The annual cultural awards dinner was celebrated on the 23rd of October 2018 at Rutherford College in the School hall.  This dinner was to celebrate the diverse cultural groups at Rutherford College and recognise the invaluable contributions the students have made and achievements gained throughout the year.

This year we changed the structure to make the awards where more significant, fairer and commendable. The categories were: Highly commended, Outstanding, Cultural Service and Excellence awards.  The teachers nominated students accordingly to their hard work and dedication and effort.

The cultural committee went beyond and above expectations hosting the night and making sure the evening ran as smoothly as possible.  These 14 students put in a tremendous amount of time, effort and hard work.  We had a wonderful, entertaining evening, one to be remembered by all who attended.  A huge thank you to our amazing cultural committee who have spent the entire year organising, promoting, ushering, advertising and catering all the performing arts events.

The night wouldn’t have been a success without all help I had from the Principal Gary Moore, senior management and Cultural teachers as well as the dance, music, drama department.  Not forgetting our very own Te Kotutu Kapa Haka who were absolutely amazing. A huge thank you to Kathryn Malloy, Mrs Molly Barsdell and all her hospitality students who did an absolutely incredible job with the dinner and dessert. A heartfelt thank you to our guest speakers ‘Revere 3’ who are trio music band and ex-rutherfordians.

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Award Winners

Music	Highly Commended
String Ensemble	Hailey Stuart
Luv Music	Aaliyah Cash
Junior Band	Prasan Gurunathan
Dance
Studio Show 1	Annabelle London
Studio Show 2	Cainan Toki
You dance	Wesley Goffin
Drama
Year 11 Production	Lara Cragie
Senior Drama Production	Kerryn Clegg
Cultural groups
Indian group	Shyna Murti
Samoan group	Grace Phillip
Ngā Manu Kōrero speech comp.	Alison Lamdin
Committees
Environmental committee	Georgia Berry
Cultural Committee Leaders	Jarrod Jackson
World Vision	Glenna Chin
Arts and design
Aran Rescue Design and Marketing team	Oliver Williams
Robotics Junior	Peter Zdravkovic
Robotics Senior	Stefan Zdravkovic, Alex Lasenby, Max Pearce
School groups
Revive Christian Group	Glenna Chin
Library monitors	Ysabelle Protacio 10HA
Stage technical crew	Samson Wen
Student Newspaper/ Tohea	Oliver Gracewood 10HA
Community groups
Amnesty International	Sienna McKeever
Animal rights	Nikisha Sharma
MUNA	Taya-lee Bainbridge
Philosophy lounge	Joshua Dickey 13GU
SADD	Katie Collis
Unicef	Ysabelle Protacio
Music	Outstanding
Concert band	Hannah Whyte
Flute Choir	Gaea Morrison & Hailey Stuart
Luv Music	Maggie Li
Junior Band	Alicia Casey
Senior Band	Neru Metotisi
String Ensemble	Maggie Li
Dance
Studio Show 1	Rachel Jeung-Mcintyre
Studio Show 2	Dinesh Epati
You dance	Anna Duthie
Drama
Year 11 Production	Lucas Alabastro
Senior Drama Production	Truth Ngata-Aerengamate
Cultural Groups
Indian group	Rebecca Apanui
Samoan group	Seth Schwalger
Ngā Manu Kōrero Speech Competition	Tiare Ngata-Aerengamate
Committees
Environmental committee	Nellie Venter
Cultural Committee Leaders	Jennifer Cox
World Vision committee	Jane Lee
Arts and Design
Aran Rescue Design and Marketing team	Ysabelle Protacio
Robotics Junior	Alex Larking
School Groups
Revive Christian Group	Ethan Spackman
Stage technical crew	Leon Masefield
Student Newspaper/ Tohea	Amanda Lowe 10HA
Performing arts photography	Faith Tan
Community Groups
Amnesty International	Hayley Whittaker
Animal rights	Nikisha Sharma
MUNA	Anna Choi
SADD	Andrew Mom
Unicef	Andre Fa’aoso
World scholars Cup	Oliver Gracewood

 

Kapa Haka Leaders	Kaitataki Wahine Nikita Clarke
	Kaitataki Tane Keanu Hansen
	Highy Commended
Kapa haka (Male)	Te Tai Rota
Kapa haka (Female	Jaya Butterworth
	Outstanding
	Naiki Paniora
	Truth Ngata-Arengamate

 

Cultural Service Awards—Cultural Committee

Jarrod Jackson— Cultural Captain	Jennifer Cox—Cultural Captain
Nikisha Sharma—Deputy Captain	Tiaki Toia—Deputy Captain
Jess Freeth	Rachel Jeung-Mcintyre
Sophie Koosache	Andrew Mon
Nicole Potter	Joshua Shakoor
Faith Tan	Samson Wen
Hannah Whyte	Tsion Taye Amare

Excellence Awards

Junior Male performer:	Oliver Gracewood Concert band, Robotics Nationals, KBB Music festival, May music month, Student newspaper and Tohea and Philosophy lounge
Junior Female performer:	Arielle Schwalger Kapa Haka, Studio Show 1 and 2, Christian group, Open evening, junior sports council and exchange buddy
Senior Female performer:	Jayda Butterworth Kapa Haka, Studio Show 1 and 2, You Dance festival, Drama Production, Year 13 Dance show, Choreographed a piece for tempo dance festival.
Senior Male performer:	Keanu Hanson Kaitataki Tane Kapa Haka Leader, Kapa Haka Polyfest leader, Kapa Haka Nationals Leader.
Outstanding contribution:	Jess Freeth Cultural committee, Studio show 1 and 2, You dance festival, Year 13 dance show, Senior drama production, prefect, Kapa Haka, Open evening, Rutherford Day performer, Rangeview student mentor
Dux Artium:	Tiana Maihi Perfect, Kapa Haka, Student Council, NZQA design for Maori, Designed Koha for Rutherford day, NZQA Ringa Toi Student Art Exhibition, Kapa Haka Tutor for Freyburg Primary Designed Koha for Pita Sharples, Rangeview open day expo.