Snow in the Park

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Henderson-Massey’s favourite winter event is back, coming Saturday 14 June! 

Snow in the Park is a FREE event for the whole whānau that will leave you snow happy! ⛄❄️

📍 Join us at Royal Reserve, Massey from 1pm-5pm and fill your boots with snow, ice, and wintery goodness

Come along for:

❄️ Snow slide

❄️ Snow play area

❄️ Face painting

❄️ Hunger Ball

❄️ Goats

❄️ Picnic area

❄️ Community stalls

❄️ Delicious food trucks

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/975012124463469/

Rutherford Community Education Champions Safer Roads for Everyone

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This week, Rutherford Community Education proudly promoted road safety for all users—pedestrians, drivers, and even our “fur babies”.

This year’s key focus was raising awareness about safe drop-off and pick-up practices on Kotuku Street. With high foot traffic during morning and afternoon hours, we encouraged drivers to park responsibly and remain alert to ensure everyone’s safety.

We also took this opportunity to award 24 superstar teachers from Rutherford College as Road Safety Heroes. These dedicated staff members work tirelessly to manage traffic flow at both school gates and daily support smooth school bus operations.

A special shout-out goes to Isaac, a Year 13 student at Rutherford College, who Brake NZ recognized as a Road Safety Hero. Isaac has been actively promoting the use of public transport at West City Mall in Henderson and on social media, nationally. Ka pai – great mahi, Isaac! We’re incredibly proud to have such a passionate advocate for sustainable, safer transport alternatives within our school community!

You can be a Road Safety Hero too!

by Ramona Toth

Rutherford Dominates at World Scholar’s Cup Auckland Round!

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The alpacas were out, the debates were fiery, and Rutherford College brought the heat at this year’s World Scholar’s Cup (WSC) Auckland Round, held at Kelston Boys’ High School on May 13–14. With two junior and two senior teams, Rutherford didn’t just show up—we showed off!

This exciting international academic competition celebrates learning, curiosity, and teamwork, bringing together students from around the region to compete in debates, writing, quizzes, and collaborative challenges. It also offers a shot at the prestigious Global Rounds and, ultimately, the Tournament of Champions at Yale University.

The competition was fierce, with powerhouse schools like St Kentigern, Rangitoto, EGGS, ACG Parnell, and more in the mix. But it was clear the main rivalry was between St Kentigern and Rutherford College—who walked away with a trove of top-tier trophies and medals.

Star of the Show:

In the junior division, Suleman Hamdani (10FI) absolutely stole the spotlight. He was crowned Overall Junior Champion Scholar, took home six gold medals (yes, six!) across literature, history, science, art, social studies, and the special topic—and topped three individual subject challenges! Talk about an academic triple threat.

Team Triumphs:

•    Suleman, along with Adam Yuan and Samuel Chan, claimed third place overall in the junior division.

•    Our other junior team—Emma D’Anvers, Oliver Gray, and Noel Mendonca—were crowned Overall Junior Champion Team!

o    Emma was named Champion Writer, while Oliver and Noel were Top Debaters of the entire competition.

Seniors on Fire:

•    Maire Hohepa snagged a gold and came second in Collaborative Writing.

•    Neil Menonca scored a gold and placed fourth in History.

•    Kaia Evans took gold and second in Literature and Media.

•    And Natalia Noone-Jones? She absolutely dazzled:

o    Three golds in Art and Music, Literature and Media, and Social Studies.

o    Second place overall scholar!

Together, Kaia, Amy Thompson, and Natalia formed the Second Place Senior Champion Team.

These students not only worked incredibly hard across two intense days of competition, but they also brought joy, creativity, and school spirit to the event—taking part in the talent show and lifting the atmosphere with every round.

We couldn’t be prouder. You represented Rutherford with brilliance, humility, and heart. Congratulations, Scholars—onward to the next round!

by Ana Gerzic 

ESOL Courses Start Monday, 12th of May – Morning & Evening Options Available

Looking to improve your English language skills? Our new ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) courses begin this Monday, the 12th of May, and we’re excited to welcome new learners!

Whether you’re a beginner or looking to build on your knowledge, our friendly and supportive classes are designed to help you develop your speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in the English language.

This term, we offer the following courses:

– General English Levels 1,2,3 and 4

– English for Conversation Levels 1,2,3 and 4

– Online English for Conversation Level 4

– English in the Workplace Level 4

– IELTS  – How to Succeed Levels 3 and 4

For more info and enrolments, please visit our website: www.rutherfordcomed.co.nz

Year 9 Mindfulness and Wellness Trip

We stood outside the temple, in the shelter of ancient Chinese sloped roofs with golden trims. Monks in orange robes and shaved heads greeted us with warm smiles, and the smell of incense invited us in. “Welcome to the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist temple!” called a monk standing at the entrance. We looked around in awe as they led us through the grand wooden doors, adorned with brass lion knockers. A huge, golden Buddha statue sat in a hollow on the far wall. Every side of the room was covered in beautiful carved tiles.

On the 29th-30th of April, all the Year 9s were given the amazing opportunity to go to Auckland’s Fo Guang Shan Buddhist temple to participate in the 3G4G festival of cultural sharing. The festival teaches students from all over Auckland about the 3G4G values. 3G stands for the 3 goods, good thoughts, deeds, and words, while 4G stands for the 4 givings, joy, convenience, hope, and confidence. It’s a Rutherford tradition for Year 9 students to participate in the festival.

First, we lined up in the grand entrance shrine in front of a monk, who taught us about the different types of offerings to the Buddha. Volunteers in red and gold jackets handed out smoking sticks of incense and taught us how to correctly offer them. Row by row, we walked up and offered our incense. 

Then we were led further into the shrine, through the beautifully calm gardens, and into an art gallery. Five trees covered in fairy lights lit up the room. Everybody sat down quietly, in awe of this sparkly place, and listened as a monk told the story of how a prince became the enlightened Buddha. We each took a little roll of paper with wise words written on them from a small box before being ushered into another art gallery.

The walls of this gallery were covered in calligraphy. We sat down among rows of desks laid with calligraphy pens and tracing sheets. A monk at the front held out a pen, telling us the correct way to hold it. We all tried our hand at calligraphy before being taken outside, to the zen courtyard again.

Monks directed us to sit on soft grass growing in gaps between the concrete. They showed us how to cross our legs, do the lotus position, and let our thoughts flow gently through our minds. Everyone sat there, perfectly silent and still, meditating.

Next, we were led through the courtyard toward a hall filled with volunteers, monks, and even two local police constables. Projected onto the wall were the lyrics to the 3G4G song, “We Got It” So with the monk in the front, we sang and danced until we knew it off by heart. 

Then the two police officers stood up and introduced themselves. They called for volunteers, and hands shot up all over the room. The volunteers acted out real-life scenarios as the officers explained and taught how to make the right decision.

Next came the bit we had all been waiting for: the refreshment! We rushed outside and quickly lined up for a cup of fried rice, prepared by the police that very morning. Cups in hand, we were free to wander the temple and even take a few selfies.

Overall, we had a unique and wonderful experience, learning how to think peacefully and have a calm mind, helping us to be the best we can be. After visiting the temple, we left refreshed and happy. This trip taught us how being a good person can improve our lives for the better, and gave us so many new perspectives on life. It’s a treasured Rutherford tradition, and we’re so glad to be a part of it. Thank you to the teachers for organising this trip and the monks for welcoming us there, thank you to the police for cooking the fried rice and making time to chat with us. The food was very delicious, and we want to thank everyone who made this happen.

by Delilah Smale and Jiao Jiao Liu (9HO)

Luv Music 2025

Come along and support our senior music students on Wednesday, May 14th and Thursday, May 15th at 6:30 PM for two special evenings of live music. Each night will feature a different group of performers, so come enjoy both!

Tickets at $5, available here. 

https://www.trybooking.com/nz/XBM

How to use Post template feature inside campaign editing ?

This answer also apply for:

  • How to add all fetched enclosures or media files in the post content ?
  • How to add a Gallery with all images in the post ?
  • How to add shortcodes automatically in the fetched post contents ?

Campaign post template allow to modify the content fetched by adding extra information, such as text, images, campaign data, etc. before save it as post content.

We’ ve created our own tags to arrange and print the different values of the variables that we can find inside the header of the feed and inside each feed item.
You can use some tags that will be replaced for its current value. See below the description and examples on how to use each one.

There is also the possibility of using WordPress shortcodes, writing them in the Post Template of the campaign so WordPress will take care of processing and printing its content.
You can use any shortcode here; will be processed by WordPress.

For example, you can add shortcodes to add all fetched enclosures or media files in the post content.

Supported tags

A tag is a piece of text that gets replaced dynamically when the post is created. Currently, these tags are supported:

  • {title} The feed item title.
  • {content} The feed item content.
  • {itemcontent} The feed item description.
  • {image} Put the featured image on content.
  • {author} The feed item author.
  • {authorlink} The feed item author link (If exist).
  • {permalink} The feed item permalink.
  • {feedurl} The feed URL.
  • {feedtitle} The feed title.
  • {feeddescription} The description of the feed.
  • {feedlogo} The feed’s logo image URL.
  • {feedfavicon} The feed’s Favicon URL.
  • {campaigntitle} This campaign title
  • {campaignid} This campaign ID.
  • {item_date} The date of the post item.
  • {item_time} The time of the post item.

Examples:

If you want to add a link to the source at the bottom of every post and the author, the post template would look like this:

{content} 
<a href="{permalink}">Go to Source</a><br /> 
Author: {author}

{content} will be replaced with the feed item content, {permalink} by the source feed item URL, which makes it a working link and {author} with the original author of the feed item.

Shortcodes:

&lsqb;gallery]

it’s a WP shortcode for insert a gallery into the post. You can read more info here.

You can add a gallery with three columns with all thumbnails images clickables at the bottom of every content, but before source link and author name, the post template would look like this:

{content} 
&lsqb;gallery link="file" columns="3"] 
<a href="{permalink}">Go to Source</a><br /> 
Author: {author}

If you want to display all the media videos or audios in the content you could use

&lsqb;playlist]

The playlist shortcode implements the functionality of displaying a collection of WordPress audio or video files in a post.

The playlist shortcode has several attributes, which are making it possible to alter its output.

&lsqb;playlist type="video" style="dark"]

Read more about &lsqb;playlist] shortcode and its attributes here.

To get best results you could also use external plugins that add new shortcodes to display playlists or different galleries by adding their shortcodes in the post template textarea.
Take a look at this example: https://xlino.com/projects/wordpress-playlist-shortcode-with-external-audio-or-video-files/

Error when loading Settings page

It sounds like cURL is not activated in your hosting.

Can you see writing below the WPeMatico section in your WP Settings?

Try checking the box for “Hide Reviews on Settings”.

 

 

Jump duplicate posts

The name of the option in the Settings is Continue fetching if found duplicated items”. (This was previously named Jump Duplicates).

Keep in mind that the campaign works with the items in the order they are found in the feed. If a duplicate item is found, that means that all the following items were already fetched in a previously executed campaign. (This happens when the campaign has some time running automatically, not the first time.)

That’s why the campaign is interrupted when it finds the first duplicate post.

  • It is strongly recommended that you deactivate Jump Duplicates to get better behavior.

If you deactivate the “Jump Duplicates” option, you can run the campaign more times in an hour so you don’t miss any posts.

You will not miss new posts because the feed items are ordered by date/time in almost all cases.  When the campaign runs, it goes item by item from newest to oldest, and stops when it finds the first duplicated item, this mean that all items after it (the older ones) are also duplicated.

We are talking about autoblogging, meaning new items are added automatically. Focus your mind on the future, not the past

Example 1: If you fetch 4 out of 10 items in a feed, then you missed 6, but just the first time.  After the first run, the campaign stops when it finds the first duplicated post, in this case, item #4.  Then, if you run the campaign often enough, it will not miss any posts unless the feed adds too many posts between campaign runs.

 

Example 2: If you have a feed that has 34 items, then:

You must set the campaign to work from now to the future, and then you can deprecate old items (or try to manually run a campaign to fetch the 34 items, but this is pointless for the main purpose).

Then, you must know how many new items are added per hour (or per two hours, or per day). This depends of the source site.

If you see that the main site is adding around 10 posts a day, you could say that getting 2 posts per hour is enough. You’ll get better performance if this value is as low as possible, and you won’t miss any items because the main site doesn’t have more than 1 new post per hour.

If you think that more than 2 posts can be added in an hour, then you can fetch every 30 minutes.

This is also better for performance.

 

  • If you are using the Custom Titles feature from the Professional version, you’ll also lose Duplicate Titles checking, because the original title will be saved always as a different title.

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