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Kia ora te whanau ō te Kōtuku
On Friday night we had the annual Sports Dinner. Our hall was transformed in to a high class venue to celebrate the sporting achievements and successes from across all sporting codes.Thank you to Gill Bloxham, Marissa Ogilvie, Hamish MacKay and the Sports Committee for their hard work and excellent organisation in putting this event together.
Major Award winners
Junior Sportsman - Evie Colgate
Junior Sportswoman - Ollie Gilbert
Senior Sportsman - Alex Buchanan
Senior Sports woman – Lola Yates
And the top award for the most outstanding athlete/ sports person at Rutherford College for 2026 and recipient of Dux Ludorum was Amy Thomson.
Senior Prizegiving
Senior Prizegiving is a special occasion in our school calendar, providing an opportunity to celebrate the achievements, dedication and contributions of our senior students. It is a time to recognise academic excellence, leadership and service to our school community. We congratulate all our award recipients and acknowledge the hard work, commitment and perseverance demonstrated by our Year 11–13 students throughout the year.
Date: Wednesday November 4th - last day for Y11-13
Start time: 6.30pm. It would be appreciated for those who are attending to support their young person if you could be seated 15 minutes beforehand please.
Prefects for 2027
Congratulations to the following 28 students who have been named as prefects for 2027:
| Charlotte Apps | Nathanael Bain | Sharlise Barton |
| Autumn Bell (Head Student) | Brody Biesheuvel | Tuva Botting |
| Roma Bowers-Fleming (Deputy Head) | Raijeli Cagivinaka | Aria Costin |
| Nico Curran (Head Student) | Daniel Day (Deputy Head) | Lucy Day |
| Joaquin Gapusan | Cody Govender | Maire Hohepa |
| Natalie Hy | Jeremy Lyon | Tevita Mafi |
| Cris Leenard Malicdem | Neil Mendonca | Jackson Muller |
| Ruby Murphy | Ella Page-Wood (Deputy Head) | Anisa Patnaik |
| Mahinui Peretira | Krisarn Sietu | Jamie Thomas (Deputy Head) |
| Cason Goh |
Year 13 Leavers
I would like to make special mention of our senior students who in 2026 finish their journey as Rutherford students.
The friendships that you make often prove to be lifelong ones and cannot be overstated. It will be those shared memories and experiences that you talk about when you catch up with each other in the years ahead. People may first gather as classmates and over time spent together, there will be groups who will leave not just as classmates but as family or whanau.
For our Year 13 leavers- their farewell luncheon is Thursday November 5 in the school hall from 11am to 1.30pm.
The following is the story that I have been sharing at assemblies this week. What we do in the here and now build, our brand image, and the mana and trust we have with people.
The Fist
In England during WW2, interceptors were employed to listen to German radio messages being sent in Morse Code. The information the interceptors collected was invaluable for planning strategy. But they gathered more than just information. Morse code operators talked about ‘the fist’. This is the special characteristic every Morse Code operator develops, the way they tapped the keys and send messages. The interceptors became so expert they could identify which operators were sending which messages from their fist. This was of huge assistance to intelligence experts as the interceptors could tell, how reliable a particular operator had been in the past, so they could calculate how accurate, the new information was likely to be.
We all develop our own fist in every aspect of our lives. People who know us well, can and will judge our actions by their knowledge of our behaviour in the past.
What's Coming Up?
10 November - NCEA Exams begin
20 November & 23 November - Junior Exams
04 December & 07 December - Wider Living Days for Y 9 and Y 10
09 December - Y10 Prizegiving and last day for Year 10
10 December - Y9 Prizegiving and last day for Y9
Ngā mihi nui
Gary Moore
