programme aimed towards Pacifica Youth, led by Jeremiah Tauti, and on…

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Polyfest 2023

The African Fusion Group and Indian Dance Group - Polyfest 2023. Polyfest made a comeback…

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Pat Hanly Creativity Award Winners!

The Pat Hanly Award for creativity, presented by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, is…

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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…

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Visit to German Restaurant

In order to celebrate the end of the school year, the Senior German Class went…

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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…

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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…

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Off the Wall

Our studio show 'Off the Wall' performances will be held on the 6th and 7th…

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Tula’i Pasifika Youth Leadership Programme

O le ala i le pule i le tautua Leadership is through service Mālō e…

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Music is the strongest form of Magic!

Congratulations to Year 13 student Rachel Kim of 13WD who competed in the Stand up…

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Art Show – a Great Success!

Rutherford College hosted its first Art Show since 2012 on 1st July this year. It…

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Year 13 Pacific Island Leaders Of Tomorrow (PILOT)

Year 13 Pacific Island Leaders Of Tomorrow (PILOT) On Wednesday 6th July, 3 Pasifika Year…

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Inaugural Saili Malo Pacific Leaders Summit

Inaugural Saili Malo Pacific Leaders Summit. On Monday 25th of July, Camryn and I had…

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Pasifika Island Leaders Of Tomorrow – Year 12

Malo e lelei, Kia Orana, Ni sa Bula, Talofa lava, Fakaalofa Lahi atu, Warm Pasifika…

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German Drama Production at University of Auckland

Our German class had the opportunity to attend this year's German Drama Production at University…

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Young Free & Pacific 2022

On Tuesday 14th June, six senior students were selected to attend an influential leadership conference,…

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Rutherford Art Show – Friday 1 July 2022

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Polyfest 2022 – Niue Speech Competition

On Saturday 26th March at the Manukau Sports Bowl, Ola Grace Viviani participated in the…

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Sea Week Art Competition

Sea Week is an annual weekly celebration of our seas hosted by the New Zealand…

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African Group performs at Assembly

Year 9 and 10 students were very lucky this week at assembly to be able…

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Polyfest – African Group

Usually Polyfest is a time where all secondary schools come together sharing the stages at…

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Polyfest Te Kotuku Kapa Haka 2022

“E tama e takahi ana i tō whare puapua, ka ea te mate o Poroumata.”…

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Tongan Relief Fundraiser with One Tree Hill College

Tongan Relief Fund On the 15th of January 2022, the islands that make up the…

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Cultural committee badge presentation

Congratulations to all the members of the senior cultural committee. Looking forward to a wonderful…

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Author Gareth Ward visits

During the week of 24 May, Gareth Ward, an author, magician and steampunk enthusiast, paid…

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Great Show, Charlie Brown

Congratulations to the hugely talented cast and crew of Rutherford´s school production ¨You´re a Good Man,…

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Charlie Brown Production

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Polynesian Panther Party 50th Anniversary

Malo e lelei, Kia Orana, Ni sa Bula, Talofa Lava, Fakalofa Lahi Atu, Kia Ora,…

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Rutherford at Manu Kōrero

On Friday, 11 June, Year 13 reo student Pare Kira went to rep Rutherford at…

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Haere Tahi Launch

Rutherford College Community of Learning team have been developing a student championing programme, Haere Tahi,…

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Senior Reo Māori trip

In early May the Year 11, 12, and 13 Reo Māori classes went up north…

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Year 9 Buddhist Temple Visit – 3G4G cultural sharing

Imagine a peaceful, elegant temple. One which had beauty in and around it. This was…

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Auckland Writers’ Festival 2021

The Auckland Writers’ Festival was a welcome return to the yearly queue of events Rutherford…

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Gareth Ward visit

On Monday, 24 May we had the privilege of welcoming author Gareth Ward to Rutherofrd…

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Tula’i 2021

Talofa lava and Warm Pasifika greetings, On Friday, 7 May, Liva Alaifetu-Tafola, Leisa Falealili, Kolokita…

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Wave Action

On Tuesday, 11 May the year 13 Geography students got close to nature whilst studying…

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Tuvaluan group

On the Jubilee weekend, 9-10 April, we saw the first performance by our Tuvaluan group.…

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Junior Cultural Committee 2021

"A big congratulations to these following students on being selected for the Junior Cultural committee…

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Samoan group

“O le tama’ita’i Samoa, e tumau, e fa’avavau” Friday, 9 April, and Saturday, 10 April…

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African group – Polyfest 2021 results

A huge congratulations to our African group for winning the overall Diversity stage award. The…

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Polyfest Diversity Stage 2021: African Dance Group

On 14 April, a group of Rutherford College students banded together to perform a medley…

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FiaFia Reunion Celebration

Rutherford college has an impressive range of cultural groups. Amongst them are the five groups…

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Indian Dance – Polyfest

The theme at Polyfest’s diversity stage this year was; “healing the mind, body, soul and…

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Lily Carter – Solo Exhibition

Normally, the Art Exhibitions in the reception foyer of the school involve several students' work,…

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Rutherford College Concert Band

Our awesome Concert Band usually competes in the KBB Music Festival however because of COVID…

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Finalists in Wallace Secondary Schools Art Award

The Art Department is very proud to announce that we have not one, but two…

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Studio Show 2020

On Wednesday, 9 September our Dance students from Year 10-13 performed work that was originally…

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Trojan Legs Recording – Play It Strange

Where to start… Hey, everyone! Kingston from the Sad Italians here. So, earlier in the…

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Studio show

Upcoming Studio show at Tapac on 27 and 28 August 2020. Get your tickets online from…

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Y13 Photography Student’s Work on Display in Auckland!

Budding Year 13 photography student - Faith Tan, entered the 'Nikon Photo Day' competition last…

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Fun in Drama

Year 10 Drama have been exploring different roles to perform from Bradley Hayward's play Note…

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Rutherford hosts the Polynesian Panthers

Talofa lava, Malo E lelei, Fakalofa lahi atu and Kia Ora, In light of the…

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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…

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Fia Fia Night 2020

Wednesday, 11 March 2020 saw the return of the annual Fia Fia Night at Rutherford…

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Rutherford College Fia Fia Night

On Wednesday, 11 March our Cultural Groups participated in our annual Fia Fia Night. The…

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Te Kapa Haka o te Kōtuku

I te mutunga wiki, i parakatihi au mō te whakataetae a Polyfest i te Marae…

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9MAO Haerenga Ki Unitec

My day started off with bottled up excitement, before even arriving at our destination I…

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Attending A Fun Japanese Event.

On Saturday, 23 November, a group of year 9 and 10 Rutherford Students from the Japanese…

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Inaugural Pasifika Law Conference 2019 (AUT – South Campus)

Talofa Lava, Malo e lelei, Bula Vinaka, Fa’akalofa lahi atu, Kia Orana, Kia Ora and…

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Cultural Dinner

On Tuesday, 22 October, we held our annual Cultural Awards that took place in our…

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2019 Pasifika Prizegiving

Talofa Lava, on the evening of Tuesday, 16 October Rutherford College held our 3rd Annual…

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Year 11 Māori Leadership Day at AUT

The Year 11 Māori students attended a Māori Leadership Day at AUT with other secondary…

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Maori Language Week

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. Kia Kaha te reo Māori is the theme…

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Year 12 Chinese Class Trip

On Thursday, 6 September the Year 12 Chinese class went to Yum Cha to experience…

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KBB Music Festival 2019

On Wednesday, 14 August, the Rutherford College Concert Band competed in the annual KBB Music…

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MASSIVE EFFORT

Year 11 Drama got to work with Sam Scott, Artistic director of Massive Company who…

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Commedia Dell’arte at Rutherford Primary

The Year 11 Drama students have been working hard for just over a term to get…

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Turangawaewae

Year 11 Drama had the privilege to perform their Production of Commedia Dell'arte to the…

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COL Cultural day

On Wednesday, 31 July, the Cultural Committee went to Rutherford Primary to help with their…

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Drama Production – Bare

Over the past 2 months, the year 12 and 13 drama students have been working…

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Rutherford College Language Week

Knowledge of languages is a doorway to wisdom. From Monday, 27 June to Friday, 28…

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Black Grace Dance Show Trip

On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 a group of Year 12 and 13 students attended the…

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Studio Show

Over three nights from 3-5 April, Rutherford’s dance department kicked off the year with their…

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African Group

The African group of 2019 celebrated the culture of 54 African nations through traditional song…

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Indian Group

On Friday, 22 March, the school gathered together on the field to view the Indian…

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Art and Design Trip to the Zoo

On Monday, 25 February, the Art Department took the Year 10 and Year 11 Design…

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Voices from Alice In Wonderland Junior Production

With only a short time we did the MAGICAL thing of performing Alice in wonderland JNR to family, friends and the wider Te Atatu community. The cast and crew have worked hard and should be so proud of their efforts. Here is some of the voices of the casts experiences………..
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Alice in Wonderland Junior School Production

6th December – 8th December 2018 at 7:30pm $7 Students | $10 Adults Rutherford College…

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Cultural Committee 2019

We are pleased to announce the 2019 Cultural Committee Leaders! Our Leaders are Nikisha Sharma…

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Matipo Festival

On the Friday, 28 September Rutherford College Kapa Haka rōpū, Te Kōtuku under the leadership of…

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6th NZ National Mosaic Art Exhibition and Competition

Congratulations to Emily Thorn who won the 1st place Youth Award in the mosaic competition…

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Year 13 Dance show

The Year 13 choreographic showcase titled ‘Turbulence’, was a massive deal for the year 13’s…

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Te wiki o te reo Māori

I tū te wiki o te reo Māori i terā wiki. Nō reira, I haere…

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Gold for James Marriott

As well as playing with the West City Concert Band, James competed in the solo…

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Collegiality 2018

Every two years Mrs Taula and teachers of her cluster group "8ve" bring their music…

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Studio Show 2 – Revive

Revive - Rutherford's second and last studio show of the year was held in the…

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Bronze Award winners at the KBB Music Festival 2018

On Thursday, 9 August the Concert Band competed in the KBB Music Festival. This festival…

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Rutherford Concert Band Workshop

On Friday, 22 June, Rutherford’s Concert Band had been given the advantageous experience of having…

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Chinese Classes Cultural Excursion

Last Friday the Chinese language classes took a trip to Fo Guang Shan Buddhist temple…

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The Northern Dance Networks Festival

This week Rutherford’s year 12 and 13 dance students performed at The Northern Dance Networks…

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Writers’ Festival Experiences

It was a crisp Thursday morning, and excitement was in the air. The reason? That…

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REVERE

Some of our Music classes were fortunate to have REVERE come in to speak about…

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APO’s Discovery Concert – A Journey Through Time

The two Year 9 Music classes attended the APO’s Discovery Concert – A Journey Through…

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Recording Session Experience

Over the Christmas holidays I was part of something very special! My dad (who is…

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National Top Scholar Awards Ceremony

On Wednesday, 2 May, I once again had the pleasure to attend the New Zealand…

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Samoan Group Polyfest

5 weeks of learning, 5 weeks of late practices, 5 weeks of hard work for…

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Kapa Haka Polyfest

This year’s Kapa Haka campaign went by very quickly, six weeks felt like three.  We…

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LUV Music

For music transcends any limits on ability, nationality, religion, or language.  Is is the most…

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Indian Group Polyfest

This year Rutherford’s Indian Dance Group formed as soon as school settled in, and we…

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FiaFia Night

On the 13th of March 2018 Rutherford College held a FiaFia Night in the school…

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