 I extend a warm welcome to this, the third spring graduation ceremony for 2012 of the University of Auckland. Today the University is bestowing a total 3074 qualifications on some 2984 students. At this ceremony degrees will be conferred in diplomas awarded in the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries, a total of 563 in person, plus a further 263 in absentia. I am privileged as Chancellor to preside at spring graduation for a fourth year. The regularity of graduation ceremonies makes them no less special for the University and me personally than for those of you being capped here today, many for the first time. Graduation is a festive event rich in history, pomp and colour, with a lively array of contemporary touches. Here in Auckland our rich mix of cultures and ethnicities can be seen in the striking variety of dress and adornments worn by graduands. Today is one of hard earned celebration by you the graduands and diplomats on your academic accomplishments and by your family and friends who have encouraged and supported you and who are here to share in your success. The University, represented by the Council and academic staff members seated behind me and those many staff who control proceedings with remarkable precision, takes equal pleasure at this hugely significant day for each and every one of you. The University of Auckland is the only New Zealand University ranked in the top 1% in the world. Your qualifications will always serve you well in this country and abroad, whether in qualifying you for a satisfying career or in leading to more advanced study, or simply as a route to personal and intellectual enrichment. In today's ever-changing workforce you cannot afford to stop learning, so please keep in mind our enormous range of postgraduate opportunities. Everyone thinks that's strangely funny. For its part, the Council and academic members of the University willingly accept our obligation to preserve and enhance the high standing of the degrees we confer. We have an unequivocal and unabashed objective to be a world-class university in New Zealand. The recent announcement that we have entered into a conditional agreement to purchase the 5.2 hectare property in Newmarket, owned by Lion Nathan, is a hugely significant and relevant illustration of our commitment to this objective. I urge you as impending alumni of New Zealand's leading university always to remember your alma mater. We depend increasingly on our graduates for support. Your advocacy and influence are vital in encouraging government and the community at large to fund universities so they can generate the knowledge needed to drive a productive and a competitive economy and to create full and satisfying lives for all New Zealanders. At the same time philanthropy has become critically important to our university, funding major capital projects, scholarships and professorial chairs. The crucial contribution of major research universities such as ours is not well understood. Our innovative research is vital for long-term sustainable economic growth and social cohesion, never more so than in the testing economic times we now face in the wake of the global recession. Universities equip graduates like you not simply for the jobs of today, but for future careers not yet imagined. Universities need greater investment by government, the commercial sector and private philanthropy not less. But that's sufficient for me on the challenges facing this institution for today is unquestionably your day. I congratulate you and I trust that you will long cherish memories of your graduation in October 2012. I'm now pleased to welcome Dr Roger Blakely as our speaker this afternoon. Dr Blakely is the Chief Planning Officer of Auckland Council, holding a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury. He gained a Master of Science of Management from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management. Dr Blakely was General Manager of State Coal Mines when the State-Owned Enterprise was first established in 1984, appointed as New Zealand's first Secretary for the Environment and Chief Executive of the Ministry for the Environment in 1986. He led the Development of the Resource Management Act and was appointed Chief Executive of the Department of Internal Affairs in 1995. In 2000 he was appointed Chief Executive of Pororua City Council, seeing it win the IPAN's Gen I Prime Minister's Supreme Award for Public Sector Excellence for the Safer Pororua Project and for the NZ Post SOLGM Supreme Award for Local Government Excellence for its Village Planning Project. Dr Blakely has been the Chief Planning Officer at Auckland Council since November 2010, responsible for the Auckland Plan, Economic Development Strategy, City Centre Master Plan and the Unity Plan. Please join with me in welcoming Dr Roger Blakely. Vice-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor, members of staff, distinguished guests, graduands of this great university and friends. Kia ora mai tato. I'm not so old that I can't remember sitting where you are today and hoping the speaker would be mercifully short. I promise to be short, in fact it's part of the brief I was given. As I share a few thoughts with you as you embark on your careers in science, creative arts and industries. It's an exciting time for you, a time to celebrate reaching this goal and a time to look forward to what comes next. Every day we make dozens of decisions from what we eat to decisions which can affect our whole future. The choice may not always be clear cut. You may receive advice from others as to what they would do if they were in your shoes. But the point is they are not in your shoes and you must make the choices which will allow you to be you. You need to tread your own path. In my case I can identify with the speaker in Robert Frost's poem, The Road Not Taken. He said, Somewhere ages and ages hence. Two roads diverged in a wood and eye. I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference. I graduated as the Chancellor said from the University of Kennebury Christchurch with a PhD in Earthquake Engineering. Although I only worked as an engineer in the early stages of my career, I have benefited enormously from the disciplined approach to thinking and decision making that I learnt at that faculty. As graduates of science, the creative arts and industries in 2012, a world of limitless possibilities awaits you all. When I think of scientists, I think of the late Paul Callaghan and his vision of making New Zealand a place where talent wants to live. And I think of Peter Gluckman, the Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister, who argues that by 2022 New Zealand must be continuing to build a small advanced economy that bases its development on science-based innovation. When I think of the creative arts, I think of Ralph Hotteri and Gareth Farr and the painters and musicians, the dancers and actors who inspire and delight our senses and who broaden our view and help define our New Zealand identity. When I think of the creative industries, I think of Peter Jackson, an award winning Auckland architect, Andrew Patterson. I think of screen production, digital content, architecture, planning, urban design. These industries will drive productivity and growth by adopting design-led principles, digital tools and innovation. They will also make our city a beautiful place for people. I'm sure that there are some in this audience today whose achievements will be acknowledged in future addresses from this podium. The Auckland plan sets out the blueprint for Auckland for the next 30 years. It defines the goal to be the world's most livable city. The recently launched economic development strategy lays down the challenge to make Auckland a high-skills, high-wage knowledge economy with science and the creative sector as key drivers. The science sector in New Zealand earns $18.4 billion per year and the creative sector $5.7 billion per year. There's obviously scope for employment for all of you. As one who has preceded you, it is now my privilege to offer you some signposts for your own career journey. First, unleash your creativity. Joseph Zinker, a German-born American psychologist, is so enthusiastic about this point that he uses five exclamation marks in a few lines. He said, Creativity is a celebration of life. My celebration of life. It is a bold statement. I am here. I love life. I love me. I can be anything. I can do anything, exclamation mark. Second, be bold. You don't want to die wondering. What if? Some years ago, I was speaking to my staff, encouraging them to be courageous. And after I'd finished, one of my staff came up to me and said, Well, actually, this weekend we're going skydiving. Would you like to come? It was an offer I couldn't refuse and I survived. Third, be bold. Franklin Roosevelt put it this way, the only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts about today. Third, make more mistakes. It takes boldness to do this. I know your analytical mind is reluctant to allow mistakes, but giving yourself permission to make mistakes will free your creative mind, especially if you look at failure as a positive step on the way to something better, as Henry Ford did. And he said, Failure is the only opportunity to begin again more intelligently. A mistake won't kill your dream, giving up will. Make more mistakes. Fourth, don't bother with the easy problems. The tough stuff is much more exciting. I saw a quote from John Gardner, a politician and author on a wall on your campus. He said, We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities, brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. Turn the problem on its head as he did. A different route might bring a result. Lastly, never stop questioning. And Einstein said it first when he said, The important thing is not to stop questioning. In my view, the degrees that you will receive today are not your passports to a chosen career. Rather, they are the key to unlock your opportunities. Remember, as the Robert Frost poem that I read to you at the start of my address said, The opportunities may not be on the beaten track. You now or you will have shortly a license. This license allows you to be all that you can imagine, to innovate, innovate, innovate, to contribute to New Zealand and to the world, and to achieve more than you dare. Have an amazing career. Thank you. Thank you, Dr Blakely, and I'm relieved that you didn't take the registrar's instructions to be short so literally that you would have denied our graduands the opportunity to listen to some very profound insights and observations and a challenge with it. Can I ask you to show your appreciation again to Dr Blakely? This is a meeting of council and convocation of the university at which the Pro-Chancellor Ian Parton and I will be conferring degrees and awarding diplomas. I now invite the Pro-Chancellor to award the diplomas and confer the degrees in the first half of this ceremony. Thank you, Chancellor. By the authority vested in me by the resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Ian Parton and Pro-Chancellor, award the diplomas and confer the degrees stated upon those who, within the Faculty of Arts, have satisfied the requirements of this university. I call upon an Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science, Mrs Goldstone, to present graduands in that faculty. Pro-Chancellor as Associate Dean, I have the honour of presenting to you students qualified for the award of a diploma or conferment of a degree in the Faculty of Science. Graduate Diploma in Science. Janelle Marie Gillespie. Ekaterina Anatolyvna Grokova. Alexandria Rachel Lemond. Hurley Song. To the degree of Bachelor of Science. Noor Azalea Abdul-Summit. Safira Abdul-Raman. Omar Basson Abram Abdullah. Muhammad Hassan Al-Bawawa. Benjamin Michael Ross-Adam. Tiz Reena Afram. Ali Abdul-Sattum Muhammad Afatil. Clyde Gary Albuquerque. Joshua Philip Alden. Raja Ghazi J. Alhamad. Ahmed Al-Safi. Andre Amashik. Naseer Fika Amaroden. Serena Leigh Anderton. Analya Angan. Noor Azati Azsmi. Aliyah Azsmi. Henry Francis Bacca. Elliott Rhys Spanx. Harry Lee-Batrick. Geoffrey David Bavich. Catherine Irene Baxter. Arjun Bhatt. Shannon Estelle Bird. Zachary Donald Braley. Catherine Louise Briggs. Melissa Janet Brown. Rebecca Fiona Brown. Natalie Jade Bunker. Andrew Charles Kempkin. Paula Rachelle Kahn. Yiping Carl. Aaron Jason Cattel. Harpreet Kaur Chahal. Ben-on-Chuk Crystal. Aidan Miles Chatterton. Guan... Wan Hao Chen. Yuk Hao Cheng. Chung Yang Chang. Jackson Yong Xi Qian. Chloe Ahe Chau. Ming Hong Chau. Won Yeol Chau. Si Hun Chun. Jacob Michael Peter Clayton. Martin Thomas Cleary. Samantha Kate Clubley. Remy Alexander Constable. Clara Jane Ward-Colter. Ryan Blair Cox. Yong Chao Dai. Noa Meridanian. Daniel Devereux Estefan Dancik. Kermith Samon Davies. Alan Ray Sharma Delacruz. James Nelson Dua. Hasti Udhyangani Wanamali Disanayaka. Sharma Shirakshi Manala Disanayaka. Bradley Ellen Drayton. Amrita Daryal D'Souza. Michelle DePriess. Christopher Darren Earle. Elliot Richard Thomas Egan. Sarah Hassan Hosney El Carmani. Kate Margaret Ellingham. Miranda Jane Emory. Blair Andrew Escott. Teagan Louise Evans. Rebecca Elizabeth Fernley. Wan Xiong Fung. Wan Ting Fung. Bianca Ellen Farrance. Mikaela Mary Finley. Jessica Margaret Fleming. Matthew Nye King Fletcher. Olivia Jane Fogarty. Gerhard Porter. Yunlin Gan. Robert Edward Gaston. Nathan Alan Gortismith. Alicia Govansummie. Russell James Grant. Devanna Andrew Grant Miles. Claire Lillian Griffin. Qingwen Guo. Noorazati Hamdan. Zhongzhu Han. Evelyn Christine Harris. Natalie Linda Harrison. Jayce Adam Horbriggs. Robin Jack Huneman. Laura Lee Hope. Mong Dao Wu. Dandan Huang. Hoi Tung Epp. Mari Ishikawa. Noorazati Aina Ishmael. William Thomas James. Alexandra Kate Janssen. Shanuki Dinnakerg Jayamaha. Martina Lee Jeffrey. Mitchell John Job. Marcel James Juventon. Rafia Kelsen. Jackson Lloyd Keat. Roosevelt Marin Kyle. Prataytha Bin Khan. Danielle Givorn Kitty. Adam Thomas King. Jamie Louisa Waimarama Kingi. Melissa Anita Klaiburg. Steve Guo. Raina Lau. Matthew Jason Lawrence. Nikki Erwin Delacruz-Luxa. Michael Nyi Hinglei. Zhonghun Li. Portia Marie Lee. Shonyu Li. Phillip Dwai Petranto Li. Lim Young Goyen. Xiaoshan Lin. Kunhao Lu. Brody John Lombard. Isaac Martin Lovett. Christina Lu. Fubo Loh. Jason Timothy Luxford. Ivana Maximowska. Tanya Masarimani. Jesse Alana Meiju. Karen Andrew McGill. Candace Louise McLaren. Jake Andrew McPhee. Laura Jane Catherine McVerta. Ziyad Marvin Menas. Fadila Najat Mohamed. Nassia Mohamed. Noro Nozaniza Mohamed Razali. Siti Alia Mohamed Yusuf. Stephanie Kate Moore. Emma Laura Morris. Emma Jane Daisy Morris. Noor Amisa Mohamed. Ignatius Kevin Moliana. Liam Cormac Mullan. Simba Asha Sean Mulvara. Zareta Mostapha. Siti Niro Ayaninefaya. Yulisha Nado. Alvin Nika. Mindy Yee Lamming. Bo Thui Lin Nguyen. Nick Hanana Nek Yusuf. Simon Thomas Noonan. Lydia Frith O'Donnell. Josephine Rose Makatange Oriana. Simana Manatu Kipuli Paaya. Sa Yun Park. Siung Ho Park. Craig Ellen Parker. Nicola Michelle Parks. Koshi Tuvano Phillips. Villavan Pongsa. Daniel Ryan Pittman. Fiona Poole. Craig Frederick Porter. Noreen Jayhan Raman. Selma Raon. Puloma Tahari Reyes. Kaya Frederico Ranao. Luita Rapati. Jane Marie Rutherford. Michael Paul Sables. Danielle Anne Vescoe Salvador. Persis Anne Hepsibar Samuel. Melissa Othpala Sandanaka. Nero Samina Satterudin. Shiji Sito. Rayoman Chilori. Esther Grace Silatau. Jessica Fernandez Silverage. Ryan David Smith. Prab Avinash Saunpal. Daniel Sun. Won Sang Sun. Tineel Charlotte Stone. Heinrich Strauss. Matthew John Sullivan. Yeo Chao Sun. Chester Edvin Shi Tu Tai. James Ian Talbot. Linny Tong. Ricky Michael Taylor. Aaron Stanford Thompson. Pynneth Toll. Michael Gordon Top. Patrick Horne Trevorongdott. Edmund Xiong Jensen. Feyinga Heloto Matawara Yukala Topo. Graham Turner. Brooke Alexandra Turton. Christine Eileen Marie Vanhoefen. Li Chao Wang. Siji Wang. Xiaocheng Wang. Morgan James Wardrup. Samantha Yuri Watkins. William James Lissala Watling. Edward William Weaver. Gemma Rose Welch. Thiraka Sivuwonde Wataratne. Hannah Eileen Williams. Jacob John Williams. Daniel Jeremy Wilson. Michael Richard Wilson. Hanad Si Wei Woon. Di Wu. Xiong Xiaowu. Lei Yan. Xuanyan. Ting Feng Yu. Yongchun Han. Reema Mofit Yusuf. He Yong Yu. Yu Yangfei. Stanley Vatier Tsingyun Yun. Nor Isiran Sena. Shuren Senopo. Ray Chong. Xi Xiang. Xiaoyu Xiang. Xianyang Xiang. Jason Xiao. Xuhan Zhou. To the degree of Bachelor of Technology with Second Class Honours First Division, Justin Yeyue Wu. To the degree of Bachelor of Science Conjoints, Charlotte Catherine Ellisburg and a Bachelor of Laws. Jonathan Edward Condor and a Bachelor of Arts. Tess Patrick Amand Kumba and a Bachelor of Arts. Catherine Nicole Lucy Kernel and a Bachelor of Arts. Sinisa Ducik and a Bachelor of Commerce. Stephanie Claire Farrow and a Bachelor of Arts. Wendy Daphne Greatbatch and a Bachelor of Arts. Vivian Wei Gu and a Bachelor of Nursing. Emma Jane Moffatt-Hellkeard and a Bachelor of Arts. Darren Wayne Lovegrove and a Bachelor of Commerce. Nathaniel Honey Matheson Dunning and a Bachelor of Commerce. Jason Neil McGonigle and a Bachelor of Commerce. Lani Alexander Soar and a Bachelor of Arts. Michelle Louise Wakefield and a Bachelor of Commerce. Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Science with Distinction. Thomas James Shan Postgraduate Diploma in Science with Distinction. Carmel Sharon Green in Environmental Management. Emma Rachel Moffatt in Environmental Science. Jessica Wendy Rabin in Environmental Science and a Bachelor of Science. Ashley Josephine Robbins in Marine Science. Laura Ward in Biological Sciences. 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. Chelsea Prastiti by Patrick Dwyer on guitar will now perform Cheek to Cheek by Evan Billen. The kids that hang around me all the week like a careless lucky streak went, went to Cheek. Oh, I love to climb a mountain and to reach the highest peak but that doesn't really have as much as dancing Cheek to Cheek. Oh, yeah, I love to go out fishing in a river or a creek. Have as much as dancing Cheek to Cheek. Dancing Cheek to Cheek I come out and dance with me It's about you and my heart is all that I can heart is as big Cheek to Cheek It was for a movie I think it had Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire on it. It's actually it's a deceptively easy song to listen to but it's quite a challenging song to sing and I'd ask you to show your appreciation again to Chelsea. By the authority vested in me by resolution of the University of Auckland Council I Roger France Chancellor award the diplomas and confer the degrees stated upon those who within the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries have satisfied the requirements of this University. I now call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Science Professor Guilford to present further graduands in that faculty. Postgrad Diploma in Science with Merit Morgan Charles Allison in Chemistry Larry Morris Amos in Geology Scott Allen Cousab in Environmental Management Steven Loh in Chemistry Hannah Margaret Loh in Sporting Exercise Science David Soong Yee Sai in Computer Science Hoi Yan Yong in Environmental Management Athena Tienzi Yuan in Food Science Postgrad Diploma in Science Preeti Bhatti in Geographic Information Science Tanvi Manohar Borka in Environmental Management Teng Yen Chen in Computer Science Anjan Kumar Das in Chemistry Li Huang in Psychology Amalina Chithra J.Suthasen in Biomedical Science Yoko Kondo in Environmental Management Sadaf Rehman in Biological Science Kathikaian Sivassami in Computer Science Wenju Chou in Statistics To the degree of Bachelor of Science Honours with First Class Honours Lachlan Michael Blair Honours with First Class Honours Lachlan Michael Blair in Medicinal Chemistry and a Bachelor of Science Rachel Sarah Bowden in Biological Sciences Melissa Michelle Cadelis in Medicinal Chemistry Melissa Claire Dunnan in Statistics University Graduate Scholar James Edward Fletcher in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science Yon Yong Zhong in Medicinal Chemistry Wan Lin in Computer Science Stefan Dominic Tomlans in Medicinal Chemistry Wilson in Psychology Wallace Kun Chong Yuan in Computer Science Po Yuan in Medicinal Chemistry To the degree of Bachelor of Science Honours with Second Class Honours First Division Wai Chi-Idi Chan in Medicinal Chemistry Nabila Binti Ismail in Chemistry Sean O'Neve Narayan in Computer Science To the degree of Bachelor of Science Honours with Second Class Honours Second Division Noor Deanna Fakazu Aruzi in Biological Sciences Christian Rudolf Hulgaard in Physics and a Bachelor of Science Nuru Fatiab Binti Mohamed Razali in Mathematics To the degree of Master of Bioscience Enterprise with Second Class Honours First Division LC C. Yen Woon in a Postgraduate Diploma in Bioscience Enterprise with Merit To the degree of Master of Science with First Class Honours Laura Catherine Arnold in Forensic Science Chloe Ann Barker in Forensic Science Matish Mayur Bouhula in Geography and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Geographic Information Science Alessandra Besquira in Statistics Emma Jane Buckles in Biomedical Science Rosemary Josie Chakiaath in Health Psychology Jade Kit Yu Chan in Health Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science with Merit in Health Psychology Petra Rose Chapal in Geography Kurt Lawrence Murray Drew in Chemistry Barbara Ann Evans in Chemistry Linda Ye Lin Feng in Chemistry Nadi Ye Lin Feng in Chemistry Nadi Ye Lin Feng in Chemistry Nadi Ye Lin Feng in Chemistry Nadi Ye Rochelle Foote in Forensic Science Jin Wen Fu in Food Science Ming Yu Gao in Computer Science Stuart Kenneth Grainge in Environmental Science Lorraine Kirsten Hamilton in Geology University Graduate Scholar Shu Wing Ho in Statistics Wen Yu Ho in Biological Sciences and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Biological Sciences Bonsok Ai in Psychology Catherine Ann Jordan in Psychology Michelle Marie Kelly in Biosecurity and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Biological Sciences Jason Yong Kuan Kuo in Physics Andrew James Latham in Psychology Kee Lee in Applied Mathematics Zi Feng Lin in Statistics and a Bachelor of Science Honours in Statistics Chen Lu in Computer Science Nikola Mary Luden in Biomedical Science Li Chen Ma in Psychology Michael James Harry Mauds Lee in Biological Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science with Merit in Biosecurity Jason Yong Kuan Kuo in Physics Andrew James Latham in Psychology Michael James Harry Mauds Lee in Biological Sciences University Graduate Scholar Kylie Ruth McFarlane in Geography Natalia Alexivna Medvedeva in Biomedical Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Biomedical Science Lakshini Hishanti Sharitha Mendes in Biomedical Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Biomedical Science Devejas Kumar in Mystery in Environmental Management and a Bachelor of Science Honours in Geography Nifei Zara Panada Navarro in Forensic Science Paul Bryan Nolan in Sport and Exercise Science Ankeeta Hashan Patel in Forensic Science Tianjin Peng in Biomedical Science Blue John Plunkett in Biological Sciences and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science with Merit in Biological Sciences Christopher Melville Purden in Chemistry Julia Claire Robertson in Biomedical Science Emma Jean Ryan in Geography Natalia Patricia Samoro in Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science Annette Patricia Samoro in Psychology Jianchen in Food Science Jinxing Shi in Biomedical Science Benjamin James Smith in Psychology Tony Anne C. in Psychology Mark Oshio Tadaki in Geography Aaron Chinutei in Chemistry and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science and Chemistry Dean Graham Thompson in Geography and a Bachelor of Science Honours in Geography Chen Wang in Computer Science Eletra Isabel Williams in Forensic Science Sinyi Charis Wang in Geology Huun Wang Yao in Applied Mathematics To the degree of Master of Science with second class Honours First Division Orianna Marie Brine in Marine Science Hamish William Campbell in Environmental Management Stanley Chaiming Chang in Biomedical Science Saskia Joan de Vulder in Geology Catherine Lydia Heard in Psychology Batusha Jawalka in Health Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science Visha Jawalka in Health Psychology Duncan Craig Munro in Environmental Science Belair Cameron Norwood in Biological Sciences Faheed Sifoden in Biomedical Science David Gareth Tottel in Forensic Science Claire Louise Whitehead in Forensic Science Anna Elizabeth Standish Wing in Biomedical Science Asante Wong in Forensic Science To the degree of Master of Science with second class Honours Second Division Jason Chan in Geography Mallory Ann Crookenden in Biomedical Science and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science Mallory Ann Crookenden in Biomedical Science Brian Douglas Drake in Geology Jinjin Lee in Food Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Food Science Lian Lian Ma in Statistics Steven Thomas John Marsh in Computer Science Brunner Lee Ewan Swinson in Health Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science with Merit in Health Psychology Neil Gavin Thompson in Health Psychology Daniel Thomas Tyler in Marine Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science with Merit in Marine Science To the degree of Master of Science Megan Louise Badaly in Geology Naysa Grace to Suzu in Geography Jing Qi Ge in Mathematics In an Mcentia all those other persons named in the Book of Convocation Qualified for the Award of a Diploma or Confirmant of a Degree in the Faculty of Science And I call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries Professor Dixon to present graduands in that faculty Chancellor, as Dean I have the honour of presenting the Faculty of Science Chancellor, as Dean I have the honour of presenting to you the students Qualified for the Award of a Diploma or Confirmant of a Degree in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries Graduate Diploma Music Nicola Mamedovic To the Degree of Bachelor of Architectural Studies Yun Cheng Huang Ji Na Quang Harriet Peggy Milden King Kyun Yun Park Brett Clive-Schweters To the Degree of Bachelor of Music Susan Davis Nicole Kristen Gate Oliver Jonathan Green Alexander James Scott Milligan Yurei Ro Wayne Michael Robinson Eric Hardy Shoals Yi Hong Sun Desmond Tao Tolia For Yi Jie Yun To the Degree of Bachelor of Performing Arts Michelle A. Jack Michelle A. Jack To the Degree of Bachelor of Planning with Second Class Honours Second Division Jonathan Cain Patrick Hartnett David William Patterson Chan Min Jang To the Degree of Bachelor of Planning Siju Yang To the Degree of Bachelor of Visual Arts Alisa Marie Booth Penitour Fienal Carla Constance Sorenson To the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Conjoined Christine Rachel Neavote To the Degree of Bachelor of Music Conjoined Bernice Louise Austin Kelvin Hanari Davidson Postgraduate Diploma in Creative and Performing Arts FM Alexandrovich in Dance Studies Postgraduate Diploma in Music Aiyong Ko To the Degree of Bachelor of Bachelor of Arts Honours To the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours with First Class Honours Scarlett Marie Sibillich Poata Alvry McCree To the Degree of Bachelor of Music Honours with First Class Honours Christopher Thomas Moore in Musicology Steven Richard Thomas in Performance To the Degree of Master of Architecture with First Class Honours Eva Yee Kwancheon to the Degree of Master of Architecture with Second Class Honours First Division Lillian Jane Wilkinson-Linton Eva Marie Sagadin in Sustainable Design To the Degree of Master of Architecture with Second Class Honours Second Division Shan Chang-Wong and a Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture To the Degree of Master of Architecture Diana Catalina Kamago Barrera in Sustainable Design Yan Fu in Sustainable Design Linda Sonia Simmons To the Degree of Master of Architecture Professional with First Class Honours Daniel Fahani Matthew Alexander Holloway Jessica Carol Johns and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Muhammad Nadea Kaya Andrea K. Lawrence Chloe Ann Lovell and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Raymond Lowe Tessa Frances McChesney Bavina Jaina Patel and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Virginia Ayako Reich Kimberly Olive Reid and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies University Graduate Scholar Senior Scholar in Architectural Studies Timothy Aiden Oh, sorry. Timothy Aiden Campbell Suggerton and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Georgina Jo Tim Schill and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Virginia Jo Tim Schill Jessica Kate Sodu Elizabeth Natania Johanna University Graduate Scholar Rakora Maria Turei Marie Fana Moreva Yunwei Su To the Degree of Master of Architecture Professional with Second Class Honours First Division Sean Kevin Mark Belling Kayla McGregor Brown and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Chong Su Wei and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Rebecca Lee Cox Katherine Elizabeth Du Chuan John Lim Kim Tae Crystal Lee Celia Isabel Mann Heap University Graduate Scholar Altair Kourtney Mandel Ashley Michelle Nan He Yun Oh Thomas Stanley Owen Lucia Park Divya Purushottam Sean Rex Roos Yeo Chang Yun To the Degree of Master of Architecture Professional with Second Class Honours Second Division Rachel Louisa Theo Anderson Yan Chen Jie Gao John Hoon Kim Jae Yong Lee Gina Lee Jun Yi Liu Maria Malkova-Uzinov-Osborne and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Joseph William Pascoe Ryan Leonard-Peters and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Kevin Mungchi-Shin Lisa Irene Thompson Summer Seng-Jing Tsai and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Lee Elizabeth Van Dyne Marion Rose Witherley Chan Su Chelsea Jolene-Zegersky-Bereco To the Degree of Master of Architecture Professional Oz Al Marshmore Nodashda Fatiha Mohammad Najib To the Degree of Master of Creative and Performing Arts with First Class Honours Emily Jane Campbell in Dance Studies and a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative and Performing Arts with Merit in Dance Studies. To the Degree of Master of Fine Arts with First Class Honours Amelia Alice Hitchcock To the Degree of Master of Music with First Class Honours Jiaqi Ai in Performance Phillip James Griffin in Performance Sung Ah Park in Performance and a Bachelor of Music Honours with Second Class Honours First Division in Performance and a Bachelor of Music. New Robert Watson in Performance To the Degree of Master of Planning with First Class Honours Lina Melanie Henry Cijun Wang To the Degree of Master of Planning with Second Class Honours First Division Andres Cluta Alexandria Dene Frazer To the Degree of Master of Planning Practice with Second Class Honours Second Division Dana Shani Arvam Andan Absentia Andan Absentia All those other persons named in the Book of Convocation Qualified for the Award of a Diploma or Confirmant of a Degree in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries. 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 Clinical Psychology Sarah Elizabeth Dewatner Sarah utilised a mixed methods approach to determine the degree to which service users were satisfied with an early intervention service for psychosis and explored their process of recovery. Service users' perspectives are valued for their contribution to innovative and quality healthcare. Sarah. To the Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts Tessa Laird, University Doctoral Scholar. Tessa investigated the potential of a 1960s counter-cultural celebration of colour to drive a critique of all that is monochromatic, anonymous and rationalistic in the modern world. She gave particular attention to the six colours of the rainbow. Tessa. The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Shafiq Alam in Computer Science Shafiq investigated the use of swarm intelligence-based optimisation techniques and recommender systems. He proposed a novel particle swarm optimisation-based clustering approach that groups web users based on their behavioural data and demonstrated the applicability, accuracy and efficiency of this approach. Shafiq. T sollen Chung- cordis Chun and chemistry. She's under-investigated the chemical diversity of biologically active natural products produced by marine organisms found in the waters surrounding New Zealand. Her findings have provided inspiration for new methods to treat the neglected human disease, malaria. Chong Chen in Food Science, University Doctoral Scholar. Chong developed A Schov Stable Nutrient Delivery system for functional food. This took the form of dried microcapsules to protect lipophilic bioactive components, particularly fish oil, phytosteroils and limonene, using food grade emulsifiers including milk proteins, soluble fibre and leathersons. Aruna Louise Cooper in Psychology. Aruna investigated family violence prevention and intervention within a northern hapū group Ngā Te Hine, with a view to identifying practices which assist whānau in the prevention or elimination of whānau violence. Brigida Orioli Figuera in Geology. Brigida investigated microfossils from salt marsh sediments to establish a 500-year-old record of past sea-level change in the South Island. Her study contributes valuable knowledge to our understanding of climate and sea-level change in the Southern Hemisphere. Anirud Gandhi in Computer Science, University Doctoral Scholar. Anirud investigated the complexity and algorithmic aspects of automata in two-player games and developed a generalisation of finite-state automata. Pablo Frederico German in Biological Sciences, University Doctoral Scholar. Pablo studied the structure and function of insect or factory receptors with a view to their use in olfactory biosensors. Sairam Aya in Physics. Sairam developed a biomedical imaging device based on optical fibres and applied it to the field of marine biology with a goal to understand the mechanism of tissue transparency. Lee Tete Wu in Biological Sciences, University Doctoral Scholar. Bright Future Top Achiever Doctoral Scholar. Tete Wu investigated the roles of a protein called Neurosurpin in nerve cell development. Her studies contribute to our understanding of how this protein functions at the cellular level, information that will be essential to understanding its role in behaviour and recent links to neurological disorders. Matthew Legg in Physics, University Doctoral Scholar. Matthew investigated 3D acoustic imaging using microphone arrays and computer vision techniques for improving the accuracy of identifying the position and magnitude of acoustic sources. Andrew James Luxton Riley in Computer Science. Andrew designed an online system in which students create and share resources that other students use for learning. He found that students like both generating questions and answering questions created by others. Siri Alana McKelvie in Biological Sciences. Siri investigated the structural and biochemical characteristics of proteins that help and hinder viral replication within cells. Her studies have advanced our molecular understanding of host-pathogen interactions. Mohamed Amtiyar's Nadeem in Chemistry. Amtiyar's developed and studied a new range of metal-loaded catalysts for the photochemical production of hydrogen from ethanol, with a view to the development of new biobased energy sources. Mohamed Asif Naim in Computer Science. Asif devised a number of efficient joint algorithms used to collate and interpret data and described under what circumstances each algorithm performed best. This research is particularly important in a data warehouse setting. Saraswathi Natharaj in Mathematics Education. Saraswathi analysed the history of mathematics in order to extract ideas relevant to place value structure and incorporate them into a teaching and learning framework. She then investigated the effect of this framework on students' conceptual understanding of a general place value system, with results showing that implementation of such sequences could have a positive effect on students' understanding. Andrew Paul McKenzie-Pegman, an Environmental Science University doctoral scholar. Andrew's research considered the implications of the decline of the iconic native New Zealand pigeon, the keriru, on the seed dispersal and regeneration of two native tree species, Miro and Periri. He found that declines in keriru density can have a significant negative effect on seed movement, especially in the absence of other seed disperses. Laura Grace Raymond in Chemistry. Laura's research focused on the development and study of new water-soluble iron-based catalysts for green chemistry oxidations using hydrogen peroxide. It was demonstrated that the new catalysts were effective in real-world wastewater remediation applications. Kelly Michelle Roberts in Biological Sciences, University doctoral scholar. Kelly investigated whether the level of human influence, such as urban development, resulted in different bacterial diversity and biomass in stream biofilms. Her research showed that bacterial biofilm communities differed significantly with human development of the stream catchment, and also differed with season and between years. Ivy Melissa Robinson in Chemistry. Ivy investigated the synthesis of new multi-porphyrin hosts for fullerines. These hosts allow for the assembly of porphyrin fullerine systems in solution. Am Young Joo Shin in Psychology. Am Young investigated the visual attention system in which voluntary and involuntary mechanisms influence the orienting of attention towards new objects. The research extends our understanding of the brain areas involved in visual attention. Thomas William Stevens in Geography, Commonwealth scholar. Tom used the 50,000-year-long sediment record obtained from Lake Pukupukie to investigate past changes in climate and environment in the Auckland region, with a view to improving our knowledge of the mechanisms that control regional climate. Louise Angela Stubbing in Chemistry. Louise explored a number of novel methods for the synthesis of a range of biologically active molecules, working towards the development of robust and reliable methods for their selective construction from simple substrates. Julie Ann Trafford in Geography. Julie explored research supervision practices in New Zealand postgraduate geography from 1993 to 2008 through the lens of the supervisor-student relationship. Their research established that distinctive generative research supervision practices have nurtured the discipline, culminating in the development of a new postgraduate research capacity capability-building framework. Caroline Gwendolyn Walker in Biomedical Science. Caroline investigated the molecular mechanisms involved in early pregnancy events and discovered candidate processes and genes that may contribute to improved reproductive performance in dairy cattle. Jin Fang Zhao in Geography, University Doctoral Scholar. Jin Fang developed innovative generalisation and visualisation approaches for representing the space, time and activity dimensions of animal and human movement data in an integrated way. Her visualisations are in powerful and encouraged insight into this field. And in absentia, all those other persons named in the Book of Convocation qualified for the conferment of a doctoral degree. On behalf of the university, I now invite all today's graduates to stand and receive the congratulations of us all. And this would be an ideal opportunity for the graduates to show their appreciation of their families and supporters and the staff of the university who help them as they achieve their qualifications. This concludes this meeting of council and 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 Maori and then in English. The words are printed on the reverse of your programmes.