 Time to switch off your mobile phone. At the end of the ceremony, we will all sing the national anthem together with your graduates. When the official party leaves, the graduates will follow them. Please wait until all the graduates have left the auditorium before leaving yourselves. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for your graduands. Inga mana, inga reo, inga ho e fa, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou koutou. Vice Chancellor, Pro Chancellor, Council members, special guests, staff, graduands, family and friends of graduands. As Chancellor of the University of Auckland, I extend a warm welcome to you all on behalf of University Council members and staff of the University. In particular, I welcome our guest speaker, Dr. Margaret Wilson. This is a meeting of the Council of the University of Auckland for the purpose of conferring degrees and awarding diplomas. This week, we will be conferring and awarding more than 7,000 qualifications on some 6,400 students in person and in absentia. At this ceremony, 586 students will graduate in person and 152 students will graduate in absentia. This is a meeting of the Council of the University of Auckland for the purpose of, excuse me, I will be assisted in my duties today by Mr. Peter Kari, the Pro Chancellor, in awarding diplomas and conferring degrees. This is a happier, memorable occasion for you, the graduands, as well as your families and friends who have supported you during your studies. We congratulate you all. Equally, your achievement brings pleasure and satisfaction to the academic and professional staff of the university who have played their part in your success. The graduation procession today brought academic flavor and color to the streets of Auckland. And in this ceremony, you will experience the pomp and tradition befitting your well-deserved day of celebration. Over a period of 130 years, the University of Auckland has become a comprehensive, research-led university with a strong international reputation. Today, there are more than 40,000 students and 5,000 staff. Moreover, we are New Zealand's largest research organization with one-third of the country's externally-rated world-class researchers. Within New Zealand, only our university is ranked within the top 1% of the world's universities. We also have a strong commitment to Maori education. Of all the Maori degree graduates in New Zealand each year, 25% come from just one institution, the University of Auckland. We generously guard our position amongst our competitor universities and are always looking to create new opportunities for all our undergraduate and postgraduate students. Last month, we confirmed the purchase of the 5.2 hectare former Lion Brewery's site on Kaipapas. This purchase will provide the university with a site for expansion over the next 50 years, contiguous with the city and graphed in campuses and with the major business area and new market. We will occupy the first of the new facilities in November 2014. So as you graduate, please reflect on ongoing learning opportunities and consider the wide range of postgraduate options available to you at Auckland. I ask you to consider that because we can never rest on our laurels, especially in a challenging and ever-changing world. Whatever path you follow, I urge you as the alumni of New Zealand's leading university to never forget your alma mater. We rely on our graduates for support, moral, political, and financial. Funding constraints are a perennial problem for New Zealand universities who are being asked to do more and more with less and less each year. In fact, in these hard times, we should be spending more on universities, not less. But that is enough of the substantial issues facing us all as members of a 21st century university with high aspirations. Because today is your day with a focus firmly on your achievement. At this ceremony, we honour your success, along with the support of your family, whanau, and others who have sustained you through your studies. I congratulate you and trust that you will long cherish the memories of your graduation today. I am delighted to welcome as our guest speaker Dr. Margaret Wilshire. Margaret is Chief Medical Officer of the Auckland District Health Board and an honorary associate professor with the university's faculty of medical and health sciences. Margaret graduated from the University of Otago with a medical degree and then a doctorate in medicine. She did her specialist clinical training at Green Lane Hospital and then undertook doctoral studies in respiratory immunology as a welcome trust health research council fellow at the National Heart and Lung Institute in London. Margaret is currently Chief Medical Officer at the Auckland District Health Board, but she also continues to practice as a respiratory physician, clinical teacher, and researcher with a special interest in interstitial lung diseases. Margaret has served as a counsellor and examiner for the Royal Australian College of Physicians, as chair of the Auckland Medical Legal Society, and contributed to a number of other professional committees. She is currently a member of the National Health Board and the Capital Investment Committee. For several months in 2012, she was Joint Interim Chief Executive for Auckland District Health Board. Please welcome with me Dr Margaret Bullshaugh. Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, members of the council, members of the university, graduands, family, and friends, greetings to you all, Tena koutou katoa. Thank you very much for affording me the privilege of addressing you today, this wonderful day of celebration of our graduands' efforts and ultimate success. Congratulations to all of you out there wearing gowns for the first, or possibly second, or third time. One day, you might even end up with the peacocks here on stage. In my address today, I would like to pay a special tribute to families and acknowledge not only their support of you in your efforts and ultimate success, but the very special contribution families make to our patients' care and well-being, both in hospital and in community. Families are not visitors to our hospitals. They are advocates, caregivers, translators, and counsellors. They provide a vigil at the bedside, help feed and dress their loved one, assist with showering and walking, support the administration of medications, and provide valuable information on change in clinical status. Yet their roles are not recognised in any formal way other than as next of kin. Family members wear no name badge. They have no assigned authority, no place or private space to rest in our busy hospitals. Our signage treats them no differently to casual visitors and we restrict their access accordingly. Current visiting policies in our hospitals are restrictive and contribute to family and patient emotional distress. Research has shown that the presence of family members as partners in care can enhance the patient and family experience, improve the management of both acute and chronic medical problems, and reduce the risk of medical error and save money. The recent public inquiry into shortcomings in patient care at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust noted that a significant part of the Stafford's story was the exclusion of relatives from effective participation in patient care. Numerous family stories are cited in the report and I read just one of those to you. I helped to change my granddad because as you can appreciate, to roll somebody over onto their side, they needed two people to do that and they were not two available. There was one available and they needed to wait. And I said, well, I will help you. And she asked me if I was a nurse and I said no. But he is my granddad. It doesn't matter. Robert Francis, QC, and author of the report stated, I heard many cases where families had no information about their relatives but could give some. They were not listened to during the diagnostic process. Careers of patients should not be ignored. They often have a depth of knowledge of their loved one's condition that is far greater than what staff can obtain on a brief acquaintance. He went on to say, families and friends can provide valuable support, both practical and psychological, for patients in hospital. They can provide advocacy for patients who cannot speak for themselves or are otherwise vulnerable, provide useful information to nursing and medical staff and provide basic care. While none of these can or should be expected where they are offered, they should be welcomed and accepted. These are not uniquely British sentiments. Beverly Johnson, CEO and president of the Institute of Patient and Family-Centered Care in the US, has written extensively about the core concepts of the patient and family-centered model of care. Respect and dignity. Information sharing. Participation and collaboration. Here in New Zealand, our hospitals are catching onto those concepts. The visitors' signs are coming down and the welcome signs are going up. Today, as you graduate with the degree of a health professional or scientist, I ask that you take care to listen, to respect and to acknowledge the families of your patients in which ever care or research setting you work. They will tell you much about their relatives, will connect you with the person rather than the disease and will support you and the patient to achieve the best and most satisfying outcome. And today, of all days, take the time to acknowledge your own families, friends and support people who have helped you on your journey to graduation. Then pat yourselves on the back. Well done. Namihi Nui, Mate Aroha Nui. Thank you, Dr. Wilshire, for a most interesting, insightful, and challenging speech. Can I ask all of you to join with me in thanking Dr. Wilshire again? This is a meeting of council in Convocation of the University of Auckland at which the Pro-Chancellor, Peter Kiley and I, will be conferring degrees and awarding diplomas. I invite the Pro-Chancellor to award the diplomas and confer the degrees in the first half of the ceremony. By the authority vested in me by Resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Peter Kiley, Pro-Chancellor, confer the degrees and award the diplomas stated upon those who, within the faculty, have satisfied the requirements of this university. I call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Medical Health Sciences, Professor Fraser, to present graduands in that faculty. Pro-Chancellor, as Dean, I have the honour of presenting to you the students qualified for the award of a diploma or conferment of a degree in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. To the diploma on pediatrics, Kang Hee Gang, Timothy Alexander Hopgood, to the degree of Bachelor of Health Sciences, Zainab Abbas, Suleshu Tezvahun Agidi, Lamar Adler Francis Avaua, Adelia Rustamovna Aslanova, Kasha Bartizha, Angela Louise Boswell, Navshika Chandra, Yongqi Chansevag, Rachel Sion Chen, Frederick Chen, Hannah Haley Chisholm, Haley Faumu, sorry, Joanna Nancy Cook, Haley Faumu, Alexander James Angus Guy, Zineb Gabal, Thomas Martin Glyn, Joram Andrew Hill, Hyun Hyun Kim, Ronan Thegezi Curiam, Michelle Yin E Lin, Ruina Mahesh, Ruben Janssen Maloy, Gemma Milvena Malunahu, Ji Hu Min, Lina Nye, Samawela Malakai Mahuniyu Ophanoa, Shalom Susanna Leone Pakense, Sophie Bess Olyf, Andy Piatow, Nolene Rati Prasad, Rebecca Fleur Ryan, Villarria Sofferova, Malundi Shlabert, Isaac Pian Smith, Nicholas Su, Alana Juliette-Supin. To the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Aisha Binti Amanudin, Lanet Satya Kumar Anand, Sulakshinan Anandabaskaran, Sidi Gopal Aya, Emily Bridget Bailey, Joshua Mark Balhorn, Natasha Bansal, Marla Christine Bennett, Nicola Jane Best, Faiza Eunice Beku, Tamara Lee Mildred-Virtual, Catherine Ann Bolton, Chun Yan Boon, Claire Johanna Bratford, Melanie Jane Cameron, Sufei Chan, Usha Nair Chandra Sikaran, Ashley Chun Cheung, Tony Shing Tung Chiu, Hyun Min Choi, Senior Scholar, Medical and Health Sciences, Jimmy Guanghui Chong, Hannah Jane Cooper, Rayleigh Ann Cooper, Kamani Dalawaths, Senior Scholar, Medical and Health Sciences, Senior Scholar in Medicine and Surgery, Horatio Roberto DiBattolo, Laura Jane Downey, Thomas David John Evans, Sophie Jane Willwood Fager, Senior Scholar in Medicine and Surgery, Ashley Sarah Frazer, Michael Jeffrey Frazer, Hina Samani Funaki, Michael Earl Finnell, Madeleine Margaret G, Scott Dion Gilbert, Vaishnavi Nyanasumpathan, Timothy Luke Godwin, Joshua Owen Griffiths, Charles Yao Chen Ho, Celia Lucy Hunter, Jamie Hunter-Yuani, Sarah Louise Catherine Jack, Divya Lakshmi Jamalamadaka, Matthew Stuart Jains, Kathleen Waimururangi Joyce-Reviti, Anna Yeun Kang, Georgia Iris Kinney, Ann Jiung Kim, Alexander David King, Phoebe Xin Yang-Kou, Lada Kordich, Yi Sen Lai, Sharon Lamwei Ling, Qiyun Li, Senior Scholar, Medical and Health Sciences, Yinhui Li, Bonnie Wanxi Ling, David Hyun Wu Lin, Qi Ping Lim, Sui Lin, Edward Loh Xiong Qi, Darren Alastair Lowe, Dixon Louie, Andrew Allen MacDonald, Emma Amanda MacDonald Laws, Gayani Saumia Malawa Arachi, Lara Elsie Manson, Holly Ann McCullum, Torrance Richard Merkle, Senior Scholar in Medicine and Surgery, Sarah Ann Mary, Manisha Moambay Mistry, Pulasti Mithrarutna, Theresa Bittenmayer, Messina Elizabeth Nakhid Shusta, Lisa Ann Newby, Michael Hugh Ng, Milton Gum Chiang Ng, Kelsey Brooke Nichols, Peria Judith Nielsen, Michael Robert Nottingham, Hua Yin Ong, Eileen Mary O'Reilly, Alice Ruling Pan, Hai Wan Park, Marie Helen Catherine Park, Deepak Kuntilal Patel, Jessica Catherine Payne, Ashwini Ravi Kumar Pondicherry, Vinisi Havili Prescott, Norman Park Peng Kwik, Charlotte Emma Ray, Thomas Matthew Reynolds, Kate Lana Richardson, Beth Abigail Robertson, Juven Joseph Rumiani, Dane Kauvai Rua, Mustafa Safi, Kali Jane Salt, Maud Azam Hafifi Samsuddin, Kai Shing Soh, Cameron Kin Jun Manfred Shaw, Ruchira Sanjaya Felix Sinivaratni, James Allen Douglas Shand, Laila Sheik, Huiling Si, Aaraha Dora Siilata, Victoria Catherine Siriat, Jennifer Claire Stevens, Ramanan Suganesagram, Jin Wei Tan, Sarah Ai Ting Tan, Pryusha Tangarala, Angela Hu Hu Te, Vivian So Quang Te, Jordan Ville Thompson, Cecilia Mary Verritt, Toby Stephen Verritt, Alan Wang, Kit Lun Wang, Ying Chun Wee, Rebecca Jane White, Samuel James Whitaker, Susan Tarr Whitaker, Christian Joseph Weezo, Yin Guo Wang, Ki Hon Wang, Ting Wai Bernard Wang, Andrew Stephen Keith Woodhead, Esther Mirian Wilson, Salin Karo Antrenek Yaldizian, Edwin Chun Chung Yip, Kelvin Yuto Yao, Mohamed Redzuan Zarul Hassan, Kateryn Zhang, to the degree of Bachelor of Nursing, Natasha Mary Allen, Lauren Rose Atwood, Catherine Baker, Abbey Marie Blackburn, Chelsea Julia Brannan, Joanna Mae Burnett, Emma Jean Chittenden, Senior Scholar, Medical and Health Sciences, Stephanie Nicole Davies, Denise Ann Delacruz, Sarah Jean Denmark, Maria Corolla De Souza, Martin Deploi, Renee Xena England, Hamish Alexander Esselman-Clo, Fedora Devia Fernandez, Serena Ashley Fisher, Ashley Mary Freeth, Amy Marjorie Johnson, Jessica Rose Jones, Kate Helen Landon, Arita Lee, Shan Ling Lee, Song Yi Lim, Grace Godwin Mascarinas, Erika Rangie Chantel Matapot, Maryam Muth, Vanessa Eleanor Mae Henley, Laura Ellen McCann, Allison Lynette McGuire, Kiri Moana Mead, Yatika Mystery, Nicole Moodley, Julia Louise Murray, Erika Mae Sim Ng, Sorry, I beg your pardon, Eiti Hawa Binti Nawee, Erika Mae Sim Ng, Annie Delphia Salamasina Nicholas, Elsie Deanne Karon O, Stacy Lee Unikawa, Katrina Ann Oswald, Sarah Ann Pace, Kyun Mi Park, Senior Scholar Medical and Health Sciences, Elizabeth Mary Petrie, Dana Mary Laguno Purificacion, Macon Rebecca Anastasia Rowley, Emma Claire Scott, Zin Yi Shi, Hema Manisha Singh, Erin Theresa Skidmore, Laura Kate Steele, Vincent Paul Sua, Laura Jane Swan, Lydia Riannan Taylor, Catherine Ann Terry, Charlotte Emily Thorn, Mariko Sunoda, Lillian Uluilakipa, Sandra Catalina Venegas-Velez, Gemma Elizabeth Veal, Faye Alice Villoria, Jan Angelique Castramero Villanueva, Verity Ann Wally, Anita Joan Witter, Wendy Fu Yin Wu, Ellie Yu Chen Zi, Chin Yi Jia Ye, Nami Yu, Ann Yu, Tinaka Maria Cristina Wilhelmina-Ziegler, To the degree of Bachelor of Optometry with First Class Honours, Prashant Krishna Prajnana Brupendray, Minil Chotu, Kiran Albert Chong, Akilesh Gokul, Hayden Ng, Senior Scholar Medical and Health Sciences, An Tien Vu Tran, Linwei Xu, To the degree of Bachelor of Optometry with Second Class Honours, First Division, Katie Angela Benitz, Avijit Bhomish, Song Soi, Louise Sonia Edwards, Hui Chia Hao, Jessica Evelyn McDowell, Jiaping Luy, Jennifer Lindsay Lowe, Hayden James Miller, Kanimali Sukumaran, Barbara Famawalan, Julia Louise Walker, Tanisha Rebecca Watt, Melina Mae Young, To the degree of Bachelor of Optometry with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Sued Hasnain Adil, Jenna Ray Edwards, Yubin Li, Yongsang Li, Aisliu, Dan Dan Lu, Shangkamoi Maiti, Vanessa Monique Maskell, Hyun Chi Ng, Yana Makovna Pierce, Sushi Ranthod, Jayasundara Arachige Nadeeshika Rushani, Sadanhipathy, Malihakanum Surab, Jun Hyeong Suk, Amy Su Yang Wang, Kai Tin Yang, Mark Zung Zhu. Thank you, Pro-Chancellor, for conferring the degrees and awarding the diplomas in the first half of this ceremony. One of the great pleasures of graduation is the opportunity to hear performances by students from our acclaimed School of Music. Bradley Wood will now perform Dekata in D Minor, Opus 11, by Sir Jay Prokofiev. Can I ask you all to join with me in thanking Bradley again? By resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Ian Parton, Chancellor, award the diplomas and confer the degrees stated. Upon those who, within the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, have satisfied the requirements of this university. I now call upon the head of the School of Nursing, Associate Professor Kilpatrick, to present further graduands in the Faculty. To the degree of Bachelor of Optometry, Anget Bundapeng Singh Bombra, Dahee Kim, Yun Ae Kim, Siuk Hion Lee, Mai Po Leong, Samuel Isaac Syracan Musuku, Viren Robert Peters. To the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy, with first class honours, Yu Gao, Senior Scholar, Medical and Health Sciences, Rachel Diane Cooper. Yu Gao, Shui Wei Khan, Yuang Li, Yi Lu, Xiz Yu Yi Nai, Amanda Louise Polwin, Elizabeth Jane Waterhouse. Hanna Yu, to the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy, with second class honours, first division, Ban Al Atah, Nalushka Amisheng, Zaid Akwari, Tarika Marie Ansinah, Keevo Vijay Bhula, Yaon Khan Chen, Arum Choi, Bob Hung Choi, Markle Timothy Hammond, Rachel Anne Hooker, Hala Gailib Hussan Kamona, Janice Kim, Jinhee Kim, Rupalai Lau, Minhee Lee, Yitin Ling Lim, Sophie Marie McCarthy, Laura Mary Moynihan, Maria Petkovic, Faza Fahana Rashid, Talisha Reddy, Christine Isabel Sustento-Rubio, Tara Marie Patricia Taylor, Kevin Zhu, Sunsil Yang, to the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy, with second class honours, second division, Miriam Hussan Almasur, Mohamed Al-Madoulal, Azita Bebe, Kamleeka Bezdu, Essa Barakaji, Karishma Parish Bhula, Jessica Amy Louise Birken, Daphne Ling Chi-Chan, Jing-Chan, Tony Xi Chi-Ding, Reem El Bayati, Emile Fajian, Christine Ha, Anstiche Ha-Sent, Alice Yan Yu Hu, Rania Ramez Iskander, Moses Jin, Shen Yu Kang, Te Kwayu Kim, Sira Korakui, Nicholas Wing-Wai Kwan, Da Young Lee, Peck Shan Lee, Luzan Lee, Janice Yang Yi Luong, Lorena Yinglu, Jenny Louis, Nikita Maharendra, Mahiadazi Wiliad Maroa, Zonghong Pan, Zongwon Park, Crystal Pillay, Eya Shaka, Lina Shesha, Amy Shen, Grace Keasing Su, Young Kee Song, Matthew James Su, Samantha Sufiad, David Hu-Hui Yu Ting, Manchun Tong, Jenny Lee Ching-Chong, Nelson Wu, Yang Jiu-Han Yu, Yo-Han Hinson Heo Yu, Wang Zhang, to the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy, Marua Saad Abdul-Kirim El-Sainki, Haewon Chao, Sun Ho-Chiao, Sun Ho-Chiao, Julia Ching-Ho, Si Ha-Huen, Su-Yon Hai-On, Sumi Ying Yang, Nikita Kapua, Hamet Kua, Mabushra Khanam Khan, Young Min Khan Kim, Kwan-Hee Lee, Hong-Man Lee, Rachel Ching-Hua Loh, David Thomas Edwin Tompkins, to the degree of Bachelor of Health Sciences, Conjoint, Sun-Ni Ha-Shao Chan, and a Bachelor of Arts, Richard Chen and a Bachelor of Laws, Joseph Daniel Paxon-Della Cruz, and a Bachelor of Arts, Melissa Chrysler-Tabios Domingo, and a Bachelor of Arts, Jennifer Ann Fairgrey, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Kujio Margaret Gemmel, and a Bachelor of Arts, Brendan Karl Graf, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Yuchen Lu, and a Bachelor of Nursing, Nikola Lee Mitchell, and a Bachelor of Arts, Preruna Sandhu, and a Bachelor of Arts, Jeebin Hsu, and a Bachelor of Arts, to the degree of Bachelor of Nursing, Conjoint, Anna Megan Ahen, and a Bachelor of Health Sciences, Tessa Joseph Atwood, and a Bachelor of Science, Madeline Claire Chapman, and a Bachelor of Health Sciences, Jessica Anne Palmer, and a Bachelor of Health Science, POST-Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education, Sarah Jane O'Hara, POST-Graduate Diploma in Health Psychology, Heidi Julia Baxter, POST-Graduate Diploma in Health Sciences, with Distinction, Bernadette Maria Buzman in Advanced Nursing, Yvonne Marie Stephanie Clearwater in Advanced Nursing, April McFarland in Advanced Nursing, Marjorie Jeanette Murphy Bishop in Advanced Nursing, Bronwyn Frances Pester in Advanced Nursing, POST-Graduate Diploma in Health Sciences, with Merritt, Gladys Ozora Rua in Advanced Nursing, Sahul Pavankumar Shaflok in Thiamasutical Science, Deborah Ann Crompton in Advanced Nursing, Metamaru Daniel Atulau in Advanced Nursing, Devi Riani Dilesia in Advanced Nursing, Pauline Leah Fakalata, Catherine Patricia Folks in Advanced Nursing, Katrina Anne Fraser in Advanced Nursing, Heidi Yumo Geronimo in Advanced Nursing, Patricia June Hastings in Mental Health Nursing, Melina Hernandez-Gizundo in Advanced Nursing, I'm sorry, Melina. Patricia June Hastings in Mental Health Nursing, Robert John Hawker in Advanced Nursing, Rebecca Louise Hayward in Advanced Nursing, Tina Hopkins in Advanced Nursing, Marla-Marie Hall-Rebonne in Advanced Nursing, Shija Joseph in Advanced Nursing, Catherine Bradley King in Mental Health Nursing, Thaizen Coe in Advanced Nursing, Lorraine Mavdukama in Advanced Nursing, Karen Lynette Merritt in Social Work, Urakami in Health Informatics, Seppo Ndilevau in Advanced Nursing, Paula Marie Natai in Advanced Nursing, Bidwantu Pudanruth in Advanced Nursing, Jacqueline Marion Roberts in Advanced Nursing, Jennifer Ann Rogers in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Deepa Seshwaran in Advanced Nursing, Esther Kailin See in Pharmaceutical Science, Amy Lee Walsh in Advanced Nursing, Isabella Joanna Wright in Advanced Nursing, Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences, Raquel Amidi Barabilini in Alcohol and Drug Studies, Raewyn June Bell in Advanced Nursing, Zafia Mehannens-Bibi in Advanced Nursing, Desalyn Avernaes-Krisilogo-Bawka in Advanced Nursing, Lalindra Devi Chand in Advanced Nursing, Kanda Chikazee in Advanced Nursing, Patricia Chikarima in Advanced Nursing, Krishna Mohan Chitimala in Pharmaceutical Science, William Chazoo in Advanced Nursing, Yvonne Edith Martha Cunningham in Alcohol and Drug Studies, Sawello Steven Dillab in Mental Health Nursing, Rae Juni in Mental Health Nursing, Rene Rita Barley-Cant in Advanced Nursing, Madeline Isabel Marie Kerr in Alcohol and Drug Studies, Mesok Kim in Advanced Nursing, Aileen Carol Kirby in Advanced Nursing, Raja Nassini Latak Kishore in Advanced Nursing, Jeremy Lei in Health and Pharmatics, Yvonne Jay Lee Lau in Advanced Nursing, Kameng Lin in Advanced Nursing, Tanneedy Wee Jessica Manistria in Advanced Nursing, Manumami Nair in Advanced Nursing, Olivia Mandeepar in Adovola in Advanced Nursing, Valerie Anne O'Gorman in Youth Health, Victoria Timilard Oakey in Advanced Nursing, Leslie Gwyneth Pilp Pictures in Advanced Nursing, Chakantuala Devi Pressard in Advanced Nursing, Marina Devi Raju in Advanced Nursing, Fiona Evelyn Seacup in Advanced Nursing, Sanin Jita Devi Singh in Advanced Nursing, Tanping On in Advanced Nursing, Newman Thomas in Health Informatics, Barbara Jane Travers in Advanced Nursing, Marguerite Elizabeth Johanna Van Doen Western Hazen in Advanced Nursing, Anne-Marie Voss in Mental Health Nursing, Huan Zhang in Advanced Nursing, Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice with Merit, Yun-Yan Su, Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health with Distinction, Arundhah Rahia Manuel in Maori Health, Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health with Merit, Elizabeth Carolyn Alley, University Graduate Scholar, Cynthia Anne Lisa Dash in Pacific Health, Charles Hasano, Ashwani Ellison Calcani, Catherine Nizhu Ngogwani, Faye Yu, Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health, Liliana Motomota Ataula in Pacific Health, Fakava Motoi Lutui, Sanita Sharon Manoa, Meritapuna Vanemaroa Mateo, Elisa Tuhoa Puna in Pacific Health, Nileshne Singh, Dapika Sonja, Kimberly Ria Stanhouse in Pacific Health, Afuha Lavalu, Mama Inala Taufoa in Public Health, Pacific Health, Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Medicine with Merit, Karen Ratana, to the degree of Bachelor of Health Science Honours with First Class Honours, Ali Al Jamal and a Bachelor of Health Sciences, Mary Sophie Kerridge, Iya Mohamed Sala Aldin Mohamed Musa, Tulisi Maffi Totai Pauluka, to the degree of Bachelor of Medical Sciences Honours with First Class Honours, Cameron John Fraser, University Graduate Scholar, Kerri Tai Kumar, and a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Sedgery, University Graduate Scholar, Kuala Lai Lu, to the degree of Master of Health Science with First Class Honours, Jennifer Margaret Boudreau, Campbell, Emma Louise Duckworth, to the degree of Master of Health Sciences with Second Class Honours, First Division, Robin Lee Allen, Jason Alexander Harley, Terence Robert Rings, Pauline Tucker, Yang Yu, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences with Distinction in Pharmaceutical Science, to the degree of Master of Health Science with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Zahram Bihara, Petronella Rufaro Musi Kiwa, Marie Niklam Wama, Victoria Joy Tomlin, to the degree of Master of Health Sciences, Vironica Mary Sherritt, Alice Adele Redwood, to the degree of Master of Medical Science with First Class Honours, Jeanie Susan Oliphant, to the degree of Master of Nursing with First Class Honours, Christopher James Alridge, Catherine Jean Beasley, Jami Ying, Te Pora Peseta, to the degree of Master of Nursing with Second Class Honours, First Division, Denise Ann Beachy, Tanya Lee Bish, Crystal Rose O'Neill, Rachel Louise Petorius, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences with Merit in Advanced Nursing. Hailey Peter Scott, Colleen Judith Turnwald, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences with Distinction in Mental Health Nursing. Maria Theresa Wayne-En, to the degree of Master of Nursing with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Jennifer Ruth Cameron, Julie-Jan Romata Dewhurst, Tracy Ford, Margaret Patricia Hand, Yinghua Lu, Susan Wendy Moyle, Shirley Elizabeth Ross, Suzanne Carol Smith, to the degree of Master of Nursing, Ruhua Petea, Ngapara Karuna, to the degree of Master of Pharmacy Practice with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Karen Linda Dunning, to the degree of Master of Public Health with Second Class Honours, Julian Caw Belbeer Singh, to the degree of Master of Public Health with Second Class Honours, First Division, Jenna Lauren Clarke, Susan Mary Zimmerman, to the degree of Master of Public Health with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Peter John Clalland, and Kava Iwa Leipoto-Fua-Voa. I now call upon the Vice-Chancellor to present the doctoral graduands. Chancellor, I have the honour of presenting to you the doctoral graduands. To the degree of Doctor of Medicine, Gerard Patrick Devlin, Jerry developed a model of heart failure which examined the effects of insulin-like growth factors following a heart attack. He demonstrated that administration of these factors improved heart muscle function. Song Chen in Pharmacy, Song developed and evaluated a novel colonic delivery system for probiotic bacteria. The system can be used to deliver more health-promoting lactic acid bacteria in their living form to the human colon and prolong their retention in this region. Joshua Jeremy Connolly in Pathology. Joshua investigated the processes that initiate cell death in plant cells following nutrient limitation with potential application to improving growth of crops in poor soils and increasing the shelf-life of produce. Kate Elizabeth Fosse in Health Psychology. Kate investigated some of the psychological factors that contributed to a medication-change health scare with a view to better managing future medication switches. Theresa Margaret Fleming in Health Sciences, Bright Future Top Achiever Doctoral Scholar. Theresa co-developed the Sparks Computerized Therapy Program for Adolescent Depression, which has recently received United Nations and UNESCO awards. Her research demonstrated the acceptability and effectiveness of this approach for adolescents who are alienated from mainstream education and have unmet mental health needs. Anne Freeman in Community Health. Harry investigated the health and habitus of a Finnish community in New Zealand through narratives across three generations. She found that even if people are generically characterised as white, the unique habitus may influence the way they think, act and feel about health in ways not predicted by policy or ethnic categorisation. Deborah Louise Harris in Nursing. Deborah's research investigated low blood sugar levels in newborn babies, a common problem that can lead to brain damage. Her research developed new ways of detecting and treating this problem that will improve care for babies and their families, as well as save healthcare costs around the world. Catherine Sarah Jones in Pharmacology, University Doctoral Scholar. Catherine investigated how stem cells in the adult brain respond to injury and how they can be manipulated to repair damaged brain regions. She discovered that specific pro-neural genes can stimulate brain regeneration at time points where previously no repair has been observed. Nancy Nguyen-Jur Jong in Pharmacology. Nancy investigated the role of a family of membrane transporters in the treatment-limiting adverse effect of the platinum-based anti-cancer drug, oxaloplatin. This was done with a view to developing potential treatments for this unwanted side effect and improving patient outcomes from oxaloplatin-based chemotherapy. Charlotte Ann Jordan in Ophthalmology, University Doctoral Scholar. Charlotte investigated new methods for diagnosing keratoconus in the eye and successfully trialled a new surgical technique to halt or slow progression of the disease. Emma Isabel Kay in Physiology, University Doctoral Scholar. Emma identified new and varied effects of Milano-Cortin II receptor accessory protein alpha on the function of all five Milano-Cortin receptors. This could open new avenues for studying and treatment human diseases that are caused by a defective Milano-Cortin receptors, for example, some forms of early onset obesity. Anasita Gigi Lim in Nursing. Gigi's research investigated the journeys of both medical and non-medical prescribers as learners and as prescribers. This study showed that although the starting points differ, the journeys of both nurses and doctors as beginner prescribers are similar. They begin as novices and over time develop skills of reasoning as they gain more clinical experience in prescribing. All right, we're in business now. He Ting Kong in Biomedical Science. He Ting investigated the fundamental mechanisms that underlie cardiac excitation contraction coupling, in particular the activation and termination of calcium-induced calcium release. It is hoped that by understanding these processes in health, we will be better placed to recognize and target abnormalities that occur during the progression of heart disease. He Ting. Philip Campbell Logan in Biomedical Science. Philip investigated the epigenetic mechanism of DNA methylation to see whether it is involved in turning stromal cells into deciduous cells in the uterus every month during the menstrual cycle. His findings may improve our understanding of human infertility, miscarriage, pathologies of pregnancy, and endometriosis. Clon CYMAC, an anatomy university doctoral scholar. Colin investigated in detail the largest and densest population of stem cells in the human brain, which has never been described before. These stem cells are a potential source for new brain cells to repair damaged areas of patients with neurodegenerative disease. Anne Malcolm in Nursing. Helen's study has revealed significant implications for the ageing population. The apparent dislocation between government policies, funding of disability support services, and the adequate numbers of nurses and carers points to a substantial challenge for the provision of services that meet the needs of the increasing numbers of older people. James Alexander McElvey in Ophthalmology, university doctoral scholar. James investigated an alternative corneal transplantation for the treatment of corneal blindness. His research focused on using human stem cell implants to reconstruct the cornea in inherited disease. Lethargy Muniraj in Molecular Medicine. Lethargy investigated the role of Trefoil Factor 1 in gastric carcinoma, and determined that inhibition of this growth factor may be useful in the treatment of this disease. His findings have contributed to the preclinical development of an inhibitory antibody targeting Trefoil Factor 1, Keith Raymond Pine in Optometry. Keith investigated the problem of excessive mucoid discharge experienced by many wearers of artificial eyes. His research resulted in the development of clinical methods for measuring the response of the socket to a prosthetic eye and an evidence-based protocol for managing the discharge. Ralph Schnabel in Psychiatry. Ralph developed an innovative procedure for identifying distractibility in patients with brain injury. In a large clinical sample, it was determined that the new procedure contributes significantly to differential diagnosis and validity of the assessment. David Slauter in Community Health. John's research has added knowledge to better inform obesity interventions and measurement of obesity. His study showed that BMI has limited usefulness in quantifying fatness and suggests that in order to more accurately reflect fatness, BMI cutoff points for defining obesity may need to be ethnic specific. Bear Judith Stones in Pathology. Clare's project involved genetic analysis of melanoma cells from the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre and an examination of the response of the cells to drugs developed for treating melanoma cells according to their genetic profile. Priyadashi Tewari in Health Sciences, University Doctoral Scholar. Priyadashi investigated principles of application of social robots as assistive technologies to help older people live independently and manage their health. His work iteratively evaluated and contributed to the design of a series of prototype robots for improving the self-management of medication by older people. Nolene Beryl-White in Nursing, University Doctoral Scholar. Nolene implemented a benchmarking initiative across residential care for older people and within this environment undertook a randomized control trial evaluating a quality improvement program. Her findings have been used to implement similar initiatives across New Zealand. Andrew James Wood in Surgery. Andrew studied the underlying cause of chronic sinusitis. His research has helped to further define the role of bacteria in this challenging condition. Siobhan Jan and Molecular Medicine, University Doctoral Scholar. Siobhan investigated the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the anti-vascular agent DMXAA on human umbilical vein endothelial cells cultured on tumour extracellular matrix. The project has demonstrated that DMXAA influences the endothelial cell cytoskeleton in assembly and the cell signalling transmission, which may explain its vascular disruption effect in cancer treatment. Yongji Zhao in Pharmacy. Yongji investigated the development of a controlled release drug delivery system used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. And in absentia, all those other persons named in the Book of Convocation qualified for the conferment of a degree or the award of a diploma in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. We are now nearing the conclusion of this ceremony. So on behalf of the university, I invite all of today's graduates to stand and receive the congratulations of us all. This would also be a good time for the graduates to show their appreciation of their families and supporters and the staff of the university who have helped them as they achieved their qualifications. Thank you. This concludes this meeting of council in Convocation of the university for the conferment of degrees and the award of diplomas. I now invite you to sing the first verse of God Defend New Zealand in Māori, then in English. The words are printed on the reverse of your program.