2010 Magazine - Rutherford College

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2010 Magazine - Rutherford College
CO N T E N T S
Principals Message 2010 ................................................................. 2
Head Students and Deputies........................................................ 3–5
Staff................................................................................................6–7
Prefects......................................................................................... 8–9
Top Honours and Awards Scholarships..................................... 10–11
Senior Prize Giving..................................................................... 12–13
Rutherford Week........................................................................ 14–15
The Spirit of New Zealand.......................................................... 16–17
UN Youth Conference / Robotics.....................................................18
Gifted and Talented / PSSP.............................................................19
Stars Camp..................................................................................... 20
Geography Field Trip........................................................................21
Outdoor Education Camp............................................................... 22
Get To Go / Travel and Tourism....................................................... 23
Careers.............................................................................................24
Community Education/ Commerce..................................................25
Commerce / Special Education...................................................... 26
Science.............................................................................................27
Marae Renewal.................................................................................28
Languages/ International Village................................................29–31
English............................................................................................. 32
Drama........................................................................................ 33–34
Media Studies Work........................................................................ 35
Visual Arts................................................................................. 36–37
Music & Dance.......................................................................... 38–39
School Ball 2010.........................................................................40–41
Sports.........................................................................................42–45
Sports Awards........................................................................... 46–47
Cultural Photos.......................................................................... 48–61
Sports Photos............................................................................62–78
Tutor Groups............................................................................. 79–96
Rutherford College Magazine 2010
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H E A D S T U D E N T S A N D D E P U T I ES
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P R I N C I PA L S R E P O RT
As 2010 draws to a close I am once again heartened
by the progress that the school has made and the further gains attained in raising student achievement.
Rutherford College is increasingly a school of choice
with numbers in the school rising to just over 1400 for
2011 plus foreign fee payers.
There is a clear need for the school to carefully manage the number
of out of zone enrolments we take in to maintain the special character
and community feel of our school. I am reminded daily of the unique
pulse that sets Rutherford apart from any other school I have worked
at. As Principal, I continue to enjoy the daily interaction with students,
staff and the wider community.
The school is making very good progress. It was extremely
pleasing to have the progress achieved validated in what is a very
complimentary ERO report. The tenor of the ERO report is of a
school in very good heart and with a clear focus on continual
improvement. As a school, we should celebrate this affirmation but
must ensure that we use it as further motivation to build again on the
successes achieved.
The following are comments taken directly from our ERO report:
“Continuing property development and good financial management have improved teaching facilities, learning resources and the
school environment. These developments have been accompanied
by considerable progress in enhancing the quality of teaching and
learning in the school.”
“Improvements in teaching practice have been accompanied by
overall gains in student achievement. Data on student achievement
in Years 11, 12 and 13 show overall increases in pass rates in the
National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) since the
2007 ERO review. Progress towards meeting the school’s target for
all students to achieve an NCEA Level 2 qualification before completing their schooling is well underway, with over 90% of students now
achieving to this standard.”
“A further characteristic of the college is its welcoming and inclusive environment. Relationships between students and teachers, and
amongst students, are friendly and respectful. The school’s values
and mission statement, advocating concepts such as personal excellence, tolerance, self-discipline, and honesty, are actively promoted.
Students appreciate the efforts of their teachers and are especially
affirming of the increasing number of co-curricular opportunities
available to extend their academic, sporting, cultural and artistic interests and abilities.”
The full ERO report is available at www.ero.govt.nz.
It is important that we continue to build on the upward trend of
success achieved in NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3. In 2009 72% of students achieved Level 1. This was the second year in a row that the
school has achieved personal bests at this level. The pursuit of academic potential, which in reality means the attainment of the highest
exit qualification students are capable of, remains the primary focus
in our school. 92% of students achieved NCEA Level 2 as their
minimum qualification.
The school’s performance at Merit and Excellence levels both in
the internal and external assessments across all three levels of NCEA
is something we can again celebrate.
This development is the result of the ongoing commitment and
efforts of the staff to ensure that they also live the school motto
‘Tohea’ – to strive for personal excellence. The staff, both teaching
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and non-teaching and the commitment they display to create a positive learning environment is critical. Teachers are what makes the
difference in the daily lives of students and it is very encouraging that
we attract well motivated teachers who not only choose education as
their preferred vocation but also choose Rutherford College as their
school of choice.
There has been further success of improving the quantity and quality of co-curricular activities in 2010. The quality of what is offered, the
expectations on performance and commitment required to be successful have taken a sizeable step up the ladder of success. This is
again largely due to the commitment and willingness of staff to continue to go the extra mile. The increased involvement of staff outside
the classroom has definitely impacted on the success of students
inside the classroom. Students want to be involved and strive for
improvements when motivated and inspired by knowledgeable and
enthusiastic coaches and managers.
The successful completion of the refurbishment of B Block and
the improvement this has provided to both the aesthetic image at
the front of the school and to how we deliver the English curriculum
is significant. The focus now switches to C Block and the process
of ensuring that during 2011 we achieve the same outcome for the
Mathematics and Languages departments. We can look forward to C
Block being operational for the start of 2012.
My personal thanks to all members of the Board of Trustees and in
particular to those members whose final term ended in April. To Mike
Jolley, for 9 years and a significant time as Chairman, Lois Tolley, 9
years, Paul Brinkman 6 years and outgoing deputy chair, and David
Tribe 3 years; my thanks and also the appreciation of the schools
wider community who you have served so well. Your contribution has
helped create the momentum we are experiencing. The new Board, a
mixture of returning Board members and three new to the experience
at Rutherford have begun strongly and have already demonstrated
the necessary vision and common sense.
I would like to wish all the students, staff and people connected
with Rutherford College an enjoyable and safe Christmas holiday
break. To all students moving on, I wish you well and ask that you
stay connected with your school.
2011 is Rutherford College’s 50th jubilee and the celebration of this
will take place over the weekend of March 25th.
“The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest on, but only to
hold your foot long enough to enable you to put the other
somewhat higher.”
Good, better, best
Never let it rest until your good is better
And your better is your best
Head Girl Michele Lee
Head Boy Caleb Van Beynen
Leavers hoodies, prize giving, end-of-year school magazine – it’s difficult when you realise your time at high school and your 13 years of
schooling is coming to an end. 2010 will be a year remembered for
the craziness of Lady Gaga, the meteoric rise of Justin Bieber and
the All Whites’ undefeated run at the World Cup; but for me, 2010 will
be a year remembered for all the good times I’ve had during my final
year at Rutherford College.
As the 2010 Rutherford Head Girl I’ve truly pushed myself, and
the 2010 Rutherford Prefect Group has done the same. It’s been
a privilege to be part of a great team – raising thousands of dollars
for charities, baking a massive cake to celebrate Rutherford Week,
dancing and singing in public (part entertainment, part humiliation),
and most importantly, strengthening Rutherford pride.
It is so rewarding, as a leader, to have students looking up to you,
thanking you for the work you’ve done, and while it’s been a very
busy year, I’ve enjoyed all the challenges that being a Prefect and
being Head Girl have brought. I’ve not only worked into the early
hours of the morning and closely with a group of senior students and
staff, but I’ve also gotten to know many junior students. I will never
forget the first time a year nine student said, “Hi, Head Girl.” It was
truly humbling – and definitely put a big smile of my face – those are
the rewarding moments we should work for.
Unfortunately, we do not fully appreciate all the ‘goodness’ right
in front of us until we near the end. Yes, high school can be a very
difficult time – dealing with those crazy teenage hormones, those
horrible break-outs, those nagging adults – but high school can
indeed be the most fun and exciting time of your life. You just need to
put in the effort – get involved and work hard!
Rutherford has some of the most talented students and staff, and
a great sense of community and family which is what makes us so
special. Working with a team of fun, dedicated and inspiring head
students (thank you, Caleb, Helena, James, Lloyd and Steph), a
team of energetic prefects, the powers of the top corridor (thank you
Mr Moore, Ms Farrar, Ms Cumming and Mr Wills) and the family of
Rutherford staff and students (thank you all), I’ve come to really value
the Rutherford family. I hope everyone can find this appreciation and
pride in their school.
Now that the end of high school has come extremely quickly, while
it is exciting to know I have university and the adult world to look forward to, it is very sad knowing that my time at Rutherford College
as a student, as a prefect and as the 2010 Head Girl has come to
an end. As hard as it can be – enjoy high school! Make your mark at
Rutherford College and be proud to say you are a Rutherfordian.
Make the memories that you will laugh and cry about in 20 years’
time. I know I have.
What a journey the last 5 years have been. From starting off as a
small, shy and unsure junior student in 2006 to having the honour of
taking up the role of Head Boy of Rutherford College in 2010.
Being Head Boy has been a position which I have aspired towards
for a very long time. Rutherford has given so much to me personally and I felt it necessary to give back to the school. Although it has
been hard work at times this year, I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenges and achievements that have arisen from the position. I have
been pushed out of my comfort zone and done some things which
I never would have dreamt of, such as dancing to “Single Ladies” at
“Rutherford X-Factor”. So many memories have been created over
the past year which I’m sure I will value for the rest of my life.
Personal highlights from the year include the introduction of
Rutherford Week (where the prefects built a massive cake to give for
free to students) and the Silent party (where students danced to their
own music on iPods).
Although I have had the privilege of having the title of Head Boy
this year, much credit must be given to the 23 fellow prefects I have
worked with this year. We have achieved our aims to give back to our
school community and to further advance school pride and spirit. I
find it amazing how committed and talented a group of students can
be; from attending meetings every Monday to producing effective
advertising videos. I must thank the 2010 prefect group for all of their
hard work this year.
I must also thank Mr. Moore and Ms. Farrar for giving me the
opportunity to be Rutherford’s Head Boy for 2010. Although I will be
sad to leave, I know it is time to go. I look forward to a whole new set
of challenges as a University student in the coming years and I am
sure that my time at Rutherford will have taught me the essential skills
to be successful in further education. I also wish the prefects for 2011
the best of luck. I am sure that you will have as good a year as I have
had this year. I would like to leave you with a quote which has served
as the foundation for my year. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does”
Best wishes
Gary Moore
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H E A D S T U D E N T S A N D D E P U T I ES
H E A D S T U D E N T S A N D D E P U T I ES
Deputy Head Boy James Kim
Deputy Head Girl Helena Lau
Deputy Head Boy Lloyd Thomason
Deputy Head Girl Stephanie Bidois
This year being a Deputy Head Boy was busy and hard but it has
also been fun and exciting; it has changed and developed me into a
better person and it has been an honour to work beside an incredible group of prefects, especially the Head Students, who have been
a superb team. We have bonded as good friends as well as a good
team, and I want to thank them for all their support.
It has been a long journey at Rutherford College, and it has been
an amazing journey. I will leave with so many memories. The memory
I will never forget is this guy sitting on me on Rutherford Day while
playing rugby, I remember him blocking the sun (yes the sun). He
SHATTERED my collar bone and this has been a new tradition for me
on Rutherford day and I will never forget this exciting event
Being a Deputy Head Boy meant that Rutherford college gave me
another chance to develop As a result, I have became more mature,
responsible and learnt more about leadership and public speaking.
To all the students at Rutherford College, I would like to say that
nothing is impossible and urge them to never give up. If you want to
achieve something really bad, just go for it, never give up and hold
on to that goal, dream and never let go – there is no such thing as
impossible. Do not fear failing; when you fall, get up and keep on
trying over and over again. If you love something, give it everything
you’ve got even though the chance of reaching it is 1 %; you never
know if you are in that 1%.
Finally, I want to thank all the teachers, family and friends that have
supported me through my journey at school.
High school isn’t easy, but the things that are the hardest to overcome are always the most satisfying. It is this time where the most
change occurs. We are always reinventing who we are, discovering our passions and exploring our personalities. Embrace these
changes because they are inevitable. Besides, it is change that
brings excitement into our lives – corny, but it’s the absolute truth.
Many people who know me and my journey through Rutherford
will know I have been thrown some of the fastest and most crooked
curve balls along the way. However, I am entirely delighted to look
back on the past 5 years to acknowledge how privileged and fulfilled
these years have been.
Too many times I see kids unsuccessfully trying to ‘fit in’, when in
reality, we were all born to stand out. Being appointed Deputy Head
Girl was an affirmation of this. As a Head Student you must be a
leader. It’s about the caring of other people, our school and upholding the Rutherford pride. My goal has been to leave an everlasting
and positive impression on our school and peers.
I am immensely proud of what the Head Students and prefects
of 2010 have achieved this year. From baking our enormous free
cake to our infamous “Single Ladies” dance, I am confident that
Rutherford has had the coolest and most fun prefects ever. We leave
behind an imprint and a legacy that we hope will only be strengthened for the many years to come. Good luck!
The advice I would like to leave with you is that you should never
isolate yourself from opportunities. Make friends with as many people
as you can, life’s too short to hate. Work on the relationships you will
gain from, like your family, teachers and close friends. Give your time
and effort to the school that is helping you grow into a valued young
person. I am a firm believer of the saying “give and you shall receive”.
Last but not least, respect yourself. It is essential to recognise your
own self worth. Constantly re-evaluate how you can improve yourself
and never cease to try shine that little bit more.
Thank you, to my amazing family, friends, teachers and lovely
dean, Ms Cumming. We wouldn’t get anywhere in life without the
support and education that we are so blessed to have in our lives.
With love,
Helena.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time at Rutherford and 2010 was a great
year for me. Being part of such a great team of amazing multi-talented prefects has been a great experience. The prefects as a group
definitely achieved their aims through the organisation of various
events, fundraisers and performances. It has been a great privilege to have this position since it has definitely challenged me and
helped me grow as a person. The Year 13 student body really pulled
together this year as a family, no longer were we divided by silly
groups and areas and there was a lot of respect for the prefects and
their work from the entire student body, which was fantastic.
Rutherford College is school with a unique and amazing sense
of pride. It’s that tingly feeling you get when a nervous performer
sings their first note and everyone gets up and cheers; nothing can
describe it. From all the performances I was involved in I learnt an
important lesson: that a small act of kindness can make a massive
difference in someone’s life. To all of those who gave me words of
encouragement or appreciation after a performance I am eternally
grateful. The words stuck with me, inspired me and kept me going.
I, therefore, felt I had to give back. I attended many performances,
watched the Year 9s and people new to performing and approached
them. I hope my supportive words have had as much of an impact
on you, talented performers, as it had on me in Year nine.
It is with great sadness I leave this school because Rutherford to
me is much more than a school. I’m going to miss all of my hardworking teachers, friends and Rutherford traditions. In saying that,
my position as Deputy Head Boy and the school itself have definitely
prepared me for the next stage in my life. Thank you to everyone who
has helped me during my five years at this wonderful school.
What an amazing rollercoaster of a ride these past five years have
been. Rutherford has offered me opportunities, encouragement and
unbelievable support that has helped shape me to the person I am
today, and for this I am truly grateful.
Looking back on this final year at Rutherford as Deputy Head Girl,
I really can’t believe I’ve made it out alive. Late nights/early mornings
doing assessments, learning prefect dances, organizing events - it’s
been so hectic! But in the same breath it has been extremely rewarding. Sitting here writing this I still can’t believe that my schooling life
has nearly come to an end. I’m saddened by the thought of leaving
Rutherford but also totally prepared and excited for the new chapter
of my life. I can tell you that when I walked through those Rutherford
gates five years ago, I was a completely different person to who I am
today. I’m proud to say that I have come from Rutherford College and
had the privilege of being your Deputy Head Girl.
The people I have met, the friendships I have made, and the
amazing, crazy Rutherford memories will stay with me until I’m old
and grey.
To all those left behind I leave you with a wise ‘daily bulletin’ growing point: “Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose
to liberate your future.”
You all have the power to change the path you’re on, and it’s never
too late to step up to your true potential.
“Do not fear failing;
when you fall, get up
and keep on trying over
and over again.”
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Rutherford College Magazine 2010
“Your past is not
your potential.
In any hour you
can choose to
liberate your future.”
Rutherford College Magazine 2010
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Principal
Mr G T Moore B Com, Dip Tchg, PG
Dip School Mgmt
Mrs T Van Wingerden
NZCS Chemistry, Dip Tchg
B Sc [Hons], Dip Tchg,
PG Dip Development Studies
Mrs F Wright
BA, Grad Dip Tchg (Primary
Miss G Fitchett
B Sc, Dip Tchg
Miss A Forlong
Speech Language Therapist
Mr H Grierson
B Sc, Dip Tchg
Ms F Halliday
MA (Hons), Dip Tchg
Mrs D Hatcher
BA, Grad Dip Arts, Dip Tchg
Ms J Henderson
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chairperson
Mr Derek Van Beynen
Deputy Chairperson
T Dip T, CTD, Dip Tchg,
Dip Spec Subjects
Mr Dave Armstrong
Mr Jim Reason
Mr Michael Hirst
Mr John Hallwright
Mr Walter Payne, Mrs Kate Gohar
Principal
Mr Gary Moore
Ms P Jameson
BFA Fine Arts, Grad Dip Ed
Student Representative
Mr Jonathan Stagg
Mr R Kumar
B Sc, Dip Tchg
Staff Representative
Mr Darren White
Miss O Lee
BA (Hons), Dip Tchg
SUPPORT STAFF
Ms J Lim
B Sc (Hons), Dip Tchg
Miss H Liu
B Sc, Grad Dip Tchg
Accounts /
Administration Manager
Mrs J Wood
Mrs K Lupton
Higher Dip in Tchg,
Dip Spec Subjects
Property Manager
Mr B Brown
Mrs V McCracken
B Sc (Hons),Dip Tchg, TESSOL,
PGDED(Advanced Tchg Practice)
Receptionist
Mrs S Jelicich
Principal’s Secretary
Mrs S Davis
Mr K McLean
B Phys Ed
Accounts Payable
Mrs S Hackshaw
Mr N Matai’a
B Sc, Dip Tchg
Accounts Receivable
Mrs M Hilliard
Mr F Mani
Dip Tchg, Dip Maths &
Physics – Albania
Data Systems Manager
Mrs J Sadler
IT Manager
Mr M Ashmead
Ms R Mollgaard
MA (Hons), Dip Tchg
School Nurse
Mrs V O’Gorman
Mrs I Ancell
Special Education
Night Supervisor Community
Education
Acting HOD PE/Health
Mr B White B Ed, Dip Tchg, MBa
HOD Art/Director
of Assessment
Mr S Shaw Dip Tchg (Art)
HOD Science
Mr B Smith B Sc, P.G. Dip Tchg, QTS
Miss J Morris
B Phys Ed
HOD Mathematics
Mr R J Watson JP, B Sc, Dip Tchg
Ms S Munro
Dip TESOL, B Ed, Adv Dip Tchg
Mr F H Arnold
Ms A Hsiao
Ms S Murray
Dip Tchg, PG Dip SWRT,
MEd (Hons)
Mrs C Black
Careers Assistant
Mrs M Brown
Special Education
Ms J Boston
Learning Support
Ms A Cameron
Director Of Community Education
Mrs L Cavanagh
Resource Assistant
Miss J Chetham
Teacher Aide/Special Education
Mrs J Darke
Resource Manager
Teacher Aide/Special Education
Associate Principal
Ms J Farrar BA Dip Tchg
Director of International
Students
Mrs M Sprague
T Dip PS, IPS, Dip Tchg
Deputy Principal
Mr B Wills B Ed, Dip Tchg
Deputy Principal
Ms Moira Kopittke
TEACHERS IN CHARGE OF SUBJECTS
Ms M Nepe
B Ed, Dip Tchg
B Sc, PG Dip Ed Mgmt, Dip Tchg
Acting Asst HOD English/ Ms R Ball
BA, Dip Tchg
Media Studies
Mr M Nola
BSc, B Com, Dip Tchg
Ms J O’Leary
BA (Hons), MA, Dip Tchg
Asst HOD English
(Maternity Leave)
BCS,Dip Tchg
Miss R O’Driscoll
BA, Dip Tchg
HOD Gifted/Talented
Ms R Butler Shaw JP, BSc, Dip Tchg
Miss M O’Neill
BPhEd [Otago], Dip Tchg
HOD History
Mr S Collier BA, Dip Tchg
Mr R Paterson
B PhEd, B Ed, NZOIA Leader Qual
HOD Learning Support
Mrs S Devitt
Miss R Pedersen
BA, Dip Tchg
Mrs S Denyer
Mr P Place
B Engineering Technology,
NZCE, Dip Tchg
Mr P Dovey
Groundsperson
Mrs H Fullerton
English
Mrs G Paul
B. Tchg [Hons], SPELD Cert
Mrs A Goulding
Special Education/Art/Science
Mr S Raine
Post Grad Cert Ed,
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Ms R Harris-Muir
Learning Support
Mrs L Hills
Attendance Officer
T Dip T, IPS, Dip Tchg,
Dip Spec Subjects
Mrs E Hollier
Maths Support/Arts Coordinator
Mrs K Humby
Support Food Technology
Mrs M Hyde
Tea Lady
Ms S Keeley
Special Education
Mrs R Keir
Laboratory Technician
Miss K Koloni
Special Education
Mrs S Lakeman
Word Processor
Mrs G Luong
Esol
Mrs O Mereyato
Sports Coordinator
B Sc, M Ed Admin, Ed D, Dip Tchg
Ms M Moses
Learning Support
Mr G Smith
B Ed
Mrs B Munro
Library
Mrs L Sykes
BA (Hons) PGCE Secondary
(Drama & English)
Ms T Murray
Community Education
Ms D Neilson
Administration Support
Dip Tchg, Dip ELT, PGDip Hlth Sci, M
Ed [counselling)
Mrs D Potton
Learning Support
Miss C Sanders
Sports Assistant
Mrs M Shanley
Learning Support
Mr L Shirtliff
Grounds Labourer
Mrs L Watson
Gateway Coordinator Assistant
Ms S Yoon
Community Education
Mr N Williams
It Assistant
Mrs R Worthington
International Village
DEANS
Dean Year 9
Mr P Jeffries B Ed (Hons), Dip Tchg
Dean Year 10
Mrs F Bridges B Sc, Dip Tchg
Dean Year 11
Mr D White
BA (Hons), PGCE, Dip Tchg
Dean Year 12
Miss R Simpson B Sport, Dip Sport
Science & Mgmt,Dip Tchg
Dean Year 13
Director of Deans
HOD Languages
BA, Dip Tchg, MA (TESOL)
Mrs K Betanzo
Dip STN, B Ed, Adv Dip Tchg
HOD Maori (ON LEAVE)
Ms Te Iwingaro Dunn Dip Tchg
TESOL, Dip Tchg
TIC Kaleidoscope
Ms C Edwards Teope BA, Dip Tchg
Mrs L Taylor M Ed Mgt (Hons),Dip
Asst HOD Science
Ms N Feary B Sc, Dip Tchg, P.G.
Miss L Cumming BA (Hons), Dip
Maths Ed (Postgrad)
Mrs J Sibthorpe Dip PE (Otago), RSA
Cert Educational Leadership &
Management
Mrs S Ratima
Mr D Rivers
Dip F.A. (Hons), Dip F.A. Dip Tchg
Mr D Roulston
B Oh Ed, Dip Tchg
Ms P Scheffer-Cosslett
BA, Dip Tchg
Mrs A Shakoor
MA, BA, B Ed
Mrs S Scott
BA (Hons) Sport Studies,
B Ed (Hons)
Dean of International
Students
CELTA Dip Tchg, Grad Dip TESSOL
HOD History & Classics
Mr S Joyce MA (Hons), Dip Tchg
Dean of Adult Students
Mrs J Reid NDBE, Dip Tchg,
HOD Gifted/Talented
(ON LEAVE)
B Ed, Dip Tchg
Asst HOD Mathematics
Mr A Stanton B Sc, Dip Tchg
Grad Cert Career Dev
SENIOR LEADERS
HOD Commerce
Mrs G Balogh T Dip T, T Dip PS, Adv
Com Tchg Dip, Dip. Spec. Subjects
HOD Social Sciences
Mr S Beguely
BA, B Th (Hons), Dip Tchg
HOD Technology
Mr P Bradley City & Guilds, Dip Tchg,
FTC, TTC (Technology), Dip Spec
Subjects
HOD English
Ms P Bullot BA, TTC (English)
HOD Music
Mrs M Faaea-Semeatu BMus, BA
(Hons), Grad Dip Tchg, (Sec) PG Dip
Ed, Grad Dip TESSOL
HOD ESOL
Ms A Gerzic MA (Hons), Dip Tchg
HOD Special Education
Mrs D Hutton Dip EHC, Dip Tchg, B
Ed, M Ed Admin (Hons), (Lib TLR)
HOD Guidance
Mr G Johnson P.G.Dip TOD, P.G.Dip
AODC, .G.Dip Ed Man, Dip Log (UK),
Adv Dip Tchg, P.G. Dip Counselling
HOD PE/Health
(Maternity Leave)
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Mrs H McKane
BSc (Sports Sci), Dip Tchg
Mrs V Russel
Acting HOD Maori
Mr W Turner Dip Tchg
Acting Asst HOD PE/
Health
B Ed, B Physical Education
Asst HOD PE/TIC Health
Ms J Wilkinson
Miss N Henderson
B Ed, Dip Tchg (Maternity leave)
TEACHERS
Ms C Shaw
Dr A Singh
BA (Hons) Fine Art, PGCE, Sec Ed
Specialisation Art & Technology
Ms L Bakker
B Sc, Dip Tchg
Ms A Bennett
MSc (Hons), Dip Tchg
Ms L Brown
BA, B Com, Dip Tchg,
Dip Musical Theatre
Mrs S Tai-Ooms
Mr T Calvert
M Com, B Ed
Miss K Tanielu
BA, Grad Dip Tchg [Sec]
Dr J Colvine
JP, B Sc (Hons), Ph D, Cert Ed
Mr M Thompson
Mr C Dempsey
Adv T, Dip Tchg
NZCD (Arch), Dip Tech Ed,
Dip Tchg
Mr A Dodds
B Sc (Hons) Design &
Technology with QTS
Ms P Durkin
B Sc, Dip Tchg
Ms R Elias
(Maternity leave)
B Des [Unitec], Grad Dip Ed,
Cert Photography [AUT]
Rutherford College Magazine 2010
Ms T Thorogood
Mrs M Tipa
Rutherford College Magazine 2010
BA, Grad Dip Tchg(sec),
SPELD Cert, NLP Cert
BA, Dip Tchg, NZIM Cert
Supervisory Management, AUT Grad
Cert Career Development
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Dip P Arts, BA, Dip Tchg
Ms J Fawcett
RU T H ER FO R D CO L L EG E S TA F F
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RU T H ER FO R D CO L L EG E S TA F F
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Miss P Exeter
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by Stephanie Bidois, James Kim, Helena Lau, Michele Lee,
Lloyd Thomason, Caleb van Beynen
Rutherford Support in the Community
If you’re wondering why this year was so magical, it was because of those hard-working, blazer-wearing and mostly
good-looking 2010 Rutherford Prefects.
The 2010 Rutherford Prefects have worked hard to continue Rutherford College’s long
tradition of supporting charities.
After an intense week of planning at the Te Atatu Boat Club, delicious
Subway lunches and inspiration from our newly appointed Associate
Principal Ms Farrar, we were ready for action.
With the strong leadership of the prefect group, from day one, we
moved towards achieving our strategic objectives with great momentum. We made the most of the many talents within the group from
techno-geeks to design-fanatics.
Our first act of awesomeness was spreading the love towards the
many Rutherford love birds at the Annual Swimming Sports Day.
Deputy Head Boy, James, paraded the school in a hot pink number
selling roses and heart-shaped candies to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
With the many entrepreneurs within our group, $700 was raised
from the Valentine’s Day packs and also by selling ice blocks on a
very hot Athletics Day. This money would go on to fund the prizes for
the many planned prefect-run events.
To showcase the many talents of the Rutherford students, the
prefects decided to organise the Rutherford X-Factor Talent Show.
This also gave the prefects the opportunity to show-off their Beyonce
moves – or lack of. This was the much improved second instalment
to the farewell performance for Mrs Shaw where we transformed
from Susan Boyle to The Pussycat Dolls and Madonna.
But wait, there’s more – we didn’t stop there. We know how brilliant Rutherford Day is, so we thought we’d make it a week-long
The Chilean Earthquake in February 2010 killed hundreds and left
many more with the devastating physical and emotional damage
caused by this very powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake.
With Chilean International Students at our school during this time,
who had family in the earthquake-hit areas, it was natural that in true
Rutherford spirit we wanted to provide support for those affected by
the earthquake.
A Mufti Day was held as well as the inaugural Silent Party which
saw students dancing to their own music with their own earphones
in. It was definitely interesting seeing students dancing around to
‘no’ music.
In total $1200 was raised and this money was donated to The New
Zealand Red Cross Chilean Appeal.
Friday 27th August 2010 was Daffodil Day and as usual, Daffodils
were sold to raise money for The New Zealand Cancer Society.
However, this year, it was decided that a bigger effort would be
made to raise more money.
The Rutherford X-Factor was organised showcasing the many
talented students at Rutherford. It was a very successful event with
$500 raised. The Annual Slave Auction exceeded all expectations
and raised an amazing $600. The much anticipated termly Mufti Day
and Daffodil sales combined to raise $1200.
On Tuesday 7th September, another large cheque was presented.
celebration. This resulted in the inaugural Rutherford Week. With the
slave auction, Guitar Hero, guest speaker Steve Price on Rutherford
Day and the spectacularly big, two tiered chocolate cake, Rutherford
Week was a huge success.
Rutherford’s tradition of helping those in need was continued with
the prefects various fundraising initiatives for The Red Cross Chilean
Earthquake Appeal, The New Zealand Cancer Society and The Red
Cross Christchurch Earthquake Appeal. Over $4000 was raised for
these very worthy causes.
Of course, Rutherford students were always well informed of the
prefect-run events with the Rutherford Prefects Facebook page, the
creative assembly presentations and attractive notice board.
While it’s been a very busy and productive year for the prefect
group, it’s been a very rewarding journey. We have achieved our
objectives of promoting Rutherford spirit and pride, and within ourselves grown as leaders. We are so grateful for the hard work that Ms
Farrar, Ms Cumming and Mr Moore have put into the prefect group.
They have provided us with immense support and guidance.
Thank you, Rutherford for a great year. We wish the 2011
Rutherford Prefects the best as they work to continue the momentum and leave their own footprints in the sand.
“We will move on knowing our golden days were spent here.”
by Michele Lee
$2400 was donated to The New Zealand Cancer Society and this
money will be put towards cancer research, treatment and support
for cancer patients.
It is so important to give back and help others, and in true
Rutherford fashion, the Rutherford family always comes together to
support those in need. Thank you to everyone for your continued
support of prefect-run events and for your many generous donations. It is greatly appreciated.
“In total $1200 was
raised and this money
was donated to The New
Zealand Red Cross
Chilean Appeal.”
“We will move on
knowing our golden days
were spent here.”
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by Michele Lee
Rutherford Day
by Michele Lee
The inaugural Rutherford Week was a week filled with fun and exciting activities, from the Slave Auction to free chocolate cake. However, it was Rutherford Day, which was the much anticipated finale to a week of celebration.
The 2010 Rutherford Prefects decided to extend the celebrations of
Rutherford Day and planned a week full of activities, with the annual
Rutherford Day bringing the exciting week to an end.
Monday 23rd August, the first day of
celebrations, gave Rutherford’s budding
guitarists the opportunity to show off their
Guitar Hero skills.
Tuesday 24th was a little different, with the
hall filling up with eager ‘gamblers’ ready to
purchase slaves. The annual Slave Auction
is a much anticipated event and the 2010
Prefects continued on with this tradition.
The prefects also decided to continue their
fundraising campaign for The New Zealand
Cancer Society by donating all proceeds
from the Slave Auction to this very worthy
cause. It was also very fitting that Rutherford
Day fell on Daffodil Day.
The Slave Auction was a huge success
with over $600 raised and the highest bid of
$100 for Peter Huang. While there was a lot
of fun had during the lunchtime auction, the
real fun was during Thursday morning tea
and lunchtime when the owners had use of
their slaves.
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At morning tea on Thursday, all the slaves
lined up with rubbish bags on, ready for their
owners. Mr B. White was treated ‘nicely’ by
his owners (teachers including Ms Shaw, Ms
T and Mr Raine), wearing a netball uniform
and walking around the school picking up
rubbish. Mr Paterson was lucky enough to
have his year 12 PE class purchase him – to
say the least, they made use of their very
own slave teacher.
While slaves were being used at lunchtime, 800 pieces of free cake were being
served in the hall. A very ambitious group
of prefects, students from tutor group BL
and teachers, baked 49 individual cakes to
form a 2 tiered cake; bottom tier measuring
2.3 metres by 1.14 metres and the top tier
measuring 1.4 metres by 0.74 metres. It was
a very, very, VERY BIG cake.
As the Rutherford family gathered in the
hall, Mr Moore cut the Rutherford Cake
which the prefects hope will be the start of a
new Rutherford College tradition.
The Rutherford Week events were definitely fun and exciting. However, they were
all only leading up to the very special 48th
Annual Rutherford Day. This year, legendary
rugby league player Steve Price joined us in
celebrating Rutherford Day as our special
guest speaker. Mr Price presented a very
entertaining and thought-provoking speech,
emphasising the importance in continually
making improvements to ensure our
value and Rutherford College’s value is at
the highest.
Rutherford Day is a day for us to thank
those who continually support our school
and Rutherford Week only extends our
appreciation to celebration of being part of
the Rutherford family. Indeed Rutherford
Week was a huge success, showing
immense school pride.
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The Rutherford Day processions began
with musical performances by very talented
Rutherford students, entertaining the
audience and providing a warm welcome to
our guests.
Mr Moore spoke on behalf of the
Rutherford family when he thanked the
community for their “continued support,
involvement and contribution to our school”.
He described the support of the BOT, staff,
students and whanau as the “wonderful
heartbeat and pulse that is the strength of
our school”. It is this feeling of whanau which
makes Rutherford College so special.
Mr Moore took the opportunity to remind
everyone that “…we are what we repeatedly
do. Excellence is not an act but a habit. It is
the little things done well and done often that
make the difference”.
Drawing inspiration from a number of
influential people including Willie Apiata, J K
Rowling, Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Ernest
Rutherford, Mr Moore urged students to put
in “continuous effort” in order to “achieve
personal excellence”. It is Rutherford’s motto
“to strive for personal excellence” which
drives students and staff to succeed.
Following Mr Moore’s address, the
Rutherford Choir and Prefect Group
performed The Rutherford Way with great
pride and Rutherford Spirit.
Head Boy Caleb van Beynen then had
the pleasure of introducing the 2010 guest
speaker. We were honoured to have legendary rugby league player, Steve Price,
join us in celebrating the 48th Annual
Rutherford Day.
Steve Price, an Australian, has become
an honorary Kiwi and Mr Moore announced
that “…today, you also become an honorary Rutherfordian”. He has not only gained
respect in the rugby league world, playing
313 NRL matches but he has gained the
respect of many New Zealanders, captaining
the New Zealand Warriors to much success.
Though now retired, Steve Price continues
to inspire others off the rugby field. He spoke
about the ‘brand’ that we each have. How
are you perceived by others and are you
someone that people want to be around?
He emphasised the importance of ensuring your value is consistently at the highest
and that Rutherford College’s value is consistently at the highest. There is always
something we can do better; we can continually make improvements in order to move
forward and increase our value. That was the
challenge put out to everyone by Steve Price.
Not only was he inspirational, but highly
entertaining as well. There were three important lessons to be learnt from his address.
1) Do your dishes.
2) Give firm handshakes.
3) Happy wife = Happy life.
Steve Price is a very wise man.
In true Rutherford fashion, Steve Price was
thanked with a roaring round of applause;
his messages were well received by the
Rutherford students, staff and guests.
Head Girl Michele Lee thanked Steve
Price for his entertaining address, valuable
messages and for the time he took to join
the 48th Annual Rutherford Day celebrations. Michele then introduced a dance and
opera performance, with the Choir and Te
Kotuku following with a performance of
Me Huihui.
Mrs Sprague brought the formalities to
an end with an emotional address as she
described the immense pride she had of
the Rutherford family as they showed true
Rutherford pride and spirit on such a special
occasion. Rutherford talent was again showcased as a musical performance led the
procession out and brought to an end the
48th Annual Rutherford Day.
Rutherford College is holding its
50 Year Reunion in 2011. To join
us in these celebrations please
register your interest through our
contact page.
Firm dates and venues are:
Mix n Mingle
Friday
25 March 2011
Venue:
Rutherford College
Time: 7.00pm – Midnight
Formal Dinner/Dance
Saturday
26 March 2011
Venue:
Sky City Convention Centre
Time: 7.00pm – Midnight
Registrations will be through our
website commencing July 2010
www.rutherford.school.nz
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T H E 48T H A N N UA L RU T H ER FO R D DAY
RU T H ER FO R D W E EK
Rutherford Week
On the morning of 2nd August 2010,
I took a long, hot shower - unknowing that it would be my last real one
for the next ten days. I heaped on
the warm clothes after seeing grey
mist outside my window. It was a
pre-warning that I would need all the
woollies I could get. Whilst making
my way to Princes Wharf to board
the Spirit of New Zealand voyage
584, I was a little anxious, but after
my quick stop-by at Rutherford
College I felt a little more excited
again – my assignments for the time
being were completed and I didn’t
have to worry about schoolwork for
ten days more!
On the 23rd of May I boarded the Spirit of New Zealand along with 39 other teenagers and 9 crew members. We set
off on what turned out to be 10 of the best days in 2010. As we sailed out into the Hauraki Golf the fun started.
We were divided up into four ‘watches’.
Port A, Port B, Starboard A, Starboard B.
This was to man the four sailing stations
onboard - Foredeck, Midship, main sail and
Mizzen. We rotated duties daily. Midships
had the additional role of being ‘night watch’
and Mizzen were known as ‘specials, who
helped out in the kitchen.
The average day started off with the ship’s
generator kicking in at 6.30am, waking the
49 people on board and getting everyone
up on deck. The deck was often wet, cold
and dark. However, this thought was quickly
removed from our minds when we hit the
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water after a dive from the side of the ship.
The morning swim was a 20m splash and
dash to the other end of the ship where you
raced up the ladder and back down to the
accommodation. The rest of the early morning programme included breakfast, colours
(notices for the day and raising of the flag)
and cleaning. After this, it was to sail stations
where the day’s sailing would kick off. During
the day we would compete in deck games,
use the yard swing or paddle ashore for a
bush walk in the hills of Great Barrier Island.
In addition to travelling to Great Barrier
Island, we also sailed to remote parts of
Kawau Bay, Waiheke and Coromandel. The
advantage of sailing rather than driving is
that we could anchor in any small bay each
night. Some of the bays that we settled on
in the evenings were so remote you felt like
you were the only form of human life for
miles! After we settled in a spot for the night
we would have dinner and dessert. Then
our evening activity would bring a close to a
thrilling and tiring day.
Whilst on Great Barrier Island we used the
small sailing boats in our watches, competed
in paddling races and walked up to the Kauri
Dams in the hills.
My favourite experiences on the trip
included climbing to the top of the mast,
putting the sails away up on the yards at
the end of each day, sitting on the netted bowsprit whilst pods of dolphins swam
beneath us, and making 48 friends that will
stay with me for a long time. Although these
were amazing times that we experienced,
the best part of the trip was one night where
we paddled ashore in complete darkness to
a small bay. We lit a bonfire and had dinner
around it. This was the night where we all
felt part of the family that had been created
by the ‘Spirit’. Paddling back to the boat in
a Harry Potter-like scenario, we all realised
how much the 10 days had meant to us.
I would like to thank Mrs Reid and the
Waitakere Licensing Trust for giving me the
opportunity to embark on the Spirit of New
Zealand. If you ever get the chance to go on
the Spirit of New Zealand, I would highly recommend it! The chance to meet 39
other teenagers the same age and learn
how to run a sailing ship doesn’t come
around often!
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When I arrived at the Wharf, I soon learned
that there was not a lot of space on this boat
to be shared between the 39 other trainees of my age, as well as the 13 adults who
made up the crew. However, despite having a drawer not much bigger than 50cm³
to store my entire luggage, a tarpaulin bunk
for a bed, no head-room, and a single-room
cabin to be shared with 20 other girls, I loved
knowing there would be a person to talk to in
every corner I turned. The people that I met
on the boat were amazing, and I learnt so
many new things. Throughout the voyage I
gained knowledge of sailing, heard countless nature facts, found the importance of
being tidy (especially whilst confined to small
spaces), and was cultured about the vast
differences in lifestyles we all had – even
though we were all from New Zealand. For
example, we put my comfortable townie-life
in contrast to a fellow trainee’s who lives on a
2000 acre plot of farmland!
I also picked up many priceless lifeprogressing lessons. My most valuable
self-learned morals on the Spirit were to do
with understanding what makes good leadership, infectiousness of positive attitudes,
the heights you can achieve with everyone
cooperating as a team, and how to treat new
people when you have no clue about their
personal background or abilities.
I made so many friends through my voyage, and even though we spent only 10
days together, we all still keep close contact with each other like we’ve been friends
for years. The Spirit of New Zealand gives
such wonderful opportunities to experience
amazing things and to meet brilliant people
who could just become your friends for life. If
you are ever given the opportunity to go on a
voyage, I strongly recommend that you jump
to it! I promise you won’t regret it:
wet clothes, sea-sickness, compulsory
dawn-swims and all – it just makes it that bit
more memorable.
I’d like to thank Mrs Reid for offering this
opportunity to me, and also the Waitakere
Licensing Trust for giving funding to local
schools every year – so that students like
me can experience this once-in-a-lifetime,
character-building adventure. I will never forget my voyage on The Spirit of New Zealand,
the things I learned on that ship I will value
for life.
Rutherford’s Very Own Planeteers
On June 17, ten senior students went to Zeal: Global Café, to take part in the West Auckland Enviro Challenge.
To prepare for the event the students
gathered information about our school’s
waste, recycling, electricity and fuel consumption. Using the information they
found, they then had to choose an environmental issue at Rutherford. Our group
chose to address littering, which was
largely your plastic food wrappers. Both
a video and poster was created with the
slogan “Don’t be a litter critter” (and we
mean it) which was then presented and
judged on the day. Alongside this, our
team presented our general findings, took
part in a quiz, debated the pros and cons
of the emissions trading scheme and
wowed the audience with a Lady Gaga
parody about picking up litter.
We must have done something right
because Rutherford was awarded first
place for the third year running and
since the competitions creation. Pang
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Sharon Tang 13jy
EN V I RO N M EN T G RO U P
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The Spirit Of New Zealand
Yuk Cheung of 12WT was selected
to represent Rutherford College and
West Auckland as a young environment
ambassador. She travelled to Wellington
in the July holidays for a conference with
other youth ambassadors.
Go Rutherford!
And GO PLANET!
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Henare and Shameela represented Ashraf Choudhary. They enjoyed
the opportunity to bring youth ideas to the real parliamentarians and
understand what politics and life in the Beehive is like. This was a
great opportunity as well, so year 9 and 10 students need to look out
for the next one in 3 years time!
Part of what has made TDI so special is the family-like bonds formed
in the group; brothers, sisters, mothers and that cousin who comes
over and eats all your food. Considering that the first group of students to go through the program beginning to end and its founder all
left last year, the group’s dynamics were up in the year. Fortunately
for all involved, three days at Waiwera’s YMCA camp grounds did
the trick.
The usual suspects such as orienteering, rock climbing and raft
building combined with evenings on waterslides and in the pools
playing Keep Away with Water Monsters created a fantastic environment for some group bonding. Skills like knot tying and “bomb
disarming” were revelled by the group as well as some excellent
knowledge and logic. For example, you put bread in a toaster, and
putting all of the tyre inners on your raft will only weigh it down.
Sunburns aside, the camp was fantastic and promised a good year
ahead. The student group would like to thank all involved for their
time and efforts, especially Miss Butler-Shaw for the brilliant privilege.
by Ms C Edwards-Teope
Kaleidoscope students have been busy this year. Their programme of learning is designed to push their brains in
strange and complex directions: English asks them ‘What makes a monster?’ and expects a researched and thorough response, Maths engages them in tessellations and explorations of famed arithmeticians, Science gets them
analysing water samples from the Pixie Stream, Social Studies has them unravelling the intricacies of the Russian
Revolution, and in PE they’ve juggled and been thrown into Grid Iron.
On Saturday 17th April, the Rutherford Robotics Team, The Atomic Kiwis, boarded the plane taking them to
Dallas, Texas, to compete in the 2010 VEX World Robotics Championships. David Graham, Caleb van Beynen,
Jordan King, Michele Lee, Rikki-Leigh McIntyre, Tania Frost, Mr Thompson (coach) and Mrs Taylor (manager)
were ready to take on The USA.
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Before the school year had even officially started, our schools front gate was littered. But not with chippie packets or
crushed cans, instead bags, chilly bins and the odd guitar case were scattered over the ground. This year’s TDI
students had gathered to go on camp.
Kaleidoscope 2010: Rising to the Challenge
Rutherford Robotics compete at the VEX World Championships in Dallas, USA
They joined the New Zealand team of 100 ‘Kiwibots’ who were
planning to topple the dominant and experienced American
teams. The New Zealand teams embraced the mantra of “gracious professionalism” as they competed with the 400 teams that
were present.
Hours of hard work and weeks of staying at school till 7 pm
paid off as The Atomic Kiwis advanced to the quarter-finals of
their division, having taken on teams from Colombia, Brazil, China
and America. It was a steep learning curve as some alliance
teams had very little English and communication was through
diagrams and interesting sign language to establish strategies
to win.
The Atomic Kiwis finished in the top 96 teams and were part
of a very successful New Zealand contingent. Two New Zealand
teams from Kristin College and Albany Homeschool formed an
alliance with a Chinese team winning the 2010 World Robotics
Championships; an amazing accomplishment putting New
Zealand on the world stage.
It was a full-on two weeks for the team, with early mornings,
late nights and losing days through time zones. However, adrenalin and excitement is what kept them going with intense robotics
matches and plenty of sightseeing during their time in the States.
It was a great opportunity to network with the best and brightest
technology students in the world and to explore the USA.
The team enjoyed trips to:
• California Adventure Park & Disneyland
(an amazing 15 hours spent here!)
• Hollywood Walk of Fame
• The “Grassy Knoll” where President
John F. Kennedy was assassinated
• The Rainforest and Underwater World at the Dallas Aquarium
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• The Dallas Hard Rock Café
• The “Cowboy Experience” & Stockyard Maze at Fortworth
• All-You-Can-Eat-Spareribs at Fort Worth
• Competing at the Dallas Convention Centre
It has all had a goal: to provide rigour and to pique the curiosity of
students who are academically able. And the students are rising to
the challenge.
Year 10 Kaleidoscope students scooped prestigious awards at the
Auckland Museum’s ‘I Am Making Movies’ competition. They took
out prizes for Best Documentary, Best Creative Storytelling, Best
Production and the Supreme Overall Prize, winning digital cameras
and a digital video camera for the school, as well as i-Tune vouchers for themselves. The students’ movies were part of their English
programme and created over a 5 week period in accordance with a
strict set of guidelines set by the Museum. Creativity and technology
collided in this noisy and full-on experience.
Further challenge came in Term 3 with the four-day Intensive. The
top Year 9 and 10 classes experienced a collapsed timetable and
the opportunity to explore an area of interest connected to the Te
Atatu Peninsula community. Students embraced the experiment
and took on topics such as: A photographic journal of the Peninsula,
Revamping the Peninsula Shops, and Peninsula Sounds - A Music
Video. The resulting products were showcased for parents and top
projects rewarded.
Term 4 saw the arrival of the ‘Gifted Kids’ Survival Guide’ – a new
text aimed at supporting top students by helping them work through
the complexities that come with their giftedness. Kaleidoscope students have also benefitted from assemblies geared specifically to
celebrate their successes and acknowledging their uniqueness.
It’s been a busy and successful year in Kaleidoscope as we’ve
risen to the challenge of living out our motto: Think. Innovate. Lead.
PSSP
The UN Conference group flew to Wellington very early on the morning after the school ball, with several of them looking very tired! We
stayed in the Wellington Backpackers, which was a very basic venue
with rooms reminiscent of a prison. The common areas were good,
though and we didn’t spend much time there.
Each student represented a country and had to argue that position
in a series of debates and committees. Daniel enjoyed attempting to
defend Trinidad and Tobago’s rather un-PC migration policy, while
Cameron spent most of his time explaining where Comoros actually
was on the planet, and creating alliances. Sam wondered whether
Afghanistan really cared about deforestation, and Brendon spent
most of his time recovering from the ball! Jonny decided that buying a Bob Marley CD would help him get in touch with his country,
Tanzania. A highlight of the conference was the ball at the Duxton
hotel (yes, a second ball in 4 days for some) where a Congolese
drummer named Sam got everyone present up on the dance floor,
which literally jumped due an interesting sprung design. This was
quite scary as we thought we might go through the floor!
The last day of debate was held at the historic Town Hall and many
great resolutions for saving the planet and its people were passed.
We were tired and ready to head home after 4 action-packed days,
but sadly had to wait for 5 hours at the airport while our plane was
repaired. This conference is a fantastic opportunity for young people
to learn, debate and have fun with new friends, so lots of you should
take up the opportunity next year!
Youth Parliament is held every 3 years, with each MP selecting
a youth representative. From Rutherford, Javier represented Tau
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G I F T E D A N D TA L E N T E D
A group of students from our college were lucky enough to be selected for New Zealand Youth United Nations
Conference and Youth Parliament in Wellington during the July school holidays.
RO BOT I C S
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NZ Youth United Nations Conference and Youth Parliament
Peer Sexuality Support Programme
This year, as Peer Sexuality Support People, our aim was to inform the school as much as possible
about who we were and what we intended to do.
PSSP is a programme designed to teach selected youths within
a school the key and important facts they need to know about
sexual health and sexual issues.
Selected students (chosen by the schools Guidance
Counsellors) attended a three and a half day camp or Hui. At
this Hui selected students from a variety of schools got together
and were taught the values of being a PSSPerson. Things
covered at the Hui were: Sexual Wellbeing, Communication
skills, Sexuality and Decision Making, Contraception, Sexually
Transmitted Infections, Relationships, Teen Pregnancy, Gender,
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Sexual Contraception, Sexual Abuse and Dealing with Serious
Disclosures and Affirming Diversity.
Rutherford College’s PSSP team for 2010 was:
• Melissa Howard
• Cam Smith
• Amanda-Jane Hyde
• Helena Lau
• Stephanie Bidois
• Michelle van Wingerden
• Daniel Hathaway
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Geography Field Trips
G EO G R A P H Y F I E L D T R I P S
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S TA RS C A M P
STARS
The bad weather could have been an ominous sign for the start of STARS Camp 2010, but even the rain did nothing
to suppress the enjoyment and antics that the Year 9’s, their senior peer mentors and even the teachers got out of
their three days at Camp Adair in the Hunua Ranges earlier in term two.
Over the three days students were exposed
to a variety of activities, from the “super fox”
to the “pamper pole” (which had nothing to
do with any type of pampering). Every activity was designed to improve team work and
increase the unity in each tutor class.
The camp activities managed to push many
of the students to face their fears,
allowing them to feel the pleasure that came
with completion.
Peer mentors also got pleasure from the
camp. One of the Year 13 mentors, Jessica
Siu (mentor for 9OL), said, “Camp allowed us
to create bonds with the juniors.” This was a
belief mirrored by many other mentors.
Both camps had an incredible amount
of laughs, including the second week seeing Mr Coombes and Mr Smith team up to
take on the other teachers and give them
what could only be called a mud bath before
Mr Coombes got showered in a mixture of
breakfast products.
Overall, camp was an overwhelming success for all those involved.
Year 11 field trips this year involved volcanoes and milk. A tiki tour around the
volcanoes of Auckland gave us good insights into the fiery birth of our city
and it was a relief to find out that most of Auckland’s 49 volcanoes only erupt
once; on the other hand, we may be overdue for another one, possibly near
Rangi. The farm field trip was also an eye opener to most of us who soon got
used to the smells and sights of mother nature at work. Milking is fun, even if
it has its not so clean green dangers.
Year 12 trips involved a walk in the bush - we now know the names of at least five native
trees- and a tour of Auckland’s residential areas, from the poshness of the North Shore to the
gentrified Ponsonby to the state houses of Otara and Manukau City - oops, I mean Manukau
Ward, now.
Year 13 trips are always longer - two days spent comparing the West and East coastbeach
processes at Muriwai and Omaha beach, and three days in Rotorua learning by doing about
tourism development processes. As always, a huge amount of fun mixed with applied learning - such is Geography. Thanks to everybody who made the trips so great.
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Year 12 Outdoor Education camp this year saw 42 young and excited students venture out into the Hauraki Gulf for
three days on Motutapu and Rangitoto Islands. The Camp is the culmination of the course and with almost half the
credits available being assessed, everyone was both excited and anxious to get started.
With all the gear loaded, the two classes (Mr Paterson’s and Miss Henderson’s) travelled
to the Auckland ferry terminal where we were surprisingly met by DOC (the Department of
Conservation) who had randomly selected our group to have all of its gear inspected for
rodents using a sniffer dog as part of the pest eradication and bird sanctuary programme
on the Island. With the inspection behind us and a valuable presentation on bio-security and
the bird sanctuary programme, we caught the ferry to Mototapu where we dropped our gear
before back tracking to Rangitoto to the start of our tramp. The tramp took us up and over
Auckland’s most recent volcano (600 years old) and gave the students the opportunity for
some great views and a chance to explore the Lava caves which snake down the island. The
tramp finished at Home Bay on Motutapu Island which was to be our home for the next three
days. That evening the students cooked their dinner and then had the opportunity to go fishing off the wharf. While no monster size fish were caught, most students who were patient
and dedicated managed to pull in a fish or two. That night the rain came down and helped
emphasize the importance of erecting and sighting a tent with care.
The next day was to be even busier than the last. After a quick breakfast we walked to
MOEC (Mototapu Outdoor Education Centre) on the far side of the island. As soon as we
got there it was all hands on deck to get the Sail Boats, Wind Surfers, Waka-Ama and Rafts
ready. Once everyone had their wetsuits, it was a quick walk to Sandy Bay, the location of our
day’s activities on and in the water. The weather conditions were near perfect for learning, the
location even better and the students spent the entire day in the water rotating between the
activities and learning the new skills required of Wind Surfing, Sailing, Waka-Ama and Raft
building. A number of students showed good natural talent and luckily we were able to spend
plenty of time at each activity to really give everyone the chance to learn the basics and experience success. The return tramp that afternoon seemed to fly by and the concept of walking
everywhere seemed to be one that we were getting used to. That evening after dinner gave
us a chance for some more fishing and some sports on the beach. After dark Kate pulled out
her guitar and the evening was filled with singing, class competitions, riddles and games.
The final morning had us up early again
so no time was wasted. The pack up was
far more efficient and really highlighted the
improvements the group had made. The
improvement in basic camping skills such
and working with tents, outdoor cooking,
dressing appropriately for the conditions
and using teamwork to complete tasks
was evident. The group then split into the
two classes and took some time to reflect
upon their experiences and what they had
learnt. This time was extremely valuable and
showed how far we had come as a group
and how special the experience had been
for us all. The final challenge was the walk
back to Islington Bay wharf for the final ferry
ride home.
Well done to all the students who
attended. For those who are now looking
forward to Year 13 Outdoor Education, the
challenge will be to build on the skills and
knowledge gained this year and take on
every new experience.
“Everything of great value in this world
is hard to get. It is hard to get because
everyone wants it. The best way to get it is
through hard work” (12OED, Camp, 2010)
Get To Go Challenge
G E T TO G O C H A L L E N G E
by Mr Paterson
A team of 8 Year 9 and 10 students competed in the annual Get To Go
adventure sport competition early in term three.
We started with kayaking, which you would think easy enough until we saw that our 2 kayaks
were tied together with only one paddle, and the person with the paddle had a bucket on their
head! With only Peter getting really wet, we moved on to mountain biking, completing laps of
a circuit and tyre changes. The girls proved to be star tyre changers, while Thomas showed
his competitive spirit by falling off and bleeding everywhere. Twice.
Rock climbing was next on the list at Clip ‘N ‘Climb, which is an interesting place. We
gained points for each climb, with our whole team attempting each ascent.
Last on the list was orienteering, where the Rutherford team gained maximum points by
visiting every single control point, despite the efforts of earlier teams to move them! The
Rutherford team actually won on the day, but were ineligible to go to the grand final on Great
Barrier Island as we needed one more girl. This was still a great achievement that the students can be proud of, as well as a fun day out.
Yr 12 Bridge Climb
T R AV EL A N D TO U R I S M
O U T D O O R E D U C AT I O N
Outdoor Education Camp
by Reece Wilkinson 13JY
There had been a warning that a storm was due to hit Auckland for a few days. If the weather
forecast was to be relied upon, it was due to hit at the same time Year 12 Travel class had a field
trip to Auckland City to visit Queen’s Wharf (Shed 10), site of the Party Central for the Rugby
World Cup next year, and to climb the Harbour Bridge.
Well, the day dawned on Wednesday 4th August and we
were greeted by nature in all her fury – rain, more rain and to
top it off, the wind. We were, however, assured of a great time
by Mrs. Munro and we were not disappointed.
When we arrived at Queen’s Wharf (Shed 10) we could
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have been forgiven for mistaking it for an oversized garden shed (Dad
would have been in heaven); we really needed to use our imagination
to see how this site, which is so entrenched in New Zealand’s history,
could become Party Central for the Rugby World Cup 2011.
The next stop was a quick trip around to the Hilton, home to one
of the fanciest hotels in Auckland. The pool was amazing and a stay
here would be a real treat. We were then left to our own devices to
buy lunch (where Nathaniel really enjoyed his sushi) before meeting
back at the bus for the highlight of the trip - THE BRIDGE CLIMB!
We all felt a little silly in the sexy jump suits and helmets but it was a
small price to pay for the opportunity to climb the Auckland Harbour
Bridge. It was a little scary climbing up the bridge, especially with the
slippery steps, cars rushing about below us and unbelievably strong
wind at the top (we were told over 80km/hr). What a rush when we
got up to the top, though. We were standing on the top of Auckland.
We should have been able to see a spectacular view but due to the
bad weather, the docks and the Chelsea Refinery were about the
extent of our sightseeing.
The guides were amazing and truly made the trip an unforgettable
experience. Not only did we have lots of fun but we also learnt a lot.
However, before we knew it, it was time to leave. I’m not going to forget this trip, we had am amazing time and now whenever I go over the
harbour bridge I can say I’ve climbed that Auckland landmark!
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Victoria University Open Day
There’s nothing like starting a school day at
5 o’clock in the morning. My only compensation for hurrying to wake up at such an
early time was no school that day.
So while everyone was sleeping and then
later getting ready for Rutherford Day, I
was jetting off to Wellington. It was Victoria
University’s Open Day. I wanted to check out
the university that I was prepared to change
my comfortable life in Auckland for.
It was pretty hectic when we got there,
full of students from local schools and others from around the North Island. With a
courtyard full to the brim of people waiting and people handing out leaflets and
flyers, Mum and I wandered through the
University grounds completely lost.
While Mum latched onto a tour group
for parents, I finally found the teachers and stands for the subject
areas I was most interested in.
We attended a workshop and
Waikato University Open Day
by Reece Wilkinson 13JY
listened to past and present students talk
about my preferred subjects, Political
Science and International Relations.
We then checked out the accommodation options which had a range of self
catered or fully catered options, alcohol
free rooms and all female sections as
well as the standard full- on party rooms
that we hear so much about. With Mum
pacified over the alcohol free rooms and
myself pacified with the unlimited internet
access, we came to an agreement on the
best option for me.
All in all it was a fantastic day
and it really confirmed for me
that Victoria University will be
my University of choice for
next year. Now I just have to
pass my exams.
by Therese Malcon and Eliza Brunt-Tiueti
On the 30th April we went to The University of Waikato Open Day
in Hamilton. We left Auckland in the rain and arrived as the sun was
warming up Hamilton. The University had free buses running from
New Lynn that would take us to Waikato University and home.
We had already been given information about the mini lectures that
were being held throughout the day so when we arrived, we knew
where we wanted to go and which lectures we wanted to attend.
We followed the path into the University, which took us around the
lake and led us to where all the food shops and cafes were. There
was a wide range of food shops to choose from and they were right
by the lake, which meant that we could sit and have a break in the
sun and enjoy a truly beautiful day. They even had a mini-mart and
a pharmacy. We then drifted ways and went to our own mini-lectures including Geography, Art Design and Media Studies. We also
found out about exchanges that Waikato does with other universities
around the world and got to see the accommodation areas, which
were of quite high standard. The lectures were really informative and
helped us considerably. The environment of the University was really
cool and we felt like we were in a community. This will definitely be
our choice of university for next year.
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They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and Rutherford College Community Education is still alive
and kicking, one of 48 schools out of 212 nationwide that have continued providing night classes despite the
Government’s 2009 decision to axe subsidies. It was a steep learning curve but it’s been a fantastic year.
Careful forward-planning at the tail end of 2009 saw us cutting our
coat according to our cloth and streamlining courses: compressing
the content of some and restructuring others into separate modules in order to keep costs affordable for our community of learners
in the new ‘user pays’ environment. Our decision to require payment at the time of enrolment reduced uncertainty about student
numbers and allowed us to operate our booking procedures more
efficiently. Students were not deterred by the need to pay in advance.
Interestingly enough, feedback from the end-of-course evaluations
suggests that many students wish their courses were longer, an
indication that life-long learning is still viewed by many as a valuable
priority, the cost of which is not counted in dollars alone.
A major change during 2010 has been the development of our
website at www.westaucklandcomed.co.nz. Prospective students
may now browse courses, read tutor profiles and enrol for a class
online. We had expected that the loss of so many ACE venues would
mean we began to draw students from a larger catchment area, and
our internet visibility has certainly contributed to this trend,
with students travelling from as far away as Rotorua to attend
weekend courses.
Another change observed was the number of parents asking if their
children could attend class with them. Where government regulations
had previously made this untenable (funding being directly targeted
at adult learners) under ‘user pays’ we have greater freedom to tailor
courses to meet the needs of our learner communities and so more
family-friendly courses will be an important new focus.
Planning for 2011 is already well underway with new courses being
developed, new tutors signed up, and a new brochure due to hit local
outlets late December. With the support of Principal Gary Moore and
the Rutherford College Board of Trustees, it promises to be another
lively and fulfilling year.
Young Enterprise – Eep
Eep! is Rutherford’s top Young Enterprise Company manufacturing a beanie-scarf.
Early in the morning, on Sunday, 8 August, the team met at
school and piled into the school van. We went to the Auckland
Showgrounds and set up a stall in the Trade Fair section, ready to
sell our wares.
The competition was strong as there were many other companies
from other schools all trying to sell their products, too. Our mentor,
Jenny, from YBe Fashion Design Gallery, lent us a mannequin and
we had samples for people to see and try on. We had some fun and
made some sales.
Thanks to Jenny and our other supporters - it was great to see
you there.
Information Commons
This year has seen a significant increase in the number of students using the Information Commons for
research, study and after school homework groups. Teaching staff have supported students in class time and
out of teaching hours.
Staff List
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Mrs Donna Hutton – Teacher with Library Responsibilities
Mrs Barbara Munro – Library Assistant
Mrs Trish Bettridge – Library Assistant
List of Library Monitors
Senior Students
• Josephine O’Loughlin, Lynette Chua, Manasa Yerra, Michaela
Spencer, Preethi Sanjay, Shweta Chand
Junior Students
• Bianca Bisogno, Bonnie McKnight, Chiara Bisogno, Jasmine
Kong, Jordon Thomas-Egglestone, Sarah-Louise Smilie
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CO M M U N I T Y E D U C AT I O N
On the 3rd of May, we were given an opportunity to go to
the University of Otago. The flight was paid for, transportation arranged, all we had to do was get up at 4 am. We
arrived at Dunedin airport in excitement and anticipation
to visit New Zealand’s first and oldest University. Luck was
definitely on our side as the rain left us early in the morning,
letting the sun out to brighten the city.
We were shuttled to the University, admiring the views
along the way. We found the University stunning, with its
architecture and people. Friendly guides gave us tours of
residential halls, lecture rooms, and even the magnificent
central library. The visit aided our decision-making regarding
residential halls and degree choices. All in all, the visit was
very beneficial and we would highly recommend serious students to consider going to the open day next year.
We thank the school, especially Mrs. Reid and Mrs. Black,
who made this trip possible.
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
CO M M ERC E
by Brendon Son & Sam Al-Diery
I N FO R M AT I O N CO M M O N S
C A R E ERS
Otago University Open Day
A number of dynamic eye catching subjects have been displayed throughout the Information Commons over the year
organised by Information Commons staff. Some of the topics
have been Easter, ANZAC Day, Study Tips, Holiday and Leisure
activities, Garden to Table, Changes happening around the
school- new buildings and the fantastic upgrade of the Marae
front, Rutherford Day, Women in Leadership, Countries of
the World.
Over the year we have purchased and processed 680
new books.
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by Jude Amador
17 March 2010 marked the starting day of the Business Experience at Rutherford College. Students were able to
learn what it takes to be a businessman or a businesswoman. The activity was organized by Mrs. Balogh in cooperation with the Maori Women’s Development Incorporated.
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The first morning started at the Marae with a
Powhiri, welcoming the guests and students.
Everyone then headed to the hall where students were asked to sit next to someone of
the opposite gender. After an introduction by
the main organiser, the students were separated into ten groups and decided on their
group leaders.
To get the ball rolling, games were played
as warm-up and chocolates were awarded
to the winners. The actual entrepreneurial
experience then commenced with the leaders drawing lots for which specific industry
their group will specialise in. Time was given
to brainstorm for the idea of what good or
service their company will introduce to the
market. The product or service name
which had to be chosen had to be related to
the company name or be the company
name itself.
Members in each team were designated
individual tasks: Manufacturing, Sales,
Research and Finance. Each task had seminars which the students attended, learning
the key ideas and the basics on what each
role does to benefit the company. Internet
access enabled research and hastened the
work for the computer tasks while paints
were given out to challenge the artistic side
of the students and establish their company
logos. When tasks were completed, the
score board was signed by the organisers
which represented the amount of ‘cash’ that
the group will have for purchases.
The last activity before the final presentation on the third day was a bidding war for
location. The group had to use the funds
they were able to obtain by completing the
tasks. The bidding ended if the price that
the auctioneer perceived for the location
was reached. It was an interesting auction
as some of the bought locations were over
priced while some were underpriced. One
group ended up not being able to purchase
any of the auctioned location sand had to
buy one from the other group at a higher
than normal price.
Over the course of three days, several
interesting business ideas were presented
to the judges. Students were allowed to get
changed in order to be more business-like
for their presentation.
Speed Dating Organisation, as their group
name suggests, was a group focused on
organising events for speed dating. A good
way to get to know a stranger or just to
have fun!
Mascovision was a company which specialised in advertising. Their idea was to use
a television mascot in order to advertise for
other businesses.
Pet Day Care was a group which took
on pet care. A service definitely needed
when you have to work and have a pet to
worry about.
There was a variety of ideas which were
all well presented but one group was a clear
winner, the group named Plates U8. The
group thought of selling edible plates. It
wasn’t only their idea which made them win,
but also their black business attire with a yellow tie which made them stand out from the
rest. They were rewarded with medals and
winning certificates.
All those who participated received certificates for taking part in the Business
Experience. Group leaders were given
another certificate for their leadership.
Participants were also given a chance to
gain Level two credits in a unit standard
which was organised and marked by Mrs.
Balogh for their hard work throughout the
three-day course.
It was an enjoyable occasion which
Rutherford College students happily took
on, both as a learning opportunity and as a
challenge. It was good to see the great ideas
developed in the event. It was also worthy
to note the immense number of participants
which showed an overwhelming appreciation for the Business Experience.
13 Biology trip to the Museum
SC I E N C E
CO M M ERC E
Business Experience 2010
The Year 13 Biology classes visited Auckland Museum late in term 3 to learn more about human evolution and evolution of New Zealand’s native species. The hands on experience of handling million year old stone tools and skulls
was very interesting, and their teachers were impressed with how much the students remembered.
The time spent learning about NZ’s evolutionary history was very
enlightening. Some comments were: it was cool, it was fun, we
played the game, and there really ARE fossils in NZ. Getting to hold a
150 year old kiwi and 1500 year old moa bones was interesting, but
not as much as the 130 million year old fossilised poo!
The great thing about the trip was that we learned to think like scientists – always ask why, then find the evidence so you don’t look
like an idiot. Why did NZ not get any mammals? We’ve been isolated
from every other piece of land for at least 65 million years – before
mammals had even evolved! It’s easy to look at lions and giraffes and
mice to see how they fit into a food chain, but more of a challenge
to see how NZ’s birds and insects can also fit those roles – Haast’s
eagles (with a 3m wing span) could kill a giant moa or even a person,
moa who fit the role of the giraffe, and weta who do the same job as
a mouse.
To quote the museum educator: “If you want to think in straight
lines, become an accountant. It takes creativity to be a scientist, and
creative accountants get arrested!”
Biology Trip to Piha
In March earlier this year, the Year 12 Biology students, along with Dr Singh and Mrs Butler Shaw travelled the
40 minute trip by bus to Piha. The trip was for an internal assessment in which we had to observe the trends of
where the blue-banded periwinkles lived in relation to the tide, how they survive in that particular zone exposed
to rather unique environmental factors, and their relationships with other wildlife.
The two classes crammed onto a bus. I
remember sitting on the bus driving over
the Waitakere Ranges. We couldn’t help
but to hold our breath wondering whether
the bus would make it up the hills. The
entire bus would cheer when it finally
made it up a rise.
When we arrived at the beach, we
walked to the cliffs where we were to set
ourselves up. One of the best parts of the
day was actually setting up our transect
line. We had to climb the cliff face to set
up. On the cliff there were many creatures
from gross cockroaches to periwinkles to
shore crabs.
The weather that day was not the best.
The wind was really strong and to top it all
off, it rained too. The wind blew sand in our
eyes and the rain made us wet and cold.
To add to the cold, when the sun wasn’t
blocked by the clouds, it was by
the mountains.
One of the most memorable things was
watching mussels feeding. They poke out
their filter type tongue which looks like a
feather. This makes food particles stick to
it which is then pulled into its digestive
system. It was pretty amazing to see how
exactly mussels feed because we normally
see them just clinging to a rock or under
spray taps at the supermarket.
We always perceive school trips for
assessments as boring but this one was
an exception. It was a lot of fun spending the day at the beach with friends from
biology classes, climbing cliffs, looking at
all the different wild life in their natural habitats. If I were asked to do it again, I could
answer with no hesitation, Yes!
From the desk of the Head of dept Science
2010 has been a really exciting year for the Science department.
In the junior school, Year 9s started the year
learning about our impact on the waterways around the peninsular, and collected
more than 8000ltrs of rubbish from the
Pixie stream and mangroves in July. Some
classes have been involved in an on-line
collaboration with Komazawagakuen high
school in Japan using lego kits to solve
design challenges like land yachts and stair
climbing machines. The junior units are all
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The Special Education Unit has
had another eventful year in
Special Olympics.
being redeveloped to make them even better for students, and the teachers are really
looking forward to trying out a new era in
science teaching in 2011.
In the senior school, the biologists went
to the museum to learn about evolution,
the Liggins Institute at the University of
Auckland to work with DNA, and to Piha for
their shore study. The Chemists took a trip
to the Chelsea sugar factory get a feel for
how real science impacts on our everyday
lives. The Physics class felt left out, and so
we are planning a field trip to Rainbow’s End
for Yr13 in 2011 to experience forces. The
number of students opting to take senior
sciences for 2011 is up 25%, so Science is
proving to be a very popular subject choice.
While 2010 was an awesome year, 2011
promises to be even better!! See you all back
in Science next year!!
The Year in Special Olympics
began with Athletics in Term One at Mt
Smart Stadium.
This was followed by Football in Term
Two at Te Atatu Peninsula Park.
The next event was 10-Pin Bowling in
Term Three at The Lincoln Road Ten Pin
Bowling Centre. This was very successful for us again this year, when we won
yet another trophy for a team first place in
their division.
Term three also held our Basketball
Ribbon Day at The Trust Stadium.
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A fantastic upgrade of the Marae carvings was completed by Ata Riini and Jackie Taitua.
It has been another great year for the Languages department with many great events happening.
L A N G UAG ES
Languages Department
We got a new German sister school in
Buxtehude, Germany and are hoping for
many exchange opportunities in the future.
Three senior German students will be leaving
for a two month exchange in December and
their exchange partners will visit Rutherford
earlier next year.
We are currently organising two trips
overseas. A group of students will travel to
China next year and we will also go on our
first German Study Tour with Massey High
School in April 2011. There are a lot of things
to look forward to.
The junior German classes created some
amazing 3D sculptures in their German culture assignment that were exhibited in the
Info Commons.
Language students participated in many
national and international competitions such
as Australian Language Certificate and
Language Olympics and achieved some
great results.
The third Chinese Speech competition for
the Auckland Region was held earlier this
year. Chaeri Yoon in Year 10 came first in the
Intermediate Category and moved on to the
National Competition in Wellington where
she got the second place. Faber Edwards
(Year 13) came second in the Auckland
region in the Senior Category.
One of the highlights this year was the
International Languages Week with all
its language activities, games, competitions, international food and costume day.
Students had a great time participating in
various activities and enjoyed different food
from different cultures. It was a great success to promote the language learning and
understanding at Rutherford College.
Golden Days by Fei Zheng
Chris was a good-natured ten-year
old boy with a kind heart. His family
was quite poor so he was yearning for colourful toys and tasty
food. One Saturday morning, while
his parents were both away working, he started to make breakfast ,
beans and bread-as it always was.
“When can I eat like those of my
rich friends?” He sighed heavily.
“Now,” Who was there speaking? He
was sure that there was a low, soft voice
from the corner of the house .All of a sudden, he was startled by a funny sight. A
Rat, a Mole, a Toad, there were three animals standing in front of him, all looking at
him with kind, smiling faces. “Are you from
the book…the one… what is the name of
it ? You have to excuse me.” He scratched
his head trying to think of the name. The
Wind In The Willows!
“ Don’t worry boy, we came here to do
you no harm,” The Rat said with his little
eyes twinkling. “Come on, Ratty, what is
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the rattling for, let’s get started. Chris has
always wanted a big, nice meal for
breakfast.” Mole jumped up and down
with excitement.
By then Chris realized that the Mole and
the Toad were carrying a huge package.
“What is inside?” asked Chris.
“Some food from our storage, tomatoes
growing in our garden, a roast chicken given
by our generous neighbors from the forest
left from their Christmas party...” By the time
Rat finished talking, Mole and Toad had prepared a magnificent feast set on the table.
As the child ate happily, Mole said: “We
grow our food, we can have plenty of food
to enjoy. Chris, do not complain about life,
but do work hard to get a good life for yourself. Do you understand what I am saying?”
Remember what I said, you will understand
it one day.”
“I see you are powerful creatures. As you
have given me such big pleasure, may I ask
for some extra services?” asked Chris.
The Toad frowned. “Greed is not a good
characteristic for a child.” Chris blushed with
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Creative Writing
embarrassment, “My grandma got cancer
and won’t live long. Will you make
her recover?” pleaded the child with
tearful eyes.
Deeply touched by the innocent heart,
the Rat said gently. “No, we are sorry for
that, as our power is not that great. But
what we can do is to send your grandpa
to her dream tonight. In that dream, we will
make them both young, experiencing their
fist date again, back in those old, golden
days, will that be ok?” Chris thanked
them sincerely.
“We have to go now; we can not wander around long.”
“Go where?”
“Go back, to our lovely river bank, into
our ship everyone,” ordered the Mole.
Then all of a sudden, a view appeared
in front of Chris: a golden summer afternoon, the river was running and singing
vividly before him. Three friends were lying
on the ship taking an afternoon nap.” As
Chris turned the corner, he saw the ship
sailing slowly out of the sight.
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Rutherford Welcomes a Family from the Congo
International students from Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Malaysia,
Norway, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam have studied alongside our local students this year. The sharing of cultures and work ethic are highly valued attributes of our international program.
Towards the end of term two Rutherford College welcomed eight siblings from the Democratic Republic of the
Congo. Mandima, Victor, Murhula, Aimee and Graciano are regular students in our school while two elder
brothers and a sister are enrolled in Community Education classes.
In addition to individual enrolments, we
have welcomed several groups of overseas
visitors this year. Groups from Japan and
Thailand came to study with us during their
summer holiday season.
International Exchange students this year
have been Thora Bergsveinsdottir (Iceland)
and Anett Erno (Norway).
The International Students Committee
has actively supported means of integrating
international and domestic students. They
have scheduled and led the International
When the news arrived that these five
young people would be joining our college
after surviving the atrocities of the Civil War
which had taken the lives of their parents,
one of the first thoughts on my mind was
how they had all managed to survive on
their own.
What first struck me as I got to know the
family of eight were their integrity, maturity
and consideration for each other as well as
for other people. I was eager to hear their
survival story and to learn about one of the
most beautiful, yet bloodiest places on
the planet.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
is located in the very heart of Africa. It is
home to the second largest rainforest in
the world. This massive expanse of lush
jungle covers most of the vast, low-lying
central basin of the river Congo. This area is
surrounded by plateaus merging into savannas in the south, by mountainous terraces
in the west, and dense grasslands extending beyond the Congo River in the north.
The DR of the Congo has an enormous
amount of mineral wealth. Cobalt, copper,
diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, tin, uranium,
radium, bauxite, iron ore, and coal are all
found in plentiful supply. Conflicts over
basic resources such as water, and access
and control over rich minerals have been
fuelled by various national and international
corporations which have an interest in the
conflict that has involved seven nations.
Since the outbreak of fighting in August
1998, some 5.4 million people have died.
It has been the world’s deadliest conflict since World War II. The vast majority
have actually died from non-violent causes
such as malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia
and malnutrition—all typically preventable
in normal circumstances, but have come
about because of the conflict. Although
19% of the population, children account for
47% of the deaths. Some 45,000 continue
to die each month. These shocking figures
would usually be more than enough to get
Assemblies and all members of the
Committee have shown leadership and
commitment by their involvement.
Our international students have been
excellent ambassadors for their families and
countries. They have worked diligently to
achieve academic success; integrated with
domestic students both in the classroom
and in the sports arena and have
contributed to the cultural diversity of
Rutherford College.
Go! Club
by Kevin Liu
Every Friday this year, a group of students, junior and senior, have been gathering in a cosy room in the
International Village. What have they been doing? Well, exercising their brain cells, of course because Friday
lunchtime is GO! Club time.
Part of what has made GO! club so interesting is the friendly atmosphere formed in the club. Students from everywhere around the
world joined GO! Club at the beginning of the year. Not only did they
learn to play GO!, but also made new friends and learnt about other
cultures, even had a taste of their food.
“Strangers become good friends after one game.”
“Everybody feels free and comfortable.”
“We can chat and have lunch while competing against each other!”
These are just a few enthusiastic comments about this rather
unique club which is all about thinking, pondering, strategy planning,
problem solving and hopefully defeating the opponent.
GO! is a popular board game in Asia; there are normally two players in a game. Its rules are not quite simple, but once you understand
them, it is very likely you’ll get addicted to it.
“This is exciting, I can’t believe I’ve won!” Sam said excitedly after
she beat Jude one day.
Some students even felt disappointed to miss GO! club when we
had half day on Friday at the end of term.
Next year there will be more competitions in GO! club and hopefully there will prizes for winners.
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media attention the world over, especially if
it were to threaten influential nations in some
way. Yet, perhaps as a cruel irony, influential nations in the world benefit from the vast
resources coming from the DRC over which
people are dying.
Graciano, Mandima, Aimee, Murhula and
Victor speak without bitterness about all this.
What they want to tell their fellow students
at Rutherford College about their life in the
Congo and the refugee camp in Uganda is
nothing but humbling.
Graciano: “Life is like stairs. Every person has a dream, but those dreams do not
become reality for everyone. Sometimes, I
have a flashback about my home country
and the camp in Uganda… People you are
surrounded by are preoccupied with themselves. No one is to be trusted there. Envy
and greed is what drives those people to
kill and commit terrible crimes. There is no
money and no employment. The eldest sister, Janine, had a job. She worked so hard
for a small wage. I was in charge of looking
after our hens and chickens. When I needed
anything, I’d sell a chicken for a jumper or
shoes. In Uganda, we were safe but food
was very basic – only beans and maize flour,
a drop of oil and salt. There, in the camp, I
went to school, but the teachers were not
qualified and the Science I did was all theory,
no experiments. Nobody cares about anyone there. If you’re sick, it’s hard to get help
because nurses are poorly trained or too
busy with dying people. I always got sick
with malaria there, but now, in New Zealand,
ever since I arrived, I haven’t been sick once.
I’m so grateful to all lovely people here. Their
hospitality is amazing.”
Elodie: “In the Congo, life is extremely
dangerous for girls and women – they are
vulnerable and subjected to unspeakable
abuse and violence. We were protected by
the Catholic Mission priest and UNHCR. But
we had to run and hide because everyone
knew who we were – our father had been
killed because he’d advised people against
by Ms Gerzic
violence and told them not to join
the rebels.”
Murhula: “In my country, it is hard to find a
job even if you have qualifications. You can
get employment if you have connections.
Even when you work, you get paid so little
that it is impossible to buy anything. People
who work in mines digging gold and diamonds are paid more, but their neighbours
will often break into their houses at night and
kill them if they do not give away their earnings. There are people who will poison the
children of their neighbours if they
perform well at school, better than their
own children.”
Aimee: “In the camp in Uganda, life was
very bad. I couldn’t go to school. I used to
sell tomatoes at the market or exchange
them for some oil or clothes…Fresh water
was not really fresh and was far away. We
had to dig deep in the ground at night and
then be there around 4am – then the water
would surface. If you don’t get there early
enough to collect water, it will either get dirty
or evaporate in the heat.”
Victor: “That water was far from clean. It
is so easy to get typhoid fever. Then they will
take you to hospital. You’d be in agony but
you had to wait for half a day for a nurse to
come and see you. They will try to give you
an injection; sometimes they’d prick you 10
times because the nurses are unqualified.”
This kind of life is now behind Elodie,
Aimee, Victor, Murhula, Graciano and
their family
They now enjoy everything that young
people usually take for granted: cell phones,
DVDs, movies, music and computer games.
Above all, they appreciate the opportunity to
go to school again and to learn.
Their final message: “We want to thank
everyone at Rutherford for accepting us and
helping us so much in every way.”
Victor had one more thing to say, “We are
all the same – people from Asia, Europe,
Africa or New Zealand – we just have different life experiences.”
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International Students 2010
Words are spoken,
Then hastily sought to be snatched
back.
Actions are done and then
regretted.
Words can not be unspoken.
Actions can not be undone.
Mistakes and accidents are one in
the same.
Spite to envy,
Envy to fury,
Fury to pity,
Pity to sorrow,
Sorrow to regret,
Regret to guilt.
Guilt that you will forever bear in
your mind..
Guilt that you will forever carry
upon your shoulders.
As you bury him under a sky darkened with ash,
You will know that you could have
saved him from his demons,
But you smirked and turned the
other cheek.
Do you know who I am?
Death or memory?
I am neither.
I am you.
Ryan MacDonald
Winter
The winter sets in
Autumn has passed
Like sand in an hourglass.
The snow begins to fall,
From an unforgiving sky.
As the clouds thicken,
So does my heart.
For winter brings the cold,
Loss and sorrow.
Ryan MacDonald
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The Curse
Now that the gate has been
unlatched
And headstones pushed aside
Corpses shift to offer room
A fate you must abide
Walled up inside your tomb
With darkness all around
Rotting hands of flesh and bone
Reach up to drag you down
Fires burn and demons dance
To the sound of a beating drum
To remind you of what it is that
you have done
You scream in pain and agony
As the blood pours from your ears
You try to crawl and cry for help
but no one really cares
You gaze upon the dark night sky
With glazed unblinking eyes
While your body draws the hunger
Of a thousand feasting flies
Ryan MacDonald
Love, the language of the soul.
To explain to someone who has
never felt its touch
Is like describing color to a creature without eyes.
Love is devotion for the person
who is your life,
The person you live for,
And like a Martyr,
The person you would die for.
They are your pulse,
The blood in your veins,
The stars in your night sky,
The light to your darkness.
Like manna from Heaven,
They will keep you alive.
Or like a blade,
They will slice through your heart
and twist the knife.
They are your world.
Do not ever let them go.
Ryan MacDonald
Drama Department
DRAMA
ENGLISH
Love
Secondhand Suffering
Whole school production (Oliver!)………check; Year 12 and 13 production (Antigone)……check; Year 11
production (Eating the Wolf)……check; Theatresports workshops………check.
The Drama Department has been busy this year making sure that students have had the opportunity to
be involved in a wide range of activities both in and outside of the classroom.
With the departure of Mr. Sheehan to pastures new, the Department now consists of oneand-a-bit teachers, with Mrs. Goulding taking on one Year 9 class each semester. This
has meant that everyone has been pretty busy, especially during term two when the whole
school production and the Year 12 and 13 production were rehearsing at the same time!
The number of students in the Department has grown, along with the number of live
performances that students have had the opportunity to attend. Students were able to
attend two performances each term, ranging from the powerful and moving Nga Manurere
at TAPAC to a new and vibrant version of Romeo and Juliet at the Maidment Theatre that
certainly kept the students who attended talking about it for some time afterwards!
The Department was also involved in holding auditions for a new film by Tammy Davis
(see auditions article) and the whole school was very pleased when one of our students
was cast in the final film.
Junior students have worked hard to continue last year’s tradition of playing warm up
games with focus and enthusiasm and the introduction of ‘I am Mr. Hit’ has been received
with equal measures of joy and frustration.
Senior students have also worked hard both in the whole school production and in their
own productions. Year 12 and 13 students staged a version of Jean Anouilh’s Antigone
which was affected quite badly by some students leaving school. The rest of the cast did
their best to fill the gaps, but the final performance did show a number of wobbles. The
small audience was supportive and the students did feel some achievement in that they
performed the play, even if it was not to the standard they would have liked.
Year 11 students staged a production of Eating the Wolf by Sarah Delahunty and raised
funds for the Drama Department by
selling tickets to their final assessment
performance. Both acting and production teams worked hard to give a polished
performance that was enjoyed by students and audience alike.
Term 4 saw the introduction of a Junior
Theatresports tournament that will hopefully become a fixture, allowing teams to
practise their skills before the school joins
the Auckland wide Theatresports Youth
Programme where competition will be
against other schools.
2011 promises to be another busy year
for the Drama Department, with another
whole school production to produce and
wonderfully creative students to support
and develop. Oscar Wilde considered
’theatre to be the greatest of all art forms’
so if you’d like to know more, come and
join in with the wonderfully weird Drama
Department next year!
Auditions
The telephone message was unexpected and extremely exciting: “Hello there. We’re casting a film written by Tammy
Davis from Outrageous Fortune and we’re looking for Maori or Pasifika boys aged 13 – 16. Could we come to your
school to audition some of your students?”
Arrangements were made for auditions to be held on a sunny Friday
morning at the start of term 2. Tammy Davis and his friend Rob
Mokaraka arrived at school and found 17 students eager to audition.
Rob took everyone’s details and Tammy began the process of
auditioning two students at a time.
There were many nervous faces before the students went in, but
lots of smiles when they came out. After introducing themselves on
camera, the students read an extract from Tammy’s script and followed his directions. Everyone involved agreed that Tammy and Rob
had been really friendly and easy to get on with, and that the audition
had been fun.
Two weeks later, a message was received that 6 of the Rutherford
students had been selected to attend another audition for the film.
We were also told that ‘Rutherford was the best school’ that the team
had visited.
Some weeks later, after yet more auditions, we received the thrilling news that Maia Ngata-Aerengamate had been chosen to appear
in the film. Look out for Maia’s performance soon!
Grief
I am grief.
Grey as a storm cloud.
Black as a prisoner’s soul.
I am grief.
Numb as death.
Cold as a black winter.
I am grief.
Solemn s a wolf.
Sad as a robin.
I am grief.
Ryan MacDonald
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M E D I A S T U D I ES WO R K
DRAMA
School Production OLIVER
by Faber Edwards
School productions are now an engrained tradition at Rutherford. Productions have punctuated my time here at
Rutherford College, from ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ in 2007, to ‘For Today’ in 2008, and
then this year with ‘Oliver!’ Lionel Bart’s musical classic graced the Rutherford stage in June this year to much
applause and acclaim, but it wasn’t all fun and games putting on this song and dance.
The auditions for the show were nervewracking, even though I’ve been doing it for
years. Mrs Faaea-Semiatu and Mrs Sykes,
two of Rutherford’s kindest teachers, did
their very best to be as intimidating as possible. For the younger students it was a new,
exciting and scary experience, but once
rehearsals began, they soon discovered the
teachers in charge weren’t as scary as they
may have seemed, but also that performance really required a lot of hard work
and discipline.
Rehearsals were tough for everyone,
including the teachers. Miss Exeter had her
work cut out for her training the rhythmically-challenged how to dance. The hours
were long and we all appreciate the work
our teachers put in, above and beyond what
they are paid to do.
As the production started coming
together, we became more and more
excited. In the weeks leading up to opening night, the set transformed into 1800s
London and we were accompanied by the
talented production band. We could suddenly see all our hard work was going to pay
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off, and that our first performance was just
around the corner.
On opening night, nerves and emotions
were high. We were anxious to see how
our first paying audience would react, and
we were excited to tell the classic story of
‘Oliver!’ our way. And the audience loved it.
For our week-long season of performances,
we received tremendous amounts of praise
and compliments from audience members.
For the younger members of the cast it was
a great new experience and for the senior
students, it was a wonderful send-off as our
last school production.
‘Oliver!’ was a fantastic experience, and
I’ve been left with many fond memories.
All I have is gratitude for the teachers, cast
members and everyone else who made it a
reality. I can only hope that the role productions and the performing arts play at
Rutherford College will continue to grow and
become more prominent in future years,
and that more and more students seize this
opportunity to have a great time and give
back to the school.
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by Michele
by Michele
Lee Lee
Friday 13th August – a day feared by many, but not by the 2010 Rutherford Prefects – well sort of. The prefects
wanted to give students the opportunity to showcase their talents, so put on The Rutherford X-Factor Talent Show.
It was also decided that money from ticket sales would be donated to The New Zealand Cancer Society and the
inaugural Rutherford Cultural Dinner.
With only 50 pre-sale tickets sold, organiser Michele Lee was thinking maybe the Friday the 13th curse was in play. However, this was
not the case.
The evening turned out to be a great success with more than 230
people filling the hall to see which Rutherfordians had the X-Factor.
Helena Lau and Stephanie Bidois, entertained the audience as the
MCs for the evening, and with a wide range of talents showcased, it
was a spectacular show.
From beatboxing to the Rubik’s cube, dance to singing, we were
treated with a wide range of talents. We were also lucky enough to
have impromptu performances by Graham Clark, who did his funny
eyebrow thing (like in the Cadbury Ad), and also by Simon Sekulov,
who gave a beautiful rendition of the Rutherford Way.
While there were so many talented performers, the very professional judging panel made up of Ms Faaea-Semeatu, her friend
Manu and Mr Raine, narrowed it down to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
3rd place went to the very capable duo of Coralie Bristowe (singer)
and Sam Spackman (guitarist) who wowed the crowd with their performance of “I wish I was a punk rocker”. 2nd place went to Phillip
Wang who impressed everyone with his beatboxing and 1st place
went to the very talented, and very entertaining trio of Tatupu Fata
(guitarist and singer), Tangaroa Te Tai (singer) and Gino October
(singer), who performed a medley of songs.
As usual, such a successful show would not have been made
possible without a huge support crew. A big thank you to all the
teachers, prefects, cultural committee members and technicians
who put together such a smooth show, and the biggest thank you to
all the performers and the audience for coming out to support this
student-run event.
Over $1000 was raised from The Rutherford X-Factor, half of which
will go towards the Rutherford Cultural Dinner and the other half to
The New Zealand Cancer Society. What an event! What a success!
What talent we have here at Rutherford! We definitely have
the X-Factor!
M U S I C & DA N C E
M U S I C & DA N C E
Rutherford X-Factor 2010
Rutherford Senior Choir
With barely any vocal warm-ups, stolen music (ok, whoever took it will not be my bff), fluctuating numbers, and
singing three different parts almost simultaneously (you’d have to be possessed to pull that one off!), the senior
choir made their intrepid journey into the hub of the city on Monday June 14.
Like the junior choir, we were also required to adhere to the set repertoire for the competition, one NZ composition (A Song of Ruth by
David Hamilton, former HOD Music at Epsom Girls’ Grammar and
famed NZ choral composer), one Western Art piece (Angus Dei
by Pergolesi), and one post 1900s piece (The Power of the Dream
by Babyface). We were originally set to sing But He Still Loves Me
featured in the “Fighting Temptations” film, but someone stole the
music from the grand piano (the only copy, never doing that again!).
The senior choir is made up of the Year 12 and Year 13 Music
vocalists and singing enthusiasts who enjoy group singing. They
performed to a very receptive audience and received excellent
feedback from the regional judge. Standout performers this year
were Amanda Hyde and Dain Kim. Newcomer Jacob Wharerau
found that once he applied himself to his singing, he was able to
increase his vocal potential. We will be looking at working intensively with Hitesh Patel, who, despite his unparalleled attendance
record, has yet to achieve the same dizzying heights with his
vocal performances.
Bring It On
Rutherford College’s 54 strong hip hop crew certainly knows how to “bring it,” with the crew taking
out third place in the North and West region section of Bring It On.
After working together since the start of the year, the students finally
got to show the other schools what they were about on June 11 at
the Trusts Stadium in Henderson.
Competing against nine other strong schools from the North
and West region, the Rutherford crew showed that they were
among the best. They came in close in behind Kelston Girls High
School and Kelston Boys High School, who took first and second
place respectively.
The group was lead by Rodney Tyrell, Alex Sani and Awhi Ripikoi.
The talented trio was also responsible for choreographing the piece.
The crew was not only set apart from other schools because of
their tight routine but because of their creative and visually dynamic
costumes. Replicating the old school video game Pac Man, the
t-shirts had Pac Man of Pac Miss in fluro creating a three-dimensional
effect on stage.
Based around a 360 degree stage, choreographically it was a
challenge for the students. Many people commented on how effective the formations were and how tight and in sync the students’
performance was. It was also said that the routine’s originality and
execution made them stand out from the rest of the crews.
The crew then advanced through to the grand final at the end of
Term Three, competing against the top four groups from Central and
South Auckland where they won a prime place in every person’s
heart and kept their pride well and truly alive.
Having worked hard for two long months, Rutherford College
Bring It On dance crew brought a whole new routine to the stage at
the Trust Stadium on August 14.
The crew of Rutherford College worked exceptionally hard, and
even though they didn’t get a placing, their energising five minute
performance never failed the expectations of the most ardent
Rutherford supporters.
Rutherford Junior Choir
From a core group of twenty Year 9 and 10 students, the final hardcore group of thirteen (unlucky for some,
but not our lot) junior singers made their way to the Auckland Town Hall to compete in the Auckland Secondary
Schools’ Regional Choir Festival.
Due to this generation’s penchant for
simplicity and possibly the future onset
of dementia, this event is now known as
THE BIG SING. But don’t be fooled by
the monosyllabic title of the event, as the
Rutherford Junior Choir was up against
some stiff competition. This was the
choir’s baptism of fire into the competitive
arena, and its first public performance.
The choir performed the required
set repertoire for the event of one NZ
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composition (Me Huihui by Dr. Pita Sharples),
one Western Art music piece (Adoramus by
Orlando di Lasso, a Renaissance composer)
and a post 1900s piece (Thou O Lord, a
gospel piece made famous by the Brooklyn
Tabernacle Choir). The junior choir was
lead by the very talented Miss Tanielu. The
accompanists were Mrs Faaea-Semeatu and
Maia Ngata-Aerengamate.
There were standout performances by
Alasdair Robertson, Lily Du, Landa Tupai
and David Palamo. We look forward to
more performances from the junior choir
next year.
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Hollywood Bound
by Michele Lee
How do we end Term 2? The school ball of course! The 2010 Rutherford College Ball, Hollywood Bound: A Night Amongst
the Stars, was held at The Crowne Plaza. With the Hollywood Hills behind us and everyone glammed up, we danced the
night away.
And of course, what would a Ball be without sashes and tiaras? Rutherford Ball 2010
King went to Hohepa Waenga, Queen to
Helena Lau, Prince to Jackson Haere and
Princess to Chantelle Ramage. 2010 saw
the introduction of Random Hottie Awards.
Random Hottie Boy was Jesse Hudson and
Random Hottie Girl was Elina Osborne.
With good music, good company and
exceptionally good behaviour, it was a night
enjoyed by all.
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The 4th annual Green Bay sports
exchange was held between the
colleges on Thursday 29th April
on a beautiful summer’s day ideal
for sport.
9 senior teams were represented across 7
codes with Rutherford sending two full and
excited busloads of elite sportspersons to
contest netball, rugby, basketball, football
and squash at Green Bay High School. The
1st XI girls hockey team were also involved
again this year and held on for a 0-0 draw
played at Avondale College and the senior waterpolo team came from behind to
beat Green Bay 9-8 in a thriller at the West
Wave Aquatic Centre. Both premier netball
teams again dominated the opposition and
the football games, always hotly contested
finished with a win to the boys and a draw
for the girls. Both rugby and basketball had
a tough day succumbing to Green Bay but
proving they are still no pushovers! The senior boys squash team held their own to finish
2-2 even with two opposition players being
carded squash players. All teams use the
exchange as preparation heading into their
regular seasons trying combinations and for
some playing together in a game situation
for the first time so great results all round.
Another victory to Rutherford recording 4
wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
WINS
DRAWS
LOSSES
Premier 1 Netball
1st XI Girls
Football
3rd grade Rugby
Premier 2 Netball
1st XI Boys
Football
Senior Mixed
Waterpolo
Senior Boys
Squash
U17 Boys
Basketball
1st XI Girls
Hockey
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Bradley Gates 11HO, Toni James 11TR,
Cole Nyenkamp 9JA and Blake Nyenkamp
9TN who competed at the National BMX
Championships held over Easter weekend
this year. Toni improved her NZ ranking from
8th in 2009 to 5th and Bradley produced
some outstanding runs to claim the NZ #1
title in the 16 year boys division.
Jessica Thrower 10MN and Adel Van Der
Walt 10LU who competed in Tauranga on
the 5th June at a Judo competition. Adel
won two bronze medals at the tournament,
one coming from her own weight division
and the other in the open weight division.
Cameron Dee 10WR, Jerome Swannack
10HR and Michael Samu 9JA who braved
the awful conditions on Tuesday 1st June
to attend the Auckland Secondary Schools
Cross Country Championships. From the NZ
herald“The testing St Kentigerns College circuit soon became a mudbath and was much
better suited for ducks rather than runners
who struggled to stay on their feet throughout the 4km loop.” Cameron was the best
placed Rutherford runner at the event.
Athletics Day
S P O RT S
S P O RT S
Green Bay Sports Exchange
We were blessed with some beautiful weather again as we prepared for
Athletics Day 2010. Held over two days, competitors worked hard on heats
day to ensure their place in the track finals on day two with 105 students
achieving one or more top 3 placings across 3 age groups.
Two school records were also broken during
the competition. The first in the junior boys
long jump where Daniel Gates 9FT jumped
5.44m to claim the title, the second in the
triple jump. Teresa Chand 9BK jumped
6.83m into the record books with her nearest competitor nearly 50cm behind in the pit.
Congratulations!!!
We were extremely pleased with the
number of year 9 & 10 competitors out there
this year, the talent definitely bodes well for
more record breaking attempts in the years
to come.
Thanks to Mr Matai’a and his year 13 PE
class who set up the fields on both days, the
members of staff who continually offer their
assistance in marshalling, and Mr Smith who
survived a Javelin in the leg on day one (as
well as some stitches and a tetanus shot)
to actually come back and still want to be
involved on day two.
12 students went on to compete for
Rutherford at the Auckland Secondary
Schools Athletics qualifying days with
Paxton Maligi 9BK and Gary Hansen 12DS
making it through to the finals meet held
on Wednesday 10th March. Gary earned a
bronze medal in the intermediate boys long
jump with a personal best jump of 6.25m
and Paxton won gold in the junior girls long
jump with a jump of 4.86m also a personal
best. Congratulations!!!
Rugby
The Rutherford 6th grade rugby side is fast becoming the premier oval ball
team in the school with a recent run of emphatic wins. After a mixed start
to the season the team looks as if it has gelled and is now playing an exciting brand of stylish free-flowing rugby. Last weekend’s win against Selwyn
College had the crowd on its feet with some exhilarating backline play set up
by a formidable showing from the forward pack.
Star performers so far have been South African import Clint Sampson who has lead the team
well from the front row, lineout supremo Malachai Tuaoi tireless flanker Kane Whitcombe and
hard running midfielders Josh Fata and Qdane Kingi. If Sonny Bill Williams needs some advice
on adapting to union after league he could do a lot worse that watching our code changers
Cubah Tahiti, Jeffrey Maepu and Alex MacWilliam who are proving to be crowd favourites with
their exciting running and tactical nous.
Sources close to the boys say that there is a good buzz in the squad and that they are rating their chances of finishing the rest of the season unbeaten.
Coaches Place and Nola have been impressed by the teams’ spirit and work ethic. They
would also like to thank all the loyal parents and supporters who turn up every Saturday.
Swimming Sports
Our annual school swimming sports day was held on Friday 12th
February with a few hundred students opting to spend their day
outside by the pool in the heat of the summer sun.
Our champions impressed with their
technique and speed in the water often
unchallenged. Some other highlights
of the day included the prefects in their
‘cupid’ get ups selling valentines day
roses for $2, the 4 x 1L individual medley, Anahera Hakiaha 9OL making the
2 length freestyle and breaststroke look
easy and Alannah Prins 11TR & Dean
Lupton 12BL who completely dominated
their respective grades winning all 8
events. A huge thanks to the ‘exclusive’
team of organisation staff who do a great
job running this event.
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by Mr Moore
Sport 2010
by Oliver Mereyato Sports Co-ordinator
After comfortably qualifying from their grading round in second place, Rutherford came up against the best sides
from right across Auckland in a 12 team championship round competition. This was the first time in a long while that
Rutherford had a team make it into this grade of football.
2010 has been another year of growth for sport at Rutherford. Student participation is up 2% from where
we were this time in 2009, and by the end of this year we should have seen 82 teams proudly representing
our school in 31 different codes.
The team proved that they were more
than capable of competing at the highest level. During the championship round
they recorded wins against Avondale
and Massey, and a well deserved 2-0
win against Kelston Boys confirmed wins
against all other West Auckland schools. A
2-0 away win against St Kent’s further demonstrated that this group of players provided
an exciting base for the future of football at
Rutherford. The team finished 7th in this top
tier competition and were unlucky at times
that results and key moments in a number of
close games did not go their way.
The strength of the team was the work
ethic and willingness to defend as a unit.
The team conceded only 16 goals in 11
championship fixtures, 5 of which were
from penalties.
Throughout the season the team played a
total of 18 games winning 10, drawing 2 and
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Our junior students led the way with impressive participation numbers in our school athletics and swimming field days. A special
mention and congratulations to Daniel Gates (year 9) who broke
the junior boys long jump record that had stood since 1971 with a
jump of 5.44m. From the school event 12 students qualified for the
Auckland Championships where Paxton Maligi (year 9) took Gold in
the junior girls long jump in what looked like a warm up run for the
Waitakere City Club athlete. At the same event Gary Hansen (year
12) came home with a bronze medal in the intermediate boys long
jump and his performance earned him a place in the tournament
team representing Auckland at the North Island Secondary Schools
Championships in Wellington.
Our open equestrian team placed a credible 2nd overall at the
Auckland Championships beating out some of the larger ‘equestrian’
schools and forcing them all to have a ‘second look’ at our little team
from Rutherford. Congratulations team!
Boys’ volleyball has been revived this year due to the recruitment of P.E staff members Mr Roulston and Mr McLean who opted
to take on our talented and enthusiastic group of boys interested in
the sport. Hard work paid off during the season with the team winning the central/west division three championship in term one. The
senior girls team was also not to be outshone under leadership of Mr
Matai’a, placing third in the western zone division.
With the winter sport season fast approaching we tried a registration evening for all students interested in playing a winter code for the
school. This involved students (and Mum or Dad) coming down to
the school on one of three evenings, filling out a registration form and
paying a deposit for each code. Around half of our sports students
followed this direction, which made organising trial dates/trainings for teams so much easier for us as a department and our code
teachers in charge.We will iron out a few issues but will return to the
same sort of registration in 2011. Look out for dates and further information in the school pack you receive in January!
Both hockey and squash saw increases in both participating
students and the number of teams fielded this year. Squash teams
increased from 5 to 7 with 37% more students and hockey from
3 teams to 4 i.e 14% more students were playing hockey than in
2009. If we then go on to compare these two sports with 2008 data,
we see that in only two years we have increased participation in
squash by 54% and in hockey by 69%. Both our 1st XI girls and boys
hockey teams placed in the Auckland Open C grade divisions. The
girls, coached by Miss Henderson, were 2nd = in the western division and the boys coached by Mr Thompson won the west division
and played off for the overall C grade championship title where they
eventually finished runners up. Both teams will now be expected to
travel to satellite hockey tournaments in 2011 as part of the sport
contingency sent from Rutherford participating in national winter
tournament week. Exciting times!!!
The junior boys squash team came agonizingly close to a win in
their grade over Kings College which ended up with our number 1
& 2 players losing by a single point and players 3 & 4 drawing both
their matches. It did prove however, (as Mr Moore alluded to at junior
assembly shortly after the final) that you don’t need to pay thousands
of dollars to receive a quality sport programme at school. Squash
has been supported in the last two years by Lauren Carter (year 12),
who is unable to play for the school due to basically being too good
(a carded player), who then offered her time as a coach for all our
teams who train at Club Physical. Thank you, Lauren.
The 1st XI girls football team after a great 2009 season was promoted to the premier 2 division of the Greater Auckland Competition,
and although they struggled at times with the experience of other
teams, held their own to secure their place again in the 2011 league.
Our junior girls team also showed their skill set completely dominating in the junior B division and beating St Mary’s College 6-5 in the
final (penalties) after the game was drawn at full time and at the ends
of extra time.
and conceded 20. One of highlights of the
season would be leading eventual champions Westlake 1-0 at Westlake with 5 minutes
to go. In the final moments we were pegged
back with a penalty and a fantastic long
range strike. Westlake finished the season
with a 100% record but knew they were
lucky to have got out of this one with their
record intact.
The regular back 4 of Robert Beisley,
Josip Botica, Brayden Brown and Josh
Matic provided a very solid foundation.
Bryce Marchant in goal was a very strong
last line of defence. These 5 were the basis
on which the success throughout the season was built.
Up front, Matthew Gaughan and Tyler
Murphy showed a good range of skills and
an eye for goal. Player of the season, Daniel
Gates, bagged a hatful of goals and was
capable of scoring against all opposition. He
further proved this in his performances for
the 1st XI at their national tournament.
Across the midfield Jayden Howdle and
Aaron Wilson provided a strong centre of
the park and developed a good partnership.
Nathan Rollinson was effective on the right
flank and worked up and down the pitch to
good effect. Hadley Patchett was asked to
do a number of roles and grew in confidence. He delivered a cracker of a cross for
the goal headed in by late season recruit,
Daniel Hough, for the winner against Massey.
Finally, but by no means least is Hehwad
Nassery, whose close control and clever
touches often created opportunities to keep
the ball. His calm finish to seal the victory
away to St Kent’s was a classic piece of play.
The team was a pleasure to coach; therefore, I strongly encourage that they continue
to work hard in the years ahead. I look forward to seeing this group represent the 1ST
XI with pride in the years ahead.
Girls Football 1st XI Team
National Football tournament week is the winter sporting highlight for young women all across New Zealand, and
Rutherford’s 1st XI Football girls were fortunate enough to attend the Grant Jarvis Tournament in Taupo again,
thanks to their superstars, Coach Miss O’Neill and Ms Shaw, their manager. The team of year tens to thirteens got
along well, with additional players due to team injuries.
With two games each day we had very early
mornings, and we certainly got to know
each other’s morning routines, along with
Kapiti College girls, who over the week we
became friends with. Our first game was a
Draw and we had high hopes for the rest
of the week. Unfortunately, the two games
a day caught up with us. We soon fought
back in the end, beating Iona in our final 2-1.
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Whakatane beat Otumoetai 2-1 to win the
tournament. The week not only held two
games a day, but we had trips to the natural
spa pools, that gave a nice escape to the
pressure of winning our games. A trip to
the golf hole in one gave many laughs. Karli
and Chantelle along with others showed off
their well-learnt skills, getting close to a hole
in one. Overall, we had a good time, with
dance styled warm ups, to a dinner/dance
get together with all the other teams on
Thursday, and the fun and injuries of football. Thanks to all the girls in the 1st XI team
who went to tournament, the coach, and
the manager. Without all of you it wouldn’t
have been possible, and as much fun. Also
good luck to all the girls who are moving on,
we are going to miss you.
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We again had 9 netball teams playing in the Waitakere Netball
competition and moved our elite sides back from the Trusts Stadium
to play in the newly refurbished indoor courts at Te Pai. The Premier
2 team lost by 2 in extra time vs St Dominics in the division 4 final
while the 10A team see-sawed in the year 10 division 2 final against
Massey in the end also going down by 2.
Of our students who this year have gone on to higher representative honours in sport, congratulations to Paxton Maligi, double
representative for athletics & netball, Emily Petherick double representative for softball & netball, Casey White for her selection and
inclusion in the Pacific Rim invitational netball team that travelled to
Australia in May, Manaia Babbington, - New Zealand Tag rep, Tamati
McGregor & Tangaroa Te Tai – NZ Grid Iron reps and Bradley Gates
who at the national BMX Championships claimed the New Zealand
#1 title in the U16 boys division.
I would like to thank our students who have given back to
Rutherford sport this year by taking on coaching roles of junior
teams and our committed parents who have assisted us in being
able to field our teams by stepping up to the plate and taking on a
management role. Without your help this year, many of our students would not have had the opportunity to participate. Thank you
also to our keen group of honorary sports staff who work above
and beyond their contracted teaching hours to coach and manage
teams. We have a hugely talented team who strive to increase your
skill knowledge and further your development in sport. Thank you to
our 2010 sports captains and committee members who have done a
great job this year and to the year 13 students who have participated
in sport at any level and now head out of the gates for the last time.
Thinking back to my own high school years (which were not that
long ago) the long lasting friendships and monumental experiences
gained were through my association with school sports teams both
competitive and social. I hope your experience in sport has been as
positive and you continue to play next year and in the years ahead.
Michael Jordan once said, “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you
were better”. So bring on 2011, it won’t get any easier but Rutherford
sport is getting better. Be a sport, get involved!
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13A Football Season Summary
S P O RT S AWA R DS
S P O RT S AWA R DS
Awards dinner held on 28th October, Trusts Stadium, Henderson
SCHOOL CHAMPIONS
Sala-Joy Schwalger
Sports Committee
Athletics
Javier Mihaere
Softball
Junior Girls
Yulia Hallwright
REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS
Junior Boys
Brayden Brown
Casey White
Intermediate Girls
Clarissa Naidu
Waitakere U17 Netball
Intermediate Boys
Gary Hansen
Auckland Fiji U17 Netball
Senior Girls
Elina Osborne/Michelle Westerlund
Tamaki-Makau-Rau U17 Netball
Senior Boys
Brendon Son
Pacific Rim invitation team
Outstanding Achievement in
Athletics
PaxtonMaligi
Waitakere U15/2 Netball
Bryar Abraham, Aimee Te Whata,
Shawny Tipene
Waitakere U17 Netball
Kara Merryweather
Junior Girls
Megan Lupton
Waitakere U15 Basketball
Amorangi Ngata-Atkins
Junior Boys
Alex West
Intermediate Girls
Alannah Prins
Auckland Secondary Schools Rugby Te Amohaere Ngata-Aerengamate,
Kahurina Cassidy
Intermediate Boys
Ethan Hadley-Jensen
Senior Girls
Kelly Marsh
Senior Boys
Dean Lupton
Outstanding Achievement in
Swimming
Dean Lupton
Swimming
Auckland Judo
Adel Van Der Walt, Jessica Thrower
North Harbour Hockey
Reagan King, Jordan King
Auckland U17 Softball
Tegan Hollier, Brierley Auimatagi
Karate
Toni James
Motorcross
Jamie Blanchard
Malcom Cowie Cup -
JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Netball
Paxton Maligi
Tournament team selection
Bright Nkrumah
Basketball
David Palamo
Waitakere U15 Football
Football
David Gates
Daniel Gates, Brayden Brown, Jayden
Howdle, Caleb Farry
Waitakere Cricket
Chantelle Ramage
Auckland U19 Lawn Bowls
Jacob Wharerau
PLAYERS CONTRIBUTION TO SPORT
Netball
Sophie Unterhofer
Football
Jonny Stagg
Basketball
Tatsuki Matsuda
Squash
Manaia Babbington
DOUBLE REPRESENTATIVE
Paxton Maligi
Auckland Athletics & Waitakere Year
9 Netball
MOST PROMISING PLAYER
Emily Petherick
Basketball
Blake Nyenkamp
Netball
Sophie Henderson
Auckland U17 Softball and Waitakere
U17 Netball
Football
Karli Hansen
NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVES
Rugby
Kahurina Cassidy
Manaia Babbington
Tag
Squash
Harris Upham
Bradley Gates
BMX
Volleyball
Simon Sekulov
Tamati McGregor
Grid Iron
Hockey
Jorja Grogan
Tangaroa Te Tai
Grid Iron
Amorangi Ngata-Atkins
NZ Koru Basketball
MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER
Basketball
Chantelle Ramage
TEAM OF THE YEAR
Netball
Kara Merryweather
Junior Girls Football
Football
Hayden Winslow
Coach: Miss J Morris
Rugby
Ryan McGreal
Cricket
Hadley Tunnicliffe
Squash
Michael Zhang
JUNIOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN A SPORTING FIELD
Hockey
Reagan King
Paxton Maligi
Lauren Carter
SENIOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN A SPORTING FIELD
Tennis
Rosalyn Shaw, Dayna Stockley,
Madison Sutherland, Brooke Wrathall
Bradley Gates
YEAR 13 SERVICE TO SPORT
Athletics
BMX
Kelly Marsh
Waterpolo
SPORTS CO-ORDINATORS AWARD
Beulah Tise
Netball
Dean Lupton
Courtney Armstrong
Netball
For service & contribution to school
sport
Manaia Babbington
Squash
JUNIOR SPORTSWOMAN
Amorangi Ngata-Atkins
Stephanie Gay-Bidois
Netball
JUNIOR SPORTSMAN
Daniel Gates
Sarah Howie
Netball
SENIOR SPORTSWOMAN
Lauren Carter
Danica Janssen
Netball
SENIOR SPORTSMAN
Dean Lupton
Helena Lau
Netball
DUX LUDORUM
(to be decided in early term 4)
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debating junior 1
debating junior 2
2nd row: Jean-Claude Fuller, Josh Horsefield.
Front row: James Wang, Alasdair Robertson, Utsav Patel,
Ravikanth Gurunathan.
2nd row: Zazi Gohar, Mr Collier
Front row: Laura Anne Wilson, Abby Nel, Chaeri Yoon, Jorja Grogan.
debating junior 4
debating junior 5
2nd row: Nigya Pokhrel, Kayla Eagle
Front row: Kimberleigh Murray, Nijal Topiwala
2nd row: Ms Bullot, Mari Theron
Front row: Lily Du, Kayleigh Ansell, Jasmine Horsfall, Mona Yang
debating advanced 1
2nd row: Faber Edwards, Brendan Tribe
Front row: Michele Lee, Malaika Shaw
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debating advanced 3
debating senior 1
2nd row: Mrs Shakoor,
Front row: Andrew Wong, Franklin He, Jason Shakoor.
2nd row: Michael Cresswell, Reece Wilkinson.
Front row: Georgia Reid, Rebecca Roigard
debating senior 2
debating senior 4
2nd row: Ms Halliday
Front row: Pang Ying Cheung, Tasmiah Aronee, Pang Yuk Cheung
2nd row: Malinna Liang, Fletcher Mayo, Josephine O’Loughlin.
Front row: Megan Still, Mrs Edwards-Teope, Lynette Chua.
debating advanced 2
library monitors
L-R: David Graham, Caleb van Beynen
Absent: Crystal Petty, Javier Mihaere
2nd row: Sarah-Louise Smillie, Preethi Sanjay, Bonnie McKnight, Josephine O’Loughlin, Shweta Chand, Jasmine Kong.
Front row: Manasa Yerra, Mrs Munro, Mrs Hutton, Mrs Beatridge, Michaela Spencer
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young enterprise 1
young enterprise 4
2nd row: John Tian, Paullyn Villa-Senor, Mrs Balogh, Chheang Heng.
Front row: Cathy Phann, Judy Wong, Laura Tan, Xin Yi Zhu, Mrs Balogh, Sheena Zheng.
2nd row: Mrs Balogh
Front row: Mark Taylor, Simon Sekulova, Abdul Syed
young enterprise 2
young enterprise 5
2nd row: Brendon Son, Yoav Zionov, Allister Shaw, Brendan Tribe.
Front row: Brian Hong, Sharon Tang, Mrs Balogh, Amanda Hyde, Kevin Liu.
2nd row: Rahul Permal, Mrs Balogh, Josh Shakoor
Front row: Ryan Lal, Aishwarya Raman, Zamaan Shah
young enterprise 3
go club
2nd row: Franklin He, Di Cao, Edward Liang, Tim Chen, Yoav Zionov, Jude Amador, Brian Hong, Carl Win Woon
Front row: Irene Zheng, Jessica Chan, Kevin Liu, Samantha Lewis, Jo Wey Woon, Ms Gerzic
2nd row: Jude Amador, Peter Huang, Viren Patel
Front row: Syamala Sidharth, Mrs Balogh, Pauline Uon
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christian group
capoeira club
2nd row: Ms Thorogood, Jade Sutherland, Melissa Howard, Nathaniel Kandregula, Daniel Hathaway, Emma Hathaway, Jordan Thomas-Egglestone
Front row: Shane Tweed , Tyler Hoyle, Jean-Claude Fuller, Ravikanth Gurunathan, Alex Mitchell, Amanda Hyde, Dain Kim
2nd row: Hohepa Waenga, Jorginio October, Luther Manu, Maia Ngata-Aerengamate
Front row: Jackson Haere, Tim Gabriel
christian worship band
robotics
2nd row: Ms Thorogood, Nathaniel Kandregula, Sam Spackman, Nicole Wawatai
Front row: Emma Hathaway, Tyler Hoyle, Alannah Prins, Jordan Thomas-Egglestone
2nd row: Jordan King, Caleb van Beynen, Rikki-Leigh McIntyre, David Graham
Front row: Michele Lee, Mr Thompson, Mrs Taylor, Tania Frost,
drama
performing arts teachers
2nd row: Singitta Wallace, Emma Hathaway, Marie Dunn, Taylor Humby, Josh Cassidy, Ethan Hadley-Jensen, Jade Sutherland, Yvonne Campbell, Angeline Prasad.
Front row: Mrs Sykes, Leah Shirley-Thomson, Amy Hall, Nicole Wawatai, Alannah Prins, Heather Tribe, Anita Liev,
Coralie Bristow, Jasmine Mitchell.
L-R: Miss Exeter, Miss Tanielu, Mrs Faaea-Semeatu, Mrs Sykes
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scop
senior plays
2nd row: Mr Raine, Cassandra Barrett, Josephine O’Loughlin, Bridgette Kimura, Maia Greening, Kriewaldt Manu
Front row: Malinna Liang, Irene Zheng, Vanessa Gao, Sharon Tang, Amanda Hyde.
2nd row: Annie Taufitu, Frederich Ohle, Andrew Vernon, Kevin Lam, Kevin Horsfall, Mrs Sykes.
Front row: Alexandra Poyreaux, Tyler Faitau, Tennessee Te Whata, Frances Neary, Jade Taare.
paw justice
environmental committee
2nd row: Monsoon Ting Ting, May Li Yew, Emma Hathaway, Jade Sutherland, Courtenay Armstrong, Nathaniel Kendregula, Melissa Howard, Michaela Spencer.
Front row: Vanessa Gao, Nicole Wawatai, Shane Tweed, Sharon Tang, Heather Tribe, Alannah Prins, Amanda Hyde.
2nd row: Miss Brown, Ravikanth Gurunathan, Casey Temu, Joseph Manila,
Nicole Wawatai, Le’chelle Tatana.
Front row: Alannah Prins, Ceenan Rutter, Terangi Hall, Tessa Johnston.
oliver band
cultural committee
2nd row: Mrs Faaea-Semeatu, Youri Song, Miss Tanielu
Front row: Jackson Haere, Nigal Kishore
Absent: Mona Yang and Jonah Faaua.
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2nd row: Amanda Hyde, Jesse Hudson, Daniel Hathaway, John Li, Kevin Horsfall, Kobi Daniel, Mrs Faaea-Semeatu
Front row: Sharon Tang, David Graham, Shameela Nassery, Hohepa Waenga, Sera Aho, Vanessa Gao.
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tic cultural group
junior choir
2nd row: David Palamo, Jacob Wharerau, Jackson Haere, Miss Tanielu, Mrs Faaea-Semeatu, Maia Ngata-Aerengamate, Jonathan Tolova;a, Alasdair Robertson.
Front row: Joseph Manila, Kayleigh Ansell, Mari Theron, Adel Van Der Walt, Mona Yang, Lily Du, Jasmine Horsfall, Amanda Hyde.
2nd row: Mrs Shakoor, Mrs Edwards-Teope, Ms Gerzic, Miss Tanielu, Mrs Sykes, Mrs Balogh
Front row: Ms Thorogood, Mr Thompson, Miss Exeter, Mrs Faaea-Semeatu, Mr Raine, Ms Butler-Shaw, Miss Brown
Absent: Ms Bullot, Mrs Ball, Mrs Betanzo, Ms O’Leary, Mr Turner, Ms Halliday, Mrs Hutton, Dr Singh.
senior choir
indian dance
2nd row: Tangaroa Te Tai, Jackson Haere, Mrs Faaea-Semeatu, Miss Tanielu, Maia Ngata-Aerengamate, Joseph Manila, Jacob Wharerau, Luther Manu.
Front row: Lily Du, Aishwarya Raman, Annie Taufitu, Jade Taare, Michaela Spencer, Dain Kim, Jorginio October, Hitesh Patel.
Absent: Tatupu Fata, Sophie Kaulima-Irvine, Troy Rouse, Jonathan Tolova;a, Destiny Mitchell, Harmony Mitchell, Mehnaz Shama, Francis Muliaga, Francessca Muliaga
2nd row: Malia-Ana Murphy-King, Aziana Yahid, Chahat Chawla, Zamaan Shah, Abdul Syed, Shweta Chand, Dr. Singh.
Front row: Arisha Chandra, Georgia Reid, Ilaisa Brunt-Tiueti, Rebecca Roigard, Sheena Reddy
Absent: Ryan Lal, Sharlin Kumar, Tennesee Millane-Arlidge, Rochelle Holland, Maata Mafi, Roslyn Shaw
luv music
technical crews
2nd row: Chloe Craighead, Daniel Mann, Graham McPhail, David Graham, Sam Dempsey, Rikki-Leigh McIntyre.
Front row: Caitlin Thompson, Megan Lupton, Mr Thompson, Meghan O’Loughlin, Tania Frost.
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2nd row: Jerome Swannack, Rikki-Leigh McIntyre, David Graham, Jackson Haere, Jade Taare, Mrs Faaea-Semeatu, Miss Tanielu, Kevin Horsfall, Allister Shaw, Munro Edwards,
Maia Ngata-Aerengamate, Sam Spackman.
Front row: Jorginio October, Nicole Wawatai, Le’chelle Tatana, Casey Temu, Terangi Hall, Tessa Johnston, Alannah Prins, Amanda Hyde, Maxene Laurence, Sarah-Joy Pekepo.
Absent: Year 11 Music students, Year 12 Music students, Year 13 Music students, Elites Pasifika Achievers.
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bring it on
te kotuku
4th row: Reuben Simeon, Tamati McGregor, Greg Ngawaka, Hohepa Waenga, Jackson Haere, Maia Ngata-Aerengamate, Allan Thompson, Matauru Wanoa, Jared Watts.
3rd row: Jordan Northover, Bailey Turia, Taylor Wickliffe, Jordan Brown, Luther |Paniora-Prescott, Mohi Te Whata, Renata Ioane, Toihau Taumaunu, Justis Hape,
Wiremu Paniora, Joseph Hall, Jeff Ruha.
2nd row: Toa Clausen, Te Ora Pahewa-Johnson, Mikaela Henderson, Kimiora Arama, JJ Waenga, Te Amohaere Ngata-Aerengamate, Hurirongomai Hauraki, Amorangi Ngata-Atkins,
Bridgette Kimura, Jessica Williams-Cadore, Leigh Currin, Tiaki Paniora, Hirini Haere.
Front row: Kahurina Cassidy, Moana Raukawa, Jahnice Warren, Ashleigh Riini, Kobi Daniel, Jancine Dixon, Georgia Tamihere, Lena Borck, Tangi-Maria Tutengaehe.
Absent: Mauritz Keldermann, Jacob Wharerau, Jackson Wharerau, Olivia Wilcox, Julia Tukariri, Malia-Ana Murphy-King, Tayla Ihaka, Pauline Cullen, Adelaide Cullen.
4th row: Tamati McGregor, Celeste Sturch, Jorginio October, Terangi Hall, Lakkum Auva’a, Te Amohaere Ngata-Aerengamate, Samantha Roache, Grace Pritchard, Pele Guttenbeil,
Maia Ngata-Aerengamate.
3rd row: Luther Manu, Munro Edwards, Kiaya Lupi, Jacob Wharerau, Jackson Haere, Sharlin Kumar, Lana Te Riini, Leticia Fortes, Jason Naeata,
Sabah Iaali, Jenny Park, Tangaroa Te Tai.
2nd row: Miss Exeter, Ceenan Rutter, Billy Samountry, Josh Major, Alex Sani, Awhi Ripikoi, Rodney Tyrell, Samantha Young, Meena Nassery,
Hinemoa Hall, Edward Brown, Xavier Breed.
Front row: Norah Lolohea, Geena Mailata, Kimberlee Hohepa, Nicolata Aleluia, Kyle Te Whata, Hohepa Waenga, Michael Samu,
Tangi-Maria Tutengaehe, Kimiora Arama, Youri Song.
Absent: Candice Jacobs, Fiona Filimoehala, Tayla Mihaere, Pamela McHardy Timothy Gabriel, Darren Heke, Damon Ediss, Czarlee-Jade Paniora-Prescott, Luther-Jamahi PanioraPrescott, Jahmanda Hohapata, Lopeti Tike, Albert Hewett, Titaha Thompson, Jessica Thompson.
oliver cast
kilikiti
2nd row: Miss Tanielu, Jorgino October, Dillon Tusa, Marion Autagavaia, Geena Mailata, Norah Lolohea, Lennox Tuitama, Manaia Babbington.
Front row: Jackson Haere, Xavier Breed. Hohepa Waenga, Allan Archer, Michelle Westerlund, Tim Gabriel, Kaudy Tepou, Maia Ngata-Aerengamate.
sadd
3rd row: Josephine O’Loughlin, Bridgette Kimura, Ian Chua, Nathaniel Kandregula, Michael Vernon, Sam Spackman, Hohepa Waenga,
Ashleigh McCamish, Michaela Spencer.
2nd row: Judy Wong, Zohreen Ali, Rebecca Roigard, Shameela Nassery, Ms Farrar, Maxine Peddle, Georgia Reid,
Front row: Sarah Neale, Nicole Wawatai, Heather Tribe, Sophia Noakes, Alannah Prins,
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2nd row: Miss Exeter, Renee Richards, Minou Van Vliet, Fiona Smith, Hannah Shaw, Theresa Chand, Alasdair Robertson, Michael Medwed. Shane Tweed, Cameron London, Alex
Mitchell, Annika Van Vliet, Jean-Claude Fuller, Tayler Alexander, Mrs Faaea-Semeatu
Front row: Mrs Sykes, Matthew Sellwood, Shameela Nassery, Maia Ngata-Aerengamate, Faber Edwards, Bailey Hargreaves-Robinson, Georgia Reid, Jorginio October, Ravikanth
Gurunathan, Alannah Prins, Heather Tribe.
Absent: Omar Abied, Nicole Wawatai, Josh Cassidy, Lilly Dempsey, Hannah Shaw, Aishwarya Raman, Raven-Leigh Faifua-Young
pssp mentors
2nd row: Helena Lau, Steph Gay-Bidois
Front row: Amanda Hyde, Melissa Howard
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international students
studio show
international languages
samoan group
environmental committee 2
student newspaper
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Most Valuable Player – Mahmoud Mahoud
2nd Row: Mason Ta’avale, Mahmoud
Mahoud, Joseph Manila, Tyler Prince, Mr
D.Roulston(Coach)
Front Row: Richard Ramage, Jonathon Billing,
Graham Clark, Hyun Woo-Joo, Kenichiro Murai
basketball u17 girls
basketball u15 girls
Most Valuable Player – Amorangi Ngata-Atkins
2nd row: Thip Malen, Maata Mafi, Rosalia
Williams, Mrs G. Paul (Coach)
Front row: Linda Zhao, Namesia Potts,
Chantelle Ramage (Captain),
Amorangi Ngata-Atkins
Absent: Paris Hape, Te Amohaere NgataAerengamate, Celeste Sturch, Singitta Wallace,
Te-Rina Watene
Most Valuable Player –
Aisa Manumaleuga
Mr R. Chandra (Ass.Coach),
Mrs O. Mereyato (Coach)
2nd row: Aqeela Gamieldien, Simran Gounder,
Aisa Manumaleuga, Nicole Ritchie, Teresa C
hand, Maryssca Dugasse
Front row: Juliet Fu, Stormy Te Kani-Frost,
Theresa Williams, Ivana Kitanovska,
Kimberleigh Murray
Absent: Hope Matatia
Winners, Waitakere U17 Division 2
Championship
Played: 12
Won: 12
Drawn: 0
Lost: 0
Points For: 576
Points Against: 314
Most Valuable Player – Leroy Sisnett
2nd row: Elton Puaga-Crichton, Corey
McCamish, Troy McCartney (Captain), Isaiah
Wehipeihana
Front row: Tatsuki Matsuda, Marty RudolphBlasé, Leroy Sisnett (Vice-Captain), Troy Rouse,
David Palamo
Absent: Mr R. Paterson (Coach),August Sila
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blue boys
Most Valuable Player-Kriewadlt Manu
2nd Row: Mr.A.Dodds(Manager), Ravneel
Chandra, Mr.R.Abied (Coach)
Front Row: Kriewaldt Manu,
Manaia Babbington, Omar Abied,
Dillon Tusa, Kevin Lin
Absent: Jianji Liang, Neil McAteer, Koichi
Nakamotot, Kaudy TePou
basketball u17
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basketball u19 boys
basketball u19 girls
Most Valuable Player – Wing-Yee Chan
2nd Row: Ms.H.Liu( Manager), Alvina Chalmers,
Yuna Hayashi, Chantelle Ramage, Mikako Endo,
Mr. T.Yuretich(Coach)
Front Row: Alice Chen, Naydene Alexander,
Wing-Yee Chan, Therese Malcon, Lalita Blanch
Absent: Renee Atwell,Jane Chand, Natalie
Jarman, Sophie Unterhofer
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football u14 a boys
Most Valuable Player – Blake Nyenkamp
2nd Row: Phillip Jackson, Manaaki Gray, Adel
Abied, Michael Samu,Mr K.Mclean (Coach),
1st Row: Kento Osbourne, David Palamo, Cole
Nyenkamp(Captain), Taylor Edwards, Mason Kelly
Absent: Robert Beisley, Andrew Kim, Robert
Li,Blake Nyenkamp
Most Valuable Player – Caleb Farry
Coaches Player – Matthew Pringle
2nd Row: Samuel Dobbie, Caleb Farry, Zachary
Sadlier, Edwar Changwai, Mr D. White( Coach)
Front Row: Quintin Leigh-Paton, Ciaran Sharp,
Matthew Pringle, Thomas Delich, Gavin Crook
Absent:Bradley Davey, Sam Flynn, Travis
Hansen, Daniel Hough
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basketball u15 boys
football 2nd XI girls
Most Valuable Player – Josef
Hardenbol
Coaches Player Award – Joel Fuller
3rd row: Jean-Claude Fuller,
Manish Kumar, Prashant Sharma
2nd row: Fynn Osborne-Vaudrey, Thomas
Hallwright, Blake Hurst, Josef Hardenbol,
Mr S. Collier (Coach)
Front row: Shavneil Sharma, Mohamad
Shamsoudin-Khosami, Joel Fuller (captain),
Krishaal Sharma, Joshua Wraith
Absent: Sage Martin, Daniel Wood
3rd row: Alanah Martin
2nd row: Christy Williams, Coco Parkinson,
Emma Hathaway, Nicole Seeque,
Mr R. Chandra (Sports Captain)
Front row: Kelsi Smith, Jade Sutherland, Elyse
Patchett, Rabiah Samadi, Namesia Potts
Absent: Malaika Shaw, Flo Tafa, Mrs G.
Fitchett (coach),Katherine Kingsle, Supawadee
Phongphaew, Kelsi Smith
football u13 a boys
football junior girls
Auckland Central Junior B
Championship
Most Valuable Player – Daniel Gates
Coaches Player Award – Jayden Howdle
3rd row: Brayden Brown,
Bryce Marchant, Tyler Murphy
2nd Row: Hewahd Nassery, Hadley Patchett,
Nathan Rollinson, Jayden Howdle, Matthew
Caughan, Gary Moore (Coach)
Front Row: Joshua Matic, Josip Botica, Aaron
Wilson, Daniel Gates, Robert Beisley
Absent: Amanpreet Singh
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Played: 10
Won: 10
Drawn: 0
Lost: 0
Points For: 64
Points Against: 7
Most Valuable Player – Yulia Hallwright
Coaches Player – Megan Hawkins
3rd Row: Danielle Hanwright, Lauren Jarman,
Lydia Ambachew, Rosalyn Shaw, Celine Dickey
2nd Row: Miss J.Morris (Coach), Aniva Feau,
Madi Sutherland, Megan Hawkins, Ivana
Kitanovska, Mr N. Matai’a(Hydration Technician)
Front Row: Yulia Hallwright, Dayna Stockley,
Sarah Mays (Captain), Hannah Shaw,
Hayley Budd
Absent: Brooke Wrathall
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Most Valuable Player –
Michael Callaghan
Coaches Player – Ryan Pringle
3rd Row: Jacob Farry, Khirthan Sanjiva, Blair
Money, Mac Tuia, Bright Nkurumah
2nd Row: Mr D. Roulston (Manager), Chheang
Heng, Conor Shaumkell, Sam Al-Diery, Caleb
Van Beynen, Oscar Naidu, Kevin Hernandez,
Mr G.Moore (Manager)
Front Row: Jadin Johnston. Ryan Pringle, Simon
Sekulova,Hayden Winslow, Hadley Tunnicliffe,
Andrew Wong, Michael Callaghan
Absent: Daniel Gates,
Jacob Mahia, Brayden Brown
football 2nd XI boys
cricket 1st XI boys
2nd row: Ryan Lal, Connor
Schaumkell, Jason Dee, Sam
Dempsey, Ravneel Chandra
Front row: Nicole Seeque, Zamaan Shah, Abdul
Syed, Andrew Wong
Absent: Maheesh Narayan, Jason Shakoor,
Cameron Smith, Alex Martin, Hamish Millet,
Jonathon Stagg, Ryan Woodward
Most Valuable Player – Nathaniel
Pennington
3rd Row: Utsav Patel, Greg Robertson,Manic
Ballu
2nd Row: Ryan Pringle, Ashikur Rahman,
Hadley Tunnicliffe, Ravneel Chandra, Manaia
Babbington, Mr D. Roulston( Coach)
Front Row: Abdul Syed, Nathaniel Pennington,
Dean Lupton (Captain), Adam Williams
Absent: Nathaniel Krandregula,
Viren Patel
Most Valuable PlayerCoaches Player3rd Row: Alex Mitchell, Bellal Samadi, Joshua
Harvey, Kalum Williams-Cross, Blake Burkhart
2nd Row: Chase Conway, Joseph Hall, Evan
Welsh, Ben Cameron, Bruce Willis
Front Row: Meekaa’eel Lakey, James Winterton,
Travis Hansen, Rafael Sabo, Alex Cashmore
Absent: Matthew Gaughan,
Michael Samu, Dylan Shanley
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Most Valuable PlayerCoaches Player3rd Row: Alana Whitcombe,
Sarah Quickenden, Gabrielle Howdle
2nd Row: Melissa Howard, Tyler Faitau, Toni
James, Chloe Craighead, Crystal Brown,
Chantelle Ramage,Miss M. O’Neil (Coach)
Front Row: Meghan Williams, Megan Wraith,
Zoe Feau, Bronwyn Caples (Captain), Brooke
Smith, Nina Chalmers, Karli Hansen
Absent: Miss C.Shaw (Manager)
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football 1st XI girls
cricket girls 1st XI
Most Valuable Player – Zoe Feau
3rd Row: Sophie Unterhofer,
Samantha Young, Natasha Kumar
2nd Row: Mr S.Singh (Coach), Kate CroninSmith, Shannen O’Grady, Naydene Alexander,
Sophie Henderson, Miss R. O’Driscoll (Manager)
Front Row: Melissa Howard, Chantelle Ramage,
Zoe Feau, Renee Atwell, Alanah Martin
Absent: Holly Anderson, Krystal Petty
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Most Valuable Player – Edison Yang
Front row: Utsav Patel, Edison Yang, Mr F. Mani
(manager), Philip Gao
chess senior 1
Most Valuable Player – Alex Huang
2nd Row: Brendon Son, Phillip Wang, Andrew
Wong, Mr C.Dempsey (Coach)
Front Row: Franklin He, Brian Hong, Jude
Amador, Alex Huang
hockey 1st XI girls
Most Valuable Player-Michaela Spencer
Coaches Player-Sophie Kaulima-Irvine
3rd Row: Xin-Yi Zhu, Maxine Peddle, Alanah
Martin, Caitlin Thompson
2nd Row: Mr.D.Lupton (Manager), Brittany Wills,
Jorja Grogan, Zazi Gohar, Alana Whitcombe,
Miss.N.Henderson (Coach)
Front Row: Shawndelle Sisnett,Michaela
Spencer, Tyler Faitau,
Annika Van Vliet, Minou Van Vliet
Absent: Paige Fitton,
Sophie Kaulima-Irvine
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chess junior 1
hockey 2nd XI girls
Most Valuable Player-Danielle Hanwright
Coaches Player – Paullyn Villasenor
3rd Row: Sheena Zheng, Amy Worthington,
Jasmine Blanchard
2nd Row: Danielle Hanwright, Kate CroninSmith, Ebony-Jay Bowers, Krystal Petty, Holly
Anderson, Nicola Feary (Coach)
Front Row: Adel van der Walt, Elina Osborne,
Chloe Craighead, Cathy Han, Paullyn Villasenor
Absent: Natasha Howard
hockey 1st XI boys
Winners, Western Zone C Grade,
Runners up Auckland C Grade
Championship
Played: 12
Won: 10
Drawn: 0
Lost: 2
For: 35
Against: 15
3rd Row: Terry Shaw
2nd Row: Joshua Major, Jordan King, Kevin
Lam, Jamie Blanchard, Scott Taylor, Mr
M.Thompson (Coach)
1st Row:Blair Money, Reagan King, Dean Lupton
(Captain), Nathaniel Kandregula, Jacob Cashell
Absent: Reece Morrell-Hine, Ra Taana,
Fletcher Mayo
netball premier 1
Most Valuable Player – Casey White
3rd Row: Selina Lee
2nd Row: Mrs H.Turner( Coach), Kara
Merryweather, Bryar Crewther-Abraham, Mrs
N.Eyre( Manager)
Front Row: Emily Petherick,Renee Still, Casey
White( Captain),Maata Mafi, Paxton Maligi
Absent: Stephanie Bidois, Amiria Makoare,
Naydene Alexander,Aimee Te Whata,Shannen
O’Grady,Brierley Auimatagi
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Runners up, Waitakere Elite
Competition,Division 4
Played: 14
Won: 8
Drawn: 2
Lost: 4
For: 309
Against: 235
Most Valuable Player –
Catherine Poasa
3rd Row: Mrs O.Mereyato (Coach)
2nd Row: Shannen O’Grady, Elina Osborne,
Ashleigh McCamish, Sophie Henderson,
Catherine Poasa
Front Row: Namesia Potts, Danica Janssen
(Co-captain), Helena Lau (Co-captain),
Megan Still
Absent: Beulah Tise, Beth Ritchie
netball 9a
Most Valuable Player – Selina Lee
Junior Player of the Year –
Paxton Maligi
2nd row: Stormy Te Kani-Frost, Hayley Baston,
Maxene Laurence, Mrs O. Mereyato (coach)
Front row: Paxton Maligi, Selina Lee (Captain),
Abigail Bridges, Cathy Han
Absent: Jonyne-June Waenga
netball 9b
Most Valuable Player – Hine Makoare
2nd Row: Emily Petherick (Coach), Alexandra
Parlane, Mr Watson
(Manager), Amy Hanlon,
Bryar Abraham (Coach)
Front Row: Sasha Eli, Hine Makoare,
Coral Lennard
Absent: Aimee TeWhata (Coach), Shontelle-lee
Hamilton-Huggins, Shaye McAlister, TennesseeBlu Millane-Arlidge, Whitney Spooner
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netball premier 2
netball 10a
Runners up, Waitakere 10-2
Championship
Played: 11
Won: 6
Drawn: 1
Lost: 4
Points For: 186
Points Against: 158
Most Valuable Player – Megan Lupton,
Casey Temu
2nd row: Namesia Potts, Casey Temu, Jorja
Grogan, Zazi Gohar, Mrs K. Lupton (coach)
Front row: Christabel Sahayam, Adel Van der
Walt, Megan Lupton, Aisa Manumaleuga,
Danielle Robertson
netball 10b
Most Valuable Player-Sarah Hingston
2nd Row: Mrs J.Lim (Manager), Robin
Mutandagay, Bailey Te Haara,
Miss R.Pederson (Coach)
Front Row: Kathleen McBride, Ellen-Marie
Atkinson (Captain), Brittany Armstrong,
Alana Sweeney
Absent: Sarah Hingston,
Shiann-Mikayla Martell, Julia Tukariri
netball 10c
Most Valuable Player –Sarah Hingston
2nd row: Kimberley Hitchings, Emma Davidson,
Laura-Anne Wilson, Melanie Purukamu, Mrs K.
Koloni (manager)
Front row: Danielle Williams (coach), Dana Wynd,
Sarah-Louise Smillie, Caitlyn Manning,
Dannielle Engebretsen, Patricia McHardy (coach)
Absent: Deanna Broughton,
Jennifer Lim
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Most Valuable Player – Sophie Unterhofer
2nd row: Sophie Henderson, Chantelle Ramage,
Megan Still, Renee Atwell
Front row: Rachel Knight, Sala-Joy Schwalger,
Sophie Unterhofer (Captain),
Shannen O’Grady, Mikayla Hall
Absent: Milly Veikoso, Brytannia Griggs, Mrs J.
Unterhofer (Manager), Natalie Jarman,
Agnes Scanlan
netball senior 2
2nd row: Patricia McHardy, Rachel Knight, Miss
C. Sanders (Sports assistant),
Leandra Haffeiki, Lauren Carter
Front row: Natalia Janssen, Danielle Williams,
Tayler Alexander
Absent: Ms A. Donoghue (Coach)
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rugby 6th grade
Most Valuable Player-Clinton Samson
Coaches Player-Qdane
Falwasser-Kingi
3rd Row: Mr M. Nola (Coach), Tonu Tolovaa,
Tyler Hoyle, Christian Vitug
2nd Row:Kirk Smith, Antonio Gabriel, Cuba
Tahiti, Patrick Sweeney, Chas Clack, Josh
Fata,Albert Hewett, Mr P.Place(Coach)
Front Row: Alex Macwilliam, Kane Whitcombe,
Aaaron Everson, Clinto Sampson, Jeffrey
Maepu, QDane Falwasser-Kingi,
Jackson Bray-Taylor
rugby girls 10s
Most Valuable Player – Te Amohaere
Ngata-Aerengamate
Coaches Player – Lalita Blanch
3rd Row: Kahurina Cassidy, Francis Muliaga,
Agnes Scanlan, Claudia Barnett,
Sheridan Mihinui
2nd Row: Tatupu Fata, Kobi Daniel, Vasi
Roberts, Amorangi Ngata-Atkins, June DanielsStrickland, Mr N. Mataia (Coach)
Front Row: Cairo Te Whiu, Eliza Brunti-Tiueti,
Lalita Blanch, Bobbie Pouesi, Rosalia Williams
Absent:Aeron Warbrooke
rugby 3rd grade
Most Valuable Player – Ryan McGreal
Coaches Player – Manaia Babbington
3rd Row: Toa Clausen, Matthew Maile,
David Maiava
2nd Row: Mr B.Bacon (coach),Jonathon
Tolova’a, Manaia Babbington, Rayne Mokaraka,
Faoa Milford, Alex Sani, Mr B.White (coach)
Front Row: Radijn Ihaka, Laiti Tulafono, Cameron
Dee, Ryan McGreal, Tamati McGregor, Cayne
Mihaere, Greg Robertson
Absent: Edward Brown,Damon Ediss, James
Kim, Luther Paniora-Prescott, Bailey Turia
squash junior 1 boys
Runners up, Auckland Junior B Championship
Played: 11 Won: 9 Drawn: 1 Lost: 1 Points For: 34 Points Against: 6
Most Valuable Player – Ciaran Sharp
2nd row: Josef Hardenbol, Mr T. Calvert (Manager)
Front row: Terry Shaw, Ciaran Sharp (Captain), Harris Upham
Absent: Miss L. Carter (Coach)
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Most Valuable Player-Henry Muroso
2nd Row: Henry Muroso, Miss O. Lee (Manager)
Front Row: Riley Schaumkell, Johnson Naea, Alex Greve
Absent: Carlin Osborne
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Runners up, Auckland Senior B
Championship
Most Valuable Player – Ryan Pringle
2nd Row: Miss L. Carter (Coach), Ravneel
Cahndra, Ryan Pringle, Mrs S. Devitt(Manager)
Front Row: Caleb Van Beynen, Manaia
Babbington (Captain), Michael Zhang
Absent: Riccardo Antognazza,
Ryan Lal
squash
senior 2 boys
Junior Most Valuable Player – Finn Jelicich
Senior Most Valuable Player – Daniel Mann
3rd row: Richard Ramage,
Megan Lupton, Caitlin Logan
2nd row: Kelly Marsh, Michael Cresswell, Daniel
Mann, Finn Jelicich,
Mrs R. Simpson-Sinisa (coach)
Front row: Chantelle Ramage, Alannah Prins,
Dean Lupton, Andrew Vernon,
Ethan Hadley-Jensen
squash
senior 3 boys
Most Valuable Player – Ryan Lal
2nd Row: Jason Shakoor, John Tian, Miss
L.Carter (Coach), Ryan Lal, Shavnil Ram
Front Row: Maheesh Narayan, Abdul
Syed,Zamaan Shah
Absent: Mrs. V. O’Gorman (Manager)
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squash senior 1 boys
squash
senior 1 girls
Most Valuable Player – Michele Lee
2nd row: Miss L. Carter (coach), Pauline Uon,
Shameela Nassery, Mrs J. Reid (manager)
Front row: Mutiara Muroso, Mariana Yip,
Michele Lee (Captain)
squash
senior 2 girls
Most Valuable Player – Laura Tan
2nd Row: Melissa Howard, Paullyn Villasenor,
Miss Bakker (Manager)
1st Row: Syamala Sidharth, Krystal
Petty(Captain), Laura Tan
volleyball
senior boys
Most Valuable Player – Kriewaldt Manu
2nd Row: Mr K. Mclean, Ravneel Chandra,
Simon Sekulova, Mr D.Roulston (Coach)
1st Row: Sam Al-Diery, Kevin Hernandez,
Kriewaldt Manu (Captain), Chheang Heng
Absent:Joshua Brannan, Dylan Craig, Te Ora
Pahewa-Johnston,Alexander Siquiera, Mac
Tuia, Laiti Tulafono
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Most Valuable Player-Catherine Poasa
2nd Row: Susan Zhang, Sala-Joy Schwalger,
Tatupu Fata, Mr N. Matai’A (Coach)
Front Row: Lalita Blanch, Catherine Poasa
(Captain), Kobi Daniels
Absent: Caroline Auitagavaia, Helena Lau,
Amirira Makoare, Jennifer
Simona, Michelle Westerlund,
Susan Zheng
league u15 9’s
Most Valuable Player – Tasolo Sila
3rd Row: Cubah Tahiti,
Tasolo Sila, Cayne Mihaere
2nd Row: Alex Parima-Bond, Sonny Sani,
August Sila, Mrs G.Paul
(Manager), Mr.F.Siaki (Coach)
Front Row: Jayden Nicholas-Wright, Jeffery
Maepu, Kawyn Trifilo (Captain), Jackson
Wharerau, Jay Ariz
Absent: Moses Tuala, Charles Lalomilo, Hohaia
Hakaraia,De’yonte Soloma, Iroriana Reid, Lale
Maepu, Michael Samu, Lokeni Komene
tennis junior boys
Most Valuable Player – Henry Zhong
2nd row: Henry Zhong, Alasdair
Robertson, Connor Syms,
Callum Kemp
Front row: Joshua Semmons, Harry Liang,
Riley Schaumkell
Absent: Kelsey Amor, Carlin Osborne, Max
Rogers, Corey Wadsley
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senior girls
tennis
senior 1 girls
Most Valuable Player – Lauren Carter
2nd Row: Sheena Zheng, Samantha Young,
Meena Nassery, Mr.T.Stanton (Coach)
Front Row: Alana Whitcombe. Lauren
Carter(Captain),
Elina Osborne, Xin-yi Zhu
Absent: Belle Kang
tennis
senior 2 girls
Most Valuable Player – Evangeline Matapuku
2nd row: Sharlin Kumar, Laura-Anne Wilson,
Christina Williams, Rabiah Samadi
Front row: Adel Van der Walt, Mari Theron,
Evangeline Matapuku
Absent: Emma Hathaway, Jessica MayesMarshall, Jade Sutherland, Meghan Williams
orienteering
2nd Row: Toni James, Sam Dempsey,
Samantha Lewis,Megan Still,
Robyn Butler Shaw (Manager)
Front Row: Alana Whitcombe, Mahmoud
Mahmoud, Elina Osborne,
Graham Clark, Terry Shaw
Absent: Cameron Smith, Hamish Millet,
Peter Robinson
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Junior Most Valuable Player – Finn Jelicich
Senior Most Valuable Player – Daniel Mann
3rd row: Richard Ramage,
Megan Lupton, Caitlin Logan
2nd row: Kelly Marsh, Michael Cresswell, Daniel
Mann, Finn Jelicich,
Mrs R. Simpson-Sinisa (coach)
Front row: Chantelle Ramage, Alannah Prins,
Dean Lupton, Andrew Vernon,
Ethan Hadley-Jensen
rep honours
2nd Row: Kahurina Cassidy (Rugby), Bryar
Crewther-Abaraham (Netball), Casey White
(Netball), Paxton Maligi (Netball and athletics),
Front Row: Amorangi NGATA-Atkins
(Basketball), Shawny Tipene (Netball), Manaia
Babbington (Tag), Kara Merryweather (netball),
Te Amohaere Ngata Aerengamate (Rugby)
Absent: Bradley Gates (BMX), Gary Hansen
(Athletics), Aimee Te Whata (Netball)
special education
Junior Most Valuable Player – Finn Jelicich
Senior Most Valuable Player – Daniel Mann
3rd row: Richard Ramage,
Megan Lupton, Caitlin Logan
2nd row: Kelly Marsh, Michael Cresswell, Daniel
Mann, Finn Jelicich,
Mrs R. Simpson-Sinisa (coach)
Front row: Chantelle Ramage, Alannah
Prins, Dean Lupton, Andrew Vernon, Ethan
Hadley-Jensen
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waterpolo
9bk
Back Row: Sam Williams, Raghav Sidharth, Alex
Macwilliam, Tyron Riedler-Mugridge, Antonio
Gabriel, Jeffrey Maepu, Hipa Luka
3rd Row: Sammi Guan, Shaye McAlister, Leticia
Fortes, Paxton Maligi, Angelia Maligi, Teresa
Chand, Emma Gordon, Aqeela Gamieldien
2nd Row: Aaron Gardner, Grace Knolles,
Indiana Misa-Manu, Travis Hansen, Zahid Khan,
Jared Watts, Tia Rudolph, Mikayla Henderson
Front Row: Mutiara Muroso, Tarita Rahui,
Maryssca Dugasse, Brooke Couper, J.J.
Waenga, Theresa Williams,
Alisha Chauhan, Fiona Smith
Absent: Stefan Bauman, L. Bakker (Teacher)
9bt
Back Row: Georgia Williams,
Jas Blanchard, Ryu Jung Seol
3rd Row: Jord Hinde, Chase Conway, Max
Rogers, Muriwai Hammond, Nathan Maunsell,
Lazar Rajic, Euan Welsh
2nd Row: Taylor Edwards, Joshua Matic, Robert
Beisley, Jonathan Leti, Bryce Marchant, Jazz
Shoebridge-Emile, Isaac Giles Heard,
A. Bennett (Teacher)
Front Row: Maiki Kendall, Landa Tupai, Nicole
Ritchie, Simran Goundar, Juliet Fu, Harmakey
Mane, Janine Paul, Stormy Te Kani-Frost
9dd
Back Row: lex Mitchell, Ngapo Naresh,
Noel Prakash, Aden Paul, Devon Stewart,
Blake Burkhart
2nd Row: Rafael Sabo, Vince McCarthy, Timothy
Phillip, Phillip Jackson, Ryan Moorhouse, David
Dobson, Mr A. Dodds (Teacher)
Front Row: Jason Li, Jade Henry, Danika Green,
Jessica Yip, Adelaide Cullen,
Indaka Adams-Kingi, Hiral Patel
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Back Row: Izak Kennedy, Yotam Zionov, Caitlin
Taylor, Cathy Han, Aimee Hansen, Arend van der
Velde, Ben Epskamp, Hewahd Nassery
2nd Row: Damian Tang, Peter Robinson, Kento
Osborne, Daniel Gates, Dane Matthews, Lewis
Irwin, Cameron Gumtau-Ryan,
Miss Fitchett (Teacher)
Front Row: Danielle Lisaca, Lily Yang, Do Hee
Kim, Anna Huor, Cici Cao, Manhui Xiao,
Kayla Eagle, Jasmine Tapuosi
9ja
Back Row: Chas Dunsmore, Dylan Shanley,
Michael Smith, Raven Faifua Young, Maddison
Usher, Gareth Hirst, Kennedy Barford
3rd Row: Cole Nyenkamp, Han Hyuk Ji,
Brayden Brown, Sam Vagaia, Jihan Ko, Nicholas
Quedley, Liam Henderson, Sean Kumar
2nd Row: Angel Bagsic, Michael Samu, Ji Hyun
Kim, Manaaki Gray, Josh Harvey, Y Cin Wong,
Harry Johnson, Wiremu Paniora,
P. Jameson (Teacher)
Front Row: Jayden Howdle, Kahurina Cassidy,
Elliot Whittaker, Elizabeth Williams, Hayden
Vooght, Jenny Bae, Darrel Murti,
Rochelle Kumar
9ol
Back Row: Bernadette Maea, Jasmine Kong,
Alex Greve, Tammy Legrice Walters,
Sheenal Chand
3rd Row: Lakkum Auvaa, Damian Hosken, Kara
Te Ohaere, Sean Goddard, Jayden Fraser, Bellal
Samadi, Shazid Abdullah
2nd Row: Shian Turner, Tyrus Williams, Mason
Kelly, Tajai Halaholo, Zane Ogle, Johnson Naea,
Matauru Wanoa, J. O’Leary (Teacher)
Front Row: Anahera Hakiaha, Brooke Perryman,
Alex Parlane, Tori Mane, August Smith,
Reno Pavey, Lydia Ambachew
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9on
Back Row: Selina Faytaren, Aimee Davenport
3rd Row: Danyon Robertson, Aman Singh, Tyler
Hawkins, Connor Syms, Stefan Saecker-Battley,
Alex Cashmore, Liam Materman
2nd Row: Mikaela Pihema, Liam Morrison, Toby
Humby, Annika Van Vliet, Lilly Dempsey, Alex
Lale, Tyler Murphy, M. O’Neill (Teacher)
Front Row: Chantelle Donaldson, Hara Shin,
Ariel Jeffcoat, Sasha Pelz, Abigail Bridges,
Malia-Ana Murphy-King, Selina Lee
Absent: Chiara Bisogno, Renata Ioane,
Vincent Bolton
9pn
Back Row: Tonu Tolovaa, Sam Binns, Ngati
Socolich-Repia, Nathan Riini-Solomon,
Christian Vitug, Thirawut Bunchuangchotirat
2nd Row: Zack Glew, Rikki Porter-Ngerengere,
Matthew Tea, Taunga Temu, Stephen Phillips,
Matt Cook, Mr Paterson (Teacher)
Front Row: Georgia Leek, Ada Huang, Maata
Tomoare, Aleisha Moase,
Claudia Barnett, Suyoun Kim
Absent: Korina Lam
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Sutherland, Hope Matatia, Savanah Turei,
Sheelam Shivani, Hadley Patchett
3rd Row: Jackson Bray-Taylor, Shaq Leota,
Shontelle Hamilton-Huggins, Olivia Wilcox,
Celeste Pritchard, Reginald Te Tai,
Manil Ballu, Stacey Collis
2nd Row: Robin Haskins, Haare Tukariri, Renee
Fox, Carlos Veiagina, Jodie Goodwin, Malachi
Tuaoi, Shamus Jenner, S. Ratima (Teacher)
Front Row: Sayla Brooking, Heather Eardley,
Hayley Baston, Janelle Callaghan, Holly Milner,
Sasha Ely, Ara Pasamba, Ghazal Kharazi Abhari
Absent: Tasolo Sila
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Riley Schaumkell
3rd Row: Marlowe Ashby-Bigham, Jordie
Watson, James Winterton, Robert Li, Callum
Kemp, Patrick Hohepa, Tony Ward,
Nathan Rollinson
2nd Row: Vlad Bojin, Torey Stevens, Corey
Wadsley, Reuben Simeon, Sovandy Hemrith,
Josip Botica, Carlin Osborne, Edison Yang,
T. Stanton (Teacher)
Front Row: Nijal Topiwala, Amy Hanlon,
Kimberleigh Murray, Tayla McGregor-Dawson,
Sophie Boyd, Nigya Pokhrel, Moya Baker,
Rosalyn Shaw
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Back Row: Tessa Johnston,
Blake Nyenkamp, Jackson Wharerau, Matthew
Gaughan, Kelsey Amor
3rd Row: Brendon Fleet, Naseeb Khan, Sam
Sprott, Peter Keeley, Emily Wu, Taryn Casey,
Joseph Hall, Kent Morrison
2nd Row: Jayden Nicholas-Wright, Finn Jelicich,
Meekaa’eel Lakey, Euan Pattillo, Mohi Murphy,
Levi Crump, Ifraaz Dean,
Athene Reekie, K. Tanielu (Teacher)
Front Row: Lauren Jarman, Bianca Worthington,
Maxene Laurence, Brooke Wrathall, Hine
Makoare, Aniva Feau, Jessica Dickey,
Tayla Merrett-Emerson
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Back Row: Reece Morrell-Hine, Matthew
Soares, Izac Leota-Sapwell,
Benjamin Cameron, Sam Hutton
2nd Row: Andre Zheng, Faisal Saghar, Tyler
Hallie Buckett, Josh May, Jacky Ou,
Mrs Tipa (Teacher)
Front Row: Hayden Woodward, Coral
Lennard, Yulia Hallwright, Annette Maiava,
Jossey Wilcox, Tayla Welch-Jose, Taylor Van
Vroonhoven-Cotterell
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Phongphaew, Thip Malen, Tracy Atkinson,
Leslie Horne, Kelsi Smith
2nd Row: Richard Ramage, Cuba Tahiti, Sonny
Sani, Eli Birch, Maggie Quach,
Miss Brown (Teacher)
Front Row: Sam Padden, Diana Pala, Hayden
Crowther, Te Rangimarie Hall, Jessica WilliamsCadore, Jancine Dixon
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Back Row: Santana Neho,
Sarah-Louise Smillie, Rosalia Williams,
Te Arorangi Te Whata, Priya Deo
2nd Row: Mohamad Shamsoudin Khorami,
George Gavin-Egan, Manish Kumar, Koringo
Tetiarahi, Henry Muroso, Dylan Ngatai,
Raewyn Harris-Muir (Teacher Aide)
Front Row: Kyle Te Whata, Jayden Ng, Tuboyz
Temuhagai, Joshua Wraith, Jono Hicks,
Liam Tohilima
Absent: S. Collier (Teacher)
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Back Row: Shane Tweed, Kevin Ryan, Yuriko
Ide, Jack Moon, Clayton Brookes
3rd Row: Alana Sweeney, Bailey Te Haara, Matt
Rich, Qdane Falwasser Kingi, Luther PanioraPrescott, Clarissa Naidu, Namesia Potts,
Roydon George-Thomas
2nd Row: Jarrod Courtenay, Mitchell RoweMccartney, Valerie Iripa, Blake Hurst, Tyler
Prince, Aaron Everson, Michael Martin,
N. Feary (Teacher)
Front Row: Olivia Shirley-Thomson, Dinal
Manilal, Lauren Tunnicliffe, Celia Tanenui, K C
Hollings, Zara Williams, Alana Brown,
Arisha Chandra
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Back Row: Janita Caroline, Caitlin Logan
3rd Row: Bobbie Pouesi, I-Zayah Joyce, Lania
Van Broekhuizen, Thorne Dunn, Ashitosh
Swamy, Emma Davidson, Leng Heng
2nd Row: Josh Fata, Joseph Manila, Nigal
Kishore, Tupono Peri, Tawhiri Hemara, Tane Te
Rauna, Klay Tuitama-Lavemai,
Ms A. Gerzic (Teacher)
Front Row: Schinay Edmonds, Karli Hansen,
Penrhyn Marshall, Doreen Savea, Shawny
Tipene, Sarah Fletcher, Ziya Khan
Absent: Harley Bell-May, Luke Komene, August
Sila, Lucas Webley
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Back Row: Utsav Patel, Ciaran Sharp,
Matthew Pringle
3rd Row: Kayleigh Ansell, Abby Nel, Alasdair
Robertson, Joel Fuller, James Wang, Tamara
Marsh, Dayna Stockley, Mari Theron
2nd Row: Kyle Sefonte, Sam Dobbie, Richard
Lee, Edwar Changwai, Isaiah Wehipeihana,
Gavin Crook, Brad Davey, Terry Shaw,
F. Halliday (Teacher)
Front Row: Hayley Budd, Jasmine Horsfall, Lily
Du, Mona Yang, Jorja Grogan, Ha Young Yang,
Chaeri Yoon, Danielle Hanwright
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Back Row: Ravikanth Gurunathan, Michael
Medwed, Tom Delich
3rd Row: Megan Lupton, Alex West, Josh
Horsefield, Quintin Leigh-Paton, Prashant
Sharma, Jean-Claude Fuller, Cameron London,
Aimee Te Whata
2nd Row: Harrison McIntyre, Zachary Sadlier,
Ryan Winiata, Marty Rudolph-Blase, Jerome
Swannack, Leroy Sisnett, Thomas Hallwright,
Josef Hardenbol, Miss Henderson (Teacher)
Front Row: Meghan O’Loughlin, Christine
Lee, Sarah Hingston, Dana Wynd, Jennifer
Lim, Zazi Gohar, Jasmine Johnson, Jessica
Mayes-Marshall
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Back Row: Daniel Hough, Connor Swainston,
Clinton Sampson, Jonathan Billing,
Zach Pascoe
3rd Row: Ethan Haysham, Ben Wong, Adel
van der Walt, Evangeline Matapuku, Sophie
Goddard, Mattaes Chapman,
Jake Eames, Seongheon Kim
2nd Row: Kiran Chandradevan, Scott Taylor,
Athen Zandranix, David Palamo, Elton PuagaCrichton, Caleb Farry, Min Sik Kim,
Bailey Turia, H. Liu (Teacher)
Front Row: Erin Valler, Sheetal Shivaghni,
Remedy Emtage, Laura-Anne Wilson, Brooke
Hannah, Halim Oh, Jihyun Park, Maria Grace
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Back Row: Ellen-Marie Atkinson, True Dentler,
Emily Vandy
3rd Row: Megan Hawkins, Harris Upham, Logan
Pearson, Sarah Mays, Jessica Thrower, Henry
Zhong, Karan Jaggi
2nd Row: Jaron Rahui, Nicky Lowe, Primo
Fitzgerald, Martin Tomov, Chas Clack, Blake
Nicholson, Andrew Kim, Brian Ignacio, V.M.
McCracken (Teacher)
Front Row: Christabel Sahayam, Hannah Shaw,
Sophie Wilkin, Chelsea Sellwood, Brittany
Armstrong, Kathleen McBride,
Aisa Manumaleuga, Elizabeth Deuchar
Absent: Andrew Caldwell, Amorangi NgataAtkins, Mitchell Kyne
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Back Row: Amy Willey, Cassie Iuta, Julia
Tukariri, Kelvin Gao, Elliot Loveday
3rd Row: Aaron Wilson, Toni Popata, Anthony
Gumtau-Ryan, Corban Sutherland, Chitose
Kanda, Tane Tuarae, Breanne London
2nd Row: Bradley Prout, Kane Whitcombe,
Samuel Chand, Perry Bakker, Mitchell
Thorogood-Davis, Jason Naeata, Xavier Breed,
Josh McGuff, N. Mataia (Teacher)
Front Row: Dannielle Engebretsen, Melanie
Purukamu, Jessica Thompson, Georgia
Howard, Ayla Addison, Enina Olive,
Bryar Crewther-Abraham, Chelsea Davids
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Back Row: David David,
Charles Lalomilo, Sage Martin
2nd Row: Alex Paton, De’Yonte Soloma,
Junior Tearoiti, Jonah Faaua, Deaon MakrisKaliakoudis, G. Paul (Teacher)
Front Row: William Stables, Florence Tafa,
Sammi Bilcliffe, Kelly Whitehead,
Nicholas Alexander
Absent: Titaha Thompson
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Back Row: Nida Khan, Mitchell Norgrove, Jacob
Holland, Kayleigh Caldwell, Youri Song
3rd Row: Caitlyn Manning, Mariko Yamamoto,
Chelsea Williams, Jeongmin Kim, Keith BruntTiueti, Chanel Giles, Cheyenne Graham,
Kimberley Hitchings
2nd Row: Josh Knight, James Lewis, Terence
Wallace-Malloy, Baden Hollier, Hori Cassidy
Aramoana, Jong Su Kwon, Logan Herbert,
Greyson Crowther, G. Smith (Teacher)
Front Row: Gloria Pak, Robin Mutandagayi,
Deanna Broughton, Sarah-Joy Pekepo, Cairo
Te Whiu, Shaiann Martell, Devin Cooney Hardy,
Taylor Swarbrick Absent: Kyle Lurman,
Tamati Williams
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Back Row: Chul Lee, Jay Ariz, Casey Temu,
Aaron O’Gorman, Shaniqua Murray,
Kawyn Trifilo, Harry Liang
2nd Row: Daniel Wood, Alex Parima Bond,
Patrick Sweeney, Jayden Spick, Mathew Maile,
Stanley Wrathall, Shamal Lal,
W. Turner (Teacher)
Front Row: Claudia Edlin, Chiselle Reece,
Viktoriya Korobochka, Bonnie McKnight, Sara
Kim, Le’chelle Tatana, Leigh Currin, Nu Ri Seol
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Back Row: Tyler Hoyle, Sam Flynn, Dylan
Chad, Caleb Waugh, Shavneil Sharma, Toihau
Taumaunu, Darren Moran-Heka
2nd Row: Reuben Grubbe, Jonathan Tuia,
Cameron Dee, Corey McCamish, James McIver,
Fynn Osborne Vaudrey, Pamela McHardy,
Fiona Wright (Teacher)
Front Row: Jimi-Ray Vickers, Ceenan Rutter,
Kayla-Marie McCarthy, Jordan ThomasEgglestone, Elaine Fu, Danielle Robertson,
Moana Michaels-Raukawa,
Bayley Robinson (Hargreaves)
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Back Row: Angeline Prasad, Jocelyn Luo,
Louise He, Rabiah Samadi, Keely Heremaia,
Lima Maywand, Jasmine Mitchell
3rd Row: Priyanta Ravi, Wade Griffen, Chiharu
Nakahara, Andy Uon, Sean Robertson, Vicente
Pizarro, Kenichiro Murai, Courtney Martin
2nd Row: Linda Zhao, Stephen Su, Mason
Taavale, Jordan Millar, Tatsuki Matsuda, Liam
Norris, Jadin Johnston, Darcy Winter,
Rebecca Ball (Teacher)
Front Row: Sharlin Kumar, Kathryn Cossington,
Emily Petherick, Nikila Brogan, Lana Te Riini,
Grace Pritchard, Jasmine Howe, Sam Roache
Absent: Christina Williams, Jenny Park
11bz
Back Row: Brytannia Griggs, Savanah Christie,
Beth Ritchie, Ravnil Ram
3rd Row: Munro Edwards, Patrick
Khiewchaoum, Sean Shanley, Cain Ross,
Joshua Arona, Edward Brown, Rangi Arama,
Fawad Sarwary
2nd Row: Ben Grubbe, Nenad Naumovski, Billy
Samountry, Taylor Wilkinson, Troy Rouse, Hitesh
Patel, Blake Robertson,
Ethan Hadley-Jensen, K. Betanzo (Teacher)
Front Row: Hayley Morris, Taylah Ihaka, Teisha
Roache, Kimberley Rooney, Tayla Mihaere,
Jessie Dobson, Anita Liev, Frances Greaves
Absent: Ngaroimata Haare, Kotaro Imamura,
Ashleigh Lamusitele
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Back Row: Lundi Chhun, Ayaka Harada,
Andrew Fletcher
3rd Row: Cassandra Exley, Jordan Gillbanks,
Daniel Lincoln, Rahul Nandan, Bronson Howell,
Sophia Noakes, Fardeen Saghar,
Renee Richards
2nd Row: Anibal Latorre, Damon Ediss, Jordan
Northover, Justis Hape, Kristok Socolich,
Joshua Mihaere, Mac Tuia, David Maiava,
J. Fawcett (Teacher)
Front Row: Christy Williams, Shontai Williams,
Kaneesha Lakau, Anna Asai, Midori Murahashi ,
Yvonne Campbell, Tianni Mete-Kingi,
Kirsten Warbrooke
11gi
Back Row: Joshua Renata, Sheenal Reddy,
Mariana Yip
3rd Row: Paige Swenson, Hamish Millett, Cayne
Mihaere, Rawke Day, Brandon Ryfle,
Ben Kane, Karl Leach
2nd Row: Sharrayne Wilson, Jess Pouesi,
Joseph Davey, Joseph Dickson, Holden Mason,
Maata Mafi, Cassandra Barrett,
Hugh Grierson (Teacher)
Front Row: Pauline Cullen, Helena Malua,
Stephanie Lewis, Maia Greening, Serin Kang,
Angel Reedy-Pirini, Serena Golding,
Kimberlee Hohepa
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Back Row: Momoka Kamimura, Nicole Wawatai,
Hayley Wilmshurst, Jacinta Nair
3rd Row: Justin Shun, Catherine Mulderry,
Taylor Wickliffe, Nathan Blackie, Radijn Ihaka,
Ben Gemmell, Joshua Brannan, Jake Barford
2nd Row: Junior Datt, Jianqing Lin, Do Hee
Chung, Troy Fitton, Cameron Baker, Manuera
Bishop, Myung Keun Park,
Reagan King, Mrs D. Hatcher (Teacher)
Front Row: Marissa Haora, Kaitlyn Taurere,
Paige Parker, Kara Merryweather, Sabah Iaali,
Hope Smith, Ashleigh Evans, Chris Shannon
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Back Row: Leon Antognazza,
Jacob Farry, Mac Griffiths
3rd Row: Lyon Moore, Simon Cao, Blair Money,
Min Gue Park, Jacob Cashell, Hyun Woo Joo,
Morgan Barrowman, Bradley Gates
2nd Row: Natasha Van Gils, Liam Kilduff, Wook
Beom Huh, Troy McCartney, Daniel Rust, Sean
Blunkell, Sara-Jane Goffin, A. Hsiao (Teacher)
Front Row: Kayla Brown-Haysom, Huisha
Zhong, Milly Veikoso, Zelda Elima, Leanne
Bowater, Patricia McHardy, Jessi Shields,
Indiana Kirkman
11mo
Back Row: Albert Hewett, Casey PhillipsDuncan, Sheridan Mihinui, Kartik Swamy,
Singitta Wallace
Front Row: Leah Shirley-Thomson, Mishaela
Goldsbury, Jane Falaniko,
Te-Rina Watene, Sarah Neale
Absent: Jimmy Beazley, Shane Brasell,
S. Munro (Teacher)
11rn
Back Row: Paris Hape, Ben Tittleton,
Ju Hyun Lee
2nd Row: Shakeel Mohammed, Troydan Henry,
Isaiah Denny, Jacques Hall, Kyle Lockwood,
S. Raine (Teacher)
Front Row: June Daniels-Strickland, Brydy
Taniora, Nina Chalmers, Tyla Turner,
Emily Waitapu
Absent: Marie Dunn, Alan Thompson
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Back Row: Aziana Yahid, Kurt Tanner,
Amy Bradley
3rd Row: Jay-Anne Barlow, Jessica Whitford,
Paige Amor, Meagan Stewart, Sarah
Quickenden, Shiwani Chand, Crystal BroughRudolph, Megan Wraith
2nd Row: Taylor Ravji, Andre Levet, Jade Ross,
Chelsea Walker, George Williams, Te Taonga Te
Tai, Kenny Chand, Jake Vickers,
L. Sykes (Teacher)
Front Row: Courtney Gillanders, Tangi-Maria
Tutengaehe, Brooke Phillips, Leandra Haffeiki,
Lena Borck, Ashleigh Finn, Jahnice Warren,
Sophia Smith
11th
Back Row: May Li Yew, Samantha Lewis, Jade
Sutherland, Katherine Hartley, Rachel Knight,
Megan Still, Emma Hathaway
2nd Row: Ra Taana, Nathaniel Kandregula,
Hadley Tunnicliffe, Fletcher Mayo, Josh Cassidy,
Joshua Hicks, Josh Hart-Vrijkotte,
Mr Thompson (Teacher)
Front Row: Meghan Williams, Gabrielle Howdle,
Jessy Wilson, Dipika Sharma, Farisha Khan,
Katherine Kingsle, Yena Shin, Erin Wellington
Absent: Bianca Bisogno, Ashlee Moon, Caroline
Purukamu, Bo Wang, Rina Yamazaki
11tr
Back Row: Eriko Ito, Elyse Patchett, Toni Gill,
Kirk Smith, Michael Callaghan, Carl Win Woon,
Joshua Kirkley, Beverly Ariz
3rd Row: Minou Van Vliet, Toni James, Aimee
Fraser, Pele Guttenbeil, Bridgette Kimura, Meg
Thomason, Heather Tribe, Nicole Seeque
2nd Row: Hayden Winslow, Taylor Humby, Alex
Sani, Mitchell Banks, Conor Schaumkell, Peter
Medwed, Te Ora Pahewa-Johnson,
Sam Spackman, T. Thorogood (Teacher)
Front Row: Celeste Sturch, Soomin Woo, Huri
Hauraki, Mikayla Hall, Lynette Chua, Zohreen
Ali, Czarlee Paniora-Prescott, Susan Zhang
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Back Row: Tracy Clingin, Chheang Heng,
Michelle Phillips, Charles Raukawa, Shavnil Ram
3rd Row: Casey Palmer, Xande Siqueira,
Matthew Sellwood, Tiaki Paniora, Kaushik
Permal, Doug Smith, Toa-Ariki Clausen,
Keisuke Shibagaki
2nd Row: In Won Kang, Simon Sekulov, Luther
Manu, Daniel Orr, Daniel Saecker-Battley, Nick
Prussing, Ashikur Rahman,
Tyronne Calvert (Teacher)
Front Row: Brooke Smith, Awhi Ripikoi, Shannyn
Conway, Agnes Scanlan, Nilo Sarkhosh,
Christina Procter, Chelsea Smith,
Mehnaz Shama
Absent: Jesse Coneybeer, Chloe Cooke,
Vasi Roberts
12ds
Back Row: Kimi Arama, Chanelle Gordon,
Jahmanda Hohapata, Justine Amador
3rd Row: Alex Currie, Jamie Blanchard, Jiecong
Guan, Jarrod Crowther-Teao, Jesse Arona,
Sam Denhartog
2nd Row: Timothy Gabriel, Hirini Haere, Rayne
Mokaraka, Jason Dee, Matthew Henderson,
Gary Hansen, Daniel De Vos,
C. Dempsey (Teacher)
Front Row: Tegan Hollier, Kerryn AndersonHemara, Taila Golding, Ashleigh Riini, Zoe Feau,
Xavier Hape, Natasha Howard
Absent: Jessica Hicks, Garilee WharewakaSmall, Daniel Holmes
12ku
Back Row: Hideyuki Tanaka, Francine Vieira
3rd Row: Teina Tuiva, Laiti Tulafono, Sung Jun
Woo, Trent Turner, Lopeti Tike, Daniel Tweed,
Jake McDonald
2nd Row: Phillip Wang, Scott Wilson, Faoa
Milford, Aidan Te Whata-Bennett, Sean Wilson,
Kaudy Tepou, Mr R. Kumar (Teacher)
Front Row: Chunming Tan, Sarah-Jo Te Tai,
Annie Taufitu, Judy Wong, Erica Whyte, Jade
Taare, Paullyn Villasenor
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Back Row: Min Jeong Kim, Boonsita Bungthong
3rd Row: Vesster Chem, Menesh Manu,
Seonwoo Kong, Raquel Froes, Jacob Llewellyn,
Ryan Macdonald, Jeongae Lee
2nd Row: Ryan Lal, Michael Rust, Hyeon Woo
Lim, Jacob Mahia, Jackson Haere, Edward
Liang, Daniel Kang, Ms J. Lim (Teacher)
Front Row: Jessica Kim, Jenna Lineham, Krystal
Kena, Katherine Knolles, Candice Jacobs,
Chelsea Major, Sukhyun Park
12lp
Back Row: Gino October, Shane Mohammed,
Joshua Brucker
3rd Row: Mikayla Mills, Roland Mathe, Lewis
Martin, Oscar Naidu, Chris Neal, Sean
McKenzie, Kate Cronin-Smith, Francis Muliaga
2nd Row: Shannen O’Grady, Ryan McGreal,
Tavita Milford, Bryce Moore, Jordan Chiswell,
Rodney Moseni, Ethan Blunkell,
Neil McAteer, Mrs Lupton (Teacher)
Front Row: Harmony Mitchell, Alanah Martin,
Hayley McNeill, Frances Neary, Sam Nikora-Te
Amohanga, Crystal Brown,
Francessca Muliaga, Destiny Mitchell
12mg
Back Row: Manasa Yerra, Aimee Langdon,
Cathy Phann
3rd Row: Saskia Reich, Ji Yeong Yu, Andrew
Wong, Abdul Syed, Shu-Wei Liang, Andrew
Frost, Samantha Young, Yuna Hayashi
2nd Row: Jason Shakoor, Sung Je Hong, Ian
Irwin, Alex Martin, Di Cao, Liam Silvester, Koichi
Nakamoto, Cameron Smith,
R. Mollgaard (Teacher)
Front Row: Meena Nassery, Natalie Jarman,
Tayler Alexander, Tyler Faitau, Hinemoa
Hetaraka, Jessamy Cumming, Erica Field,
Caitlin Thompson
Absent: Bianca Lilley
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Back Row: Hyemi Byun, Atsushi Kameda,
Cheng Chu, Heehwan Kim, Kane Donaldson, Jo
Wey Woon, Ho Sin Cheung
3rd Row: Ebony Bowers, Norah Lolohea, Casey
White, Eseta Faatuai, Jessica Lakeman, AimeeRose Donnell, Holly Ewens-Smith, Renee Atwell
2nd Row: Darren Jackson, Jonathan Lim,
Zamaan Shah, Tim Cameron, Kevin Lam,
Connor Sheehan, Khirthan Sanjiva,
A. Shakoor (Teacher)
Front Row: Holly Anderson, Sophie Unterhofer,
Alana Meikle, Sophie Henderson, Chloe
Craighead, Brittany Wills, Amy Worthington,
Natasha Kumar
12wt
Back Row: Pang Ying Cheung, Chantelle
Ramage, Krystal Petty, Jennifer Lu
3rd Row: Pang Yuk Cheung, Laura Hartley, Belle
Kang, Melissa Howard, Alex King, Michaela
Spencer, Tasmiah Aronee
2nd Row: David Jarman, Adam Williams, John
Tian, Naydene Alexander, Victor Lovrin, Ryan
Pringle, Greg Robertson, B. White (Teacher)
Front Row: Allison Beisley, Xin-yi Zhu,
Shawndelle Sisnett, Lauren Carter, Aishwarya
Raman, Preethi Sanjay, Sheena Zheng
13jy
Back Row: Olivia Lee, Sharon Tang
3rd Row: Bex Davenport, Therese Malcon, Ian
Chua, Allister Shaw, Callum Robertson, Caleb
Marsters, Kelly Marsh
2nd Row: Joshua Major, Andrew Vernon, Reece
Wilkinson, Michael Cresswell, Tara Cassidy,
Jesse Bennett, Joyce Steve (Teacher)
Front Row: Maxine Peddle, Jenna Norton,
Renee Still, Michelle Van Wingerden, Sarah
Reason, Lalita Blanch, Ilaisaane Brunt-Tiueti
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Back Row: Hazel Devery, Gabe Neho, Jonathan
Ratcliffe, Jaden McGreal, Christella Te Whata
2nd Row: Sala-Joy Schwalger, Sunil Kong,
Nathaniel Pennington, Amorangi Peri, Moneesh
Narayan, Ashleigh McCamish,
Jonas Ernst, O. Lee (Teacher)
Front Row: Aeron Warbrooke, Suzie Oh,
Catherine Poasa, Lorena Flores, Rebecca
Morris, Tina Phou, Syamala Sidharth
13mi
Back Row: Jordan King, Jason Lowe, Luke Lai
2nd Row: Min Kim, Daniel Hall, Junior Matai’A,
Jacky Fan, James Jury, Parth Joshi,
Mr Mani (Teacher)
Front Row: Tali Ioelu, Emma Heavey, Grace
Kang, Fiona Filimoehala, Zixuan Lu, Michelle
Kumar, Manda Hyde
13np
Back Row: Kaho Watanabe, Jennifer Lian,
Owen Arunchaiwat, Isidora Rozas, Irene Zheng,
Sam Graumans, Beulah Tise
2nd Row: Kriewaldt Manu, Victor Pahewa,
Michael Vernon, Ben Tollemache, Dillon Tusa,
Mos Promwang, Miss M. Nepe (Teacher)
Front Row: Yumiko Amano, Astina Wilson,
Michelle Westerlund, Wing Yee Chan, Thora
Bergsveinsdottir, Pauline Uon, Jin You
Absent: Daniel Bradley
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Back Row: James Kim, Aaron Woo, Ho Seok
Chun, Hyun Woo Son, Kevin Hernandez,
Jordan Williams, Viren Patel
2nd Row: Anett Erno, Byung Meen Youn, Ryan
Woodward, Hussam Al-Diery, Dylan McKnight,
Jacqueline Carter, Caitlin McDonald,
C. Shaw (Teacher)
Front Row: Gabrielle Dickey, Paige Fitton,
Jordan Pautu, Natalia Janssen, Danica Janssen,
Bronwyn Caples, Samantha Trehy, Hui Ying
Khor
13va
Back Row: Ge Liu, Mark Vitug, Jude Amador
3rd Row: Rebecca Zhu, Brendon Tribe, Peter
Huang, Jeong Won Seo, Kevin Horsfall,
Tim Chen, Jesse Hudson
2nd Row: Cameron Rea, John Li, Michael
Zhang, Jonathan Verry, Yoav Zionov, Daniel
Hathaway, Marcus Laurence, T. van Wingerden
(Teacher)
Front Row: Rebecca Roigard, Jessica Siu, Cong
Wang, Sarah Howie, Georgia Reid, Courtney
Armstrong, Rochelle Holland,
Tania Frost
prefects
Back Row: Vanessa Gao, Ilaisaane Brunt-Tiueti,
Maxine Peddle, Shameela Nassery
3rd Row: Fiona Filimoehala, Sarah Howie, Tim
Chen, John Li, Peter Huang,
Sera Aho, Georgia Reid
2nd Row: Ms L. Cumming (Year 13 Dean), Jesse
Hudson, Daniel Hathaway, David Graham,
Ayden Devery, Faber Edwards, Kevin Horsfall,
Ms J. Farrar (Associate Principal)
Front Row: James Kim, Stephanie Gay-Bidois,
Caleb Van Beynen, Mr G. Moore (Principal),
Michele Lee, Lloyd Thomason, Helena Lau
Absent: Tennessee Te Whata
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Back Row: Vourch Heang Lay, Sotheary Phath
Front Row: William Davidson, Mrs J. Reid
(Teacher), Sok Heng Mom
Absent: Saharat Bungthong, Phichet Chan-In
tdi
Back Row: Chahat Chawla, Josephine
O’Loughlin, Samuel Dempsey, Dylan Craig, Te
Amohaere Ngata-Aerengamate,
Hohaia Hakaraia,
Franklin He, Alex Huang, Malinna Liang
3rd Row: Elina Osborne, Maia NgataAerengamate, Javier Mihaere, Rikki-Leigh
McIntyre, Jessica Hulme, Dean Lupton,
Duncan McKechnie,
Dain Kim, Malaika Shaw
2nd Row: Alana Whitcombe, Tangaroa Te
Tai, Daniel Mann, Jonathan Stagg, Graham
Clark, Lloyd Thomason, Mahmoud Mahmoud,
Naum Naumovski, Jonathan Tolova’a, Tamati
McGregor, Robyn Butler Shaw (Teacher)
Front Row: Caleb Van Beynen, Michele Lee,
Steph Gay-Bidois, Shameela Nassery, Faber
Edwards, Helena Lau, Vanessa Gao,
David Graham
Absent: Hohepa Waenga, Sophie Kaulima-Irvine
international students
Miss O’Driscoll, Mrs Worthington, Mrs Luong, Ms Sibthorpe ( International Dean), Mrs Sprague (Director of International Students) and Ms Gerzic ( HoD ESOL) with
International students from Korea, Japan, China, Cambodia and Brazil.
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Rutherford College Magazine 2010