Max Mckay heading to Korea to play Baseball
The school is excited to share the news that Max Mckay, one of our young…
Taonga Tākaro Workshop
Sport Waitakere held a Taonga Tākaro Workshop on Wednesday 31st of June at the Massey…
Blues Youth Leadership
Rutherford had the privilege of selecting 10 students to attend the Blues Youth leadership course,…
Students attend Blues Rugby Game
We are incredibly grateful to the Blues Rugby association who provided 24 of our students…
Tyra Ibbott takes top placing at Rock climbing competition
Tyra Ibbott has done it again, earning the top spot on the podium, winning first…
Skating to Success
Natalia Noone Jones (Year 11) did well at her skating competition again this year. Her…
Myra reaches the Top in Rhythmic Gymnastics
It is with great pride that we extend our congratulations to Myra Tan as she…
Auckland Secondary Schools Western Zone Cross Country Championships
On the last day of Term 1, students braved the wind and rain to complete…
Daniel makes the NZ Wrestling Team
We are thrilled to share the news that Daniel Lipsham has made it to the…
Little League Senior Baseball World Series
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Jack Trillo and Kobe Antunovich on…
Dragon Boating Regatta
On Sunday 26th March, our Kapa Haka students had the opportunity to come together and…
Auckland Touch Cup
On Monday 3rd April our Premier Mixed Touch team attended the Auckland Cup Touch Tournament…
Senior Mixed Water Polo celebrates a phenomenal season
The senior mixed water polo team had a phenomenal season, showcasing great determination, team spirit,…
Auckland Wrestling Champs
Rutherford College was again the top school at the 2023 Auckland Wrestling Championship taking away…
Orienteering Sprint Championships
On Sunday 26th March, five determined Rutherford students attended the Orienteering Sprint Finals Championships, hosted…
Student volunteers
Rutherford College is generally known for being a school that maintains a commitment to giving…
Athletics Day 2023
After inclement weather cancelled the afternoon events of Athletics Day on February 24th, it was…
Auckland Secondary School Volleyball Championships
The Auckland Secondary Schools Volleyball championships took place at Bruce Pulman Arena this year, which…
Lennart Wimmer- World Champion
Lennart Wimmer was a member of the New Zealand U18 Mens Ice Hockey team that…
Auckland Secondary School Novice Wrestling Competition
Auckland Secondary School Novice wrestling Competition A large group of Rutherford students took the daunting…
Two Great Athletes in One Family
Competitiveness will always be a part of the Chapman family and when it comes to…
Junior Water Polo Tournament
Water polo is an exciting game that combines physical strength and agility with tactics, strategy,…
Junior Water Polo Tournament
On Saturday the 18th of March the Rutherford Junior water polo team participated in a…
Central Western Zone Swimming Championship 2023
The Central Western Zones Champs was held at West Wave Aquatic Centre on Tuesday 7th…
A family full of champions
Emma and Dylan Chapman competed at the Northern region surf lifesaving championships over the past…
Tag Tournament
Tuesday 28th Feb saw two teams from Rutherford attend the annual Central/West Tag Tournament held…
Surf Lifesaving
Last week two of our junior students, Amy Cosslett and Emma Tatt, attended Ocean’s Festival–…
Swimming Sports
After two false starts to the term with the Auckland flooding events and Cyclone Gabrielle,…
Halberg Awards
On Wednesday 15th of February, six students which included our four Sports Captains (Jessica Williams,…
Ice Hockey World Championships
Now is a good opportunity to recognise our latest National representative, Zadia Paulse (10BU). Zadia…
Sports Awards
As the students and their supporting family and friends made their way through the front…
School Cross Country 2022
After a false start and delay early in the year, our School Country event took…
Get2Go Challenge
Thursday 28 July saw a couple of teams from Rutherford compete in the annual Get2Go…
13OED Snow Camp 2022
During week 1 of Term 3, the students in 13 Outdoor Education participated in a…
West Auckland Secondary Schools Student Forum
On Wednesday 27th July myself and a few other students had the opportunity to go…
Learning German by playing Handball
German Language classes and a Year 12 PE class were given the opportunity to participate…
North West Zone Cross Country Championships
With our School Cross Country day postponed until next Friday 10 June, it was unfortunate…
Session with Breakers Basketball Coach
On Wednesday 11th May a handful of basketball boys were fortunate enough to participate in…
Rogaine 2022
On Tuesday 12 April the beautiful grounds and surrounding streets of Totara Park, Manurewa heard…
Auckland Secondary Schools Senior Volleyball Championships
Wednesday 6th April to Friday 8 April, our Senior Boys and Girls Volleyball teams competed…
Champion of Champion Swimming Sports
On Wednesday 13 April we had three Rutherford students who qualified for the Auckland Champion…
NZ Secondary Schools Open Water Championships
Further to our previous reporting of Dylan Chapman, and sister Emma, competing at the Open…
Auckland College Rock Climbing Series
On Sunday, the Rutherford College climbing team was lucky enough to compete in the first…
Rider Seth Stylianou captures a first in Auckland Schools Under 17 Downhill Mountain Bike Championship
Congratulations to Seth "Stylie" Stylianou for winning the Under 17s Auckland Schools Downhill Championship over…
College Sport Auckland – Senior Softball Auckland Championship
Rutherford qualified for NZ Secondary School Championships! It is a while between drinks for this…
College Sport Auckland Athletics Championships
CSA Auckland Athletics Championship 2022. With the disruptions of Covid still apparent, it has meant…
Swimming Sports 2022
It was a fantastic day on Tuesday, 22 February for our annual swimming sports. There…
Year 9 Fun Activities Afternoon
On Wednesday, 2 February our Year 9's were given their first opportunity to have a…
Sports Committee Leadership Day
On Monday, 24 January our Sports Committee team went to Adventure Works high Ropes for…
Wahine Toa Girls Wrestling
60 girls from Te Atatu Intermediate and Rutherford College combined for a joint two-hour wrestling…
Sports Excellence experience at Club Physical Te Atatu
On Friday, 29 October the Year 10 Sports Excellence class went to Club Physical Te…
Special Olympics Football
On Thursday 29 June, a team from the Turangawaewae Unit participated in the annual Red…
13 Outdoor Education: Climbing to success
The Year 13 Outdoor Ed classes have, over the past 6 weeks been working towards…
Squash – Team Championship
Over Tuesday, 15 and Wednesday, 16 June, our Rutherford Boys Squash team competed in the…
Auckland Wrestling Champs
On Sunday, 13 June four Rutherford College pupils competed at the Auckland Wrestling Champs. Shown…
North Island Secondary Schools Horse Trials
Over the weekend of 22 and 23 May, Elise Ibbott competed in the North Island…
Cross Country Event 2021
An overcast day met our students on Friday, 7 May, when they took each other…
Rugby Girls ALL BLACK EXPERIENCE
This was an awesome experience for our students. We were taken on a guided tour…
Auckland Secondary School Wrestling Champs
On Friday, 26 March Rutherford sent a team of 12 athletes to the Auckland Secondary…
Tyra Ibbott Takes Gold
Tyra Ibbott is an athlete that has gone from strength to strength in her chosen…
Special Olympics 2021
Each year Rutherford College has the privilege of hosting the Special Olympics. On Tuesday, 23…
Rutherford enters eSports and proves our Excellence
The traditional idea of sport has expanded to include video games such as Overwatch, Fortnite,…
Dylan Takes Home Gold in Surf Lifesaving
Dylan Chapman recently competed in the Eastern Region Junior Surf lifesaving Competition in Gisborne and…
Sports Committee Leadership Day
On Tuesday, 2 February the Sports Committee attended a leadership day at Lake Pupuke. This…
The House System at Rutherford College
The school is broken up into three houses to generate healthy competition. The student PE…
Junior Mixed Touch Season
As the Western Zone Touch competition was set up as a one-day tournament, we decided…
Waitakere Composite Cricket Team
Over the last few weeks, we have had a group of boys involved in a…
Lucas Brings Home Gold
Year 13 student Lucas Alabastro is the New Zealand champion in Grappling following his wins…
FIFA Event
On Wednesday, 25 November 2020, the Turangawaewae Unit & mainstream students Cade Morpeth & Josh…
Junior Girls Volleyball – Auckland Champs 2020
It was decided that we would take the junior girls volleyball team to compete in…
Basketball- Battle of the Bridges
On Saturday, 7 November the evening saw our very own Odessa Lawson participate in the…
Senior Excellence Awards
On Wednesday, 28 October we were fortunate to celebrate the school’s Senior Excellence Awards 2020.…
Junior Tag Zone Tournament
The weather overhead was threatening throughout the day, but ultimately no precipitation and very warm.…
New opportunities in Junior PE
During week 2 of Term 4, we have been lucky enough to have two external…
Ki-o-Rahi Primary and Intermediate School Tournament
Over the past few years, Rutherford has made a name for itself with the West…
Kotuku G.E.M.S (Going The Extra Mile) Girls Ambassadors Project
There is a need for change, so while traditional sport continues to have barriers because…
Te Atatu Tennis Club Open Days
The Te Atatu Tennis Club is holding two Open Days for the local community to…
Primary School Wrestling Tournament
The Rutherford College sports hall hosted a primary school wrestling tournament on Thursday, August. Local…
Winter Sports
After a forced interruption in sport caused by the Covid-19 lockdown, our students are happy…
Auckland Secondary Schools Ultimate Frisbee Competition
Sunday, 26 July saw Auckland's largest-ever Ultimate Frisbee tournament take place in the Pulman Arena,…
Seth Stylianou takes out National Title
A massive congratulation to Seth Stylianou who received 1st place in the 2020 New Zealand…
Junior Sports Council Leadership Day
On Tuesday, 30 June the Junior Sports council attended a Leadership day at Adventure specialities…
Contact Tracing Responsibility
Following the announcement from the government that we are now in level 1, it is…
Olympic Ambassador – Kayla Imrie
On Wednesday, 24 June the Year 9 and 10 girls had the honour of having…
Cross Country Day
Brilliant sunshine and picturesque views greeted our students on Friday, 6 March as they battled…
I’m just a Skater girl
On Wednesday, 4 March a group of girls from year 9-12 got the opportunity to…
Rutherford Fighters Receive Medals in Jiu-Jitsu
On February 21 and 22 Aurora Terry and Joseph Fray competed in the Oceania Open…
Te Kotuku flies proudly at North West Zone Touch Tournament
Dowsed in wonderful sunlight on Wednesday, 26 February Moire Park was the scene of a…
Swimming Sports Day
On Wednesday, 19 February we held our Rutherford College Swimming Sports for 2020. Our Swimming…
Rowing – Head of Harbour
Congratulations to the Rutherford College Rowing Team who battled the windy conditions on Saturday, 15…
Halberg Awards- Student Volunteers
On Thursday, 13 February, TJ Devery, Eden Hatalafale, Lara Craigie and myself had the incredible…
Sports Committee Leadership Day
On Friday, 31 January the 2020 Sports Committee was hosted by the Adventure Works team…
2020 Rutherford College Athletics Day
Athletics Day was held on Wednesday, 12 February and was filled with fun, sun, colour,…
Year 9 Activities Afternoon
On Monday, 3 February, the school year started with a bang. The Year 9's and…
Year 9 Auckland Champion Rock Climber
The final Auckland Interschools Rock Climbing round for the year was held this weekend: Year…
Mollie Tagaloa selected for 7s Camp
Congratulations to Mollie who has been selected to complete the Red Bull Ignite7 camp and…
COLympics Event
On Wednesday, 13 November Te Atatu Intermediate, Rangeview and Rutherford College students competed in a…
Sport Waitakere Excellence Awards
On Friday, 8 November seven students had the honour to represent Rutherford College at the…
Special Olympics Swimming
On Thursday, 24 October the students from Turangawaewae attended a swim meet organised by the…
Auckland Secondary School 7’s Tournament
On Thursday, 24 October we had both a boys U15 team and a girls U15…
Junior Tag Football Tournament
On Wednesday, 23 October the Junior girls competed in the Central North West Tag Football…
Rutherford College’s Annual Sports Awards Evening
Rutherford College held its annual sports awards evening on Friday, 18 October. The night was…
Rutherford Students Volunteering for Basketball Cluster event
The Rutherford U17 Basketball team provided a helping hand at the Te Atatu Cluster Basketball…
Girls U15 Rugby
The Girls U15 Rugby team has been participating in a Friday Night taster session for…
Rutherford Badminton A Grade Team
A big congratulations to our Rutherford badminton teams and a job well done for yet…
Proposed Chile /Argentina Tour 2021
A 12-day tour between the dates of October 1st and October 16th 2021. We would…
Rutherford College Winter Tournament Week 2019
Well done to all teams who represented the school at Regional or National Championships last…
1st XI Football Winter Tournament Week 2019
Last week the Rutherford College first XI football side made history by competing at the…
Ultimate Frisbee Tournament
On Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 11 students headed to Hamilton to take part in the…
2019 9b Final Game
On Saturday, 24 August, The Rutherford 9B netball team played for 1st or 2nd place…
2019 10a Netball Final Game
At 10.30am on Saturday, 24 August our 10a netball team played our final game against…
Winter Tournament Team
Tournament week is here! Rutherford College would like to take this opportunity to wish all…
Rutherford Students at Waitemata Rowing Club
Eleven of our Rutherford College students participated in the first regatta for the season last…
Harrison Chapman and The Tough Guy and Gal Challenge
On Saturday, 24 August Harrison Chapman set off to Rotorua to compete in the Tough…
Special Olympics Basketball Drills and Skill Day
On Thursday, 22 August, Rutherford College hosted the Special Olympics Basketball drills and skills day.…
Rutherford Students Volunteer for Primary School Netball Tournament
On Tuesday, 20 August six students volunteered to umpire at the Primary Schools Netball Tournament.…
Halberg Foundation Sports Day
On the Wednesday, 14 August, The Halberg Foundation held their sports day at Rutherford College.…
Special Olympics Basketball Skills Day
Rutherford Tohea participated in Special Olympics Basketball Skills Day in Rutherford Sports Hall. Gill, Lucy…
Rutherford College Student Volunteers offer a Helping Hand
Rutherford College is generally known for being a school that maintains a commitment to giving…
Argentina Sports Exchange
On Monday, 1 July Rutherford College hosted St Catherines Moorland School sports teams that are…
Squash Auckland Team Championship
We entered a boys team into the Auckland Squash Team Championship held at the National…
Amazing Race
On Monday, 10 June Rutherford College hosted the first Community Of Learning (COL) " Amazing Race.”…
Petanque Tournament
On Friday, 17 May nine students went to the lovely location of Herne Bay to…
North Western Cross Country Zones
On Tuesday, 14 May eight Rutherford students represented the school in the North Western Cross…
Tennis Champ of Champs
On Tuesday, 2 April Eric Choi represented Rutherford in the Auckland Tennis Champ of Champs…
Waka Ama National Secondary School Championships
Rutherford College had twelve students; Brook Pickering, Johnnie Richard-Marsters, Gianni Watene, Adrian Pakinga, Brodie Bennett,…
Dragon Boating Regatta
On Sunday, 23 March 2019 following six weeks of training in the summer sun at…
Silver in National Lifesaving Championships
The weekend of 22 March, Harrison Chapman went down to Mt Maunganui to compete in…
2019 Sports Committee
It has been an action-packed sporting term here at our college with lots of events…
Table Tennis Up and Running
Table Tennis Training has begun on Thursday at lunchtimes and there is great interest being…
Swimming Champ of Champs
On Wednesday, 3 April we had eight students represent Rutherford in the Swimming Champ of…
Auckland Wrestling Champs
Rutherford College sent a team of 10 athletes to the Auckland Secondary School Wrestling Champs…
Senior Central, North and West Tag Tournament
On Thursday, 4 April a girls and a boys team went to Moire Park in…
2019 Ribbon Day Athletics
On Tuesday, 19 March, Rutherford College hosted 6 schools to participate in the 2019 Ribbon…
Auckland Ultimate Frisbee Championship
On Sunday, 17 March our newly formed teams led by year 13 students Caz Chiba…
Auckland Athletics Championship
On Wednesday, 20 March we had 9 students represent Rutherford College in the Auckland Athletics…
Wrestling Tournament
Congratulations to the 15 Rutherford wrestlers who competed at the Novice Wrestling tournament on Monday,…
Central Western Zone Swimming
We had 17 students representing Rutherford College at West Wave on Monday, 18 March for…
Cross Country
On Friday, 15 March our Rutherford College students raced over and under obstacles and up…
Rutherford Primary Athletics Day
On Tuesday, 6 March Rutherford Primary School had the privilege of being hosted by Rutherford…
Bounce, Launch, Splash
Congratulations to Maggie Collis who recently competed in Wellington at the North Island Diving Championships.…
Waka Ama Senior Regatta
On Saturday, 2 March twelve Rutherford students travelled to Orakei Basin, Mission Bay to compete…
Western Zone Athletics
It was a lovely sunny but very hot day for the Western Zone Athletics on…
Swimming Sports Day
The sun was out and ready for another successful swimming sports day on Wednesday, 20…
Rutherford College Teacher takes Gold
Congratulations to Mr Robert Doak, who is an Outdoor Ed Teacher here at Rutherford. Robert…
Great Start to our Girls Football Season
A great opening to the new season for Girls football with 17 seniors and 28…
ISPS HANDA Halberg Awards
On Thursday, 21 February, four of our top sporting students, Harrison Chapman, T.J Devery, Mollie…
Gold in the Northern Region Surf Life Saving Championship
Congratulations to Harrison Chapman for taking out GOLD at the Northern Region Surf Life Saving…
Dragon Boating Training
The Dragon Boating season for 2019 kicked off immediately following a hot Athletics Day on…
Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand’s founding document. It takes its name from the…
Year 9 Fun Day
On Monday, 4 February, the sports committee organised an afternoon for our new year 9…
Sports Committee Leadership Day
On Thursday, 31 January the 2019 Sports Committee were able to bond at their training…
Auckland Secondary Schools Touch Junior Championships
On Tuesday, 27 November our Junior Touch teams headed off to Bruce Pulman Park to…
Sport Waitakere Excellence Awards
The Waitakere Excellence Awards 2018 took place on Friday, 16 November at the Trusts Arena.…
Sports Academies 2019
Rutherford College has established Sports Academies offering specific Sport Development programs in Football and Netball.…
Junior Boys AFL
Wednesday, 7 November saw the annual Harbour Waitakere junior boys AFL tournament take place. AFL,…
Congratulations to Seth Tantingco who won Unitecs Play of the Season!
Seth was one of hundreds of players who was chosen to be a contender for…
A fantastic sporting year celebrated at Rutherford College’s Annual Sports Awards Evening.
Rutherford College held its annual sports award evening on Friday, 26 October. The night was…
U15 7s Tournament
It was a day of sunshine, sweat and sensational tries at the Waitemata Rugby Club…
Sport Waitakere Excellence Awards & College Sport Auckland Young Sportsperson of the Year Awards
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected as finalist at this year’s Sport…
C’était un grand jour pour les pétanques
Pétanque is a sport in the boules category that originates from France, in New Zealand…
Kiwi Hoops Coaching Clinic
Kia ora, on Saturday, 27 October we were lucky enough to host the NZ Basketball…
Vacancy – Sports Coordinator
We are currently looking for a Sports Coordinator for 2019. If you are well organised…
Congratulations to Jesse Allen
Jesse's Auckland U15 Ice Hockey Team won gold in Christchurch against Dunedin in the finals,…
Thank you for Queen Street Cricket Club
Liam Smith was a lucky recipient that received a $3,000.00 cricket scholarship from Queen Street…
Australian touring School
On Wednesday, 26 September Rutherford College hosted Coomera Anglican School Touring Sports teams. The goal…
iSport Foundation National Leadership Day
On Wednesday, 26 September myself, Matt and 10 others had the opportunity to attend the…
We are the Champions
The Rutherford College 15th Grade team completed a successful season by beating Westlake Boys High…
Winter Tournament Week – Football First XI
Winter Tournament week ran from 3-7 September. A young team with 11 national tournament debutantes…
Rutherford College Walking Netball Team
This term a bunch of staff (and ex-staff) led by Ms Koloni got together to…
Rudderless bring the trophy home to Rutherford!
On Wednesday 5 September 2018, 12 of Rutherford's finest young men marched down to the…
National Tournament Week
Best wishes to all of our teams heading off to national tournaments next week. Involvement…
Table Tennis Greater Auckland Champion of Champions Team Tournament 2018
Rutherford College qualified being one of the top 2 teams from the Term Two C-Grade…
Get To Go Junior Challenge
The day started looking not too promising after a night of rain. We piled into…
Inter-school Cross Country 2018
On Tuesday, 15 May, the Auckland zone inter-school cross country was held at Moire Park…
National Top Scholar Awards Ceremony
On Wednesday, 2 May, I once again had the pleasure to attend the New Zealand…
Winter Sport
As the colder weather approaches, many Rutherford students will be wearing the Kotuku with pride…
Congratulations Harrison Chapman Gold Medal
Harrison competed at the Northern Regional Surf Sports the weekend before last in Ruakaka. He…
Toni James BMX success
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Swimming Sports 2018
Take your marks, starting gun fires, SPLASH. Over 120 students hit the water last week…
Athletics Day 2018
On Wednesday 14th February, the whole school took part in the annual Athletics Day. The…
Junior AFL
AFL continues at Rutherford. On November 15 it was Junior Girls turn to complete in…
1st XI Win at Tournament Week
The Rutherford College 1st XI football team kicked off their tournament in Hamilton against Kelston…
