 ...and... ...ostiukau, losa bleb, ...viva ta pademia, ...viva pa... ...en amana, ...en a reo, ...en a hoi fa, ...tina koutou, ...tina koutou, ...tina koutou katoa. ...vais chancella, ...pro chancella, ...council members, members of the university, ...special guests, ...graduands, ...families and friends. I extend a warm welcome to this, ...the second spring graduation ceremony ...for 2011 ...of the University of Auckland. This week the university is bestowing a total ...of 2,708 qualifications ...on some 2,450 students. At this ceremony degrees will be conferred ...and diplomas awarded ...in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries ...and the Faculty of Law. A total of 197 in person ...plus a further 56 in absentia. I am privileged as Chancellor to preside ...at spring graduation for a third 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. It is also a pleasure to return ...to the Auckland Town Hall, ...long our traditional graduation ...variant venue ...for the first time since 2009. The AOTA centre which we now use ...has been temporarily captured ...for rugby world cup purposes. Graduation is a festive event ...rich in history, pomp and colour ...with a lively array of contemporary touches. 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 diplomas, ...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 deservedly ranked ...as one of the best universities in the world. Your qualifications will always serve you well ...in this country and abroad, ...in qualifying you for a satisfying career ...or leading to more advanced study, ...or simply as a route to personal ...and intellectual enrichment. In today's ever-changing world, ...you cannot afford to stop learning. So please keep in mind our enormous range ...of postgraduate opportunities. I urge you, as alumni of New Zealand's ...leading university, always to remember ...your alma mater. We depend increasingly on our graduates ...for support, moral and political, ...as well as financial. 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 competitive economy ...and to create full and satisfying lives ...for all New Zealanders. At the same time, philanthropy has become ...crucially important to our university, ...funding major capital projects, ...scholarships and professorial chairs. The critical contribution of major ...research universities is not well understood ...and therefore insufficiently acknowledged. It is inconceivable that a developed, ...progressive 21st century nation ...can maintain that status without strong, ...internationally recognised research-based universities ...such as the University of Auckland. Innovative research is vital for long-term ...sustainable economic growth and social cohesion. Never more so than in the testing economic times ...we face in the wake of global recession ...and now the devastating Christchurch earthquakes. 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 trust that you will ...long cherish the memories of your graduation ...in September 2011. Our speaker this afternoon is Mr Roy Clair, ...who took up his appointment as director ...of Auckland War Memorial Museum only last month. He came from Britain, where he was chief executive ...of the museums, libraries and archives council ...from 2007. This organisation's responsibilities include ...the accreditation of museums, ...the designation of outstanding collections ...and administering schemes to develop ...their strengths and reputation of collections ...and encourage their accessibility to people. From 2000 to 2007 Mr Clair was director ...of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, ...where he expanded resourcing for scholarships, ...schools and informal learning. He and his team initiated highly successfully exhibitions, ...fundraising campaigns and redevelopment projects. Mr Clair was awarded the CBE in June 2007 ...for his services to museums. He was formerly a rare admiral in the Royal Navy, ...which he joined at the age of 15. A keen yachtsman he competed in the first ...witbread round-the-world yacht race in 1974. Mr Clair. Chancellor, vice-chancellor, academic staff, ...parents, whenua, friends, ...graduums, most importantly, ...tena koutu, tena koutu, tena koutu. This is for me, I don't know about for you, ...a very happy day. I can still remember graduating in physics, ...I can still remember paying for my children to graduate, ...and I can still remember running the naval college ...when I was sort of the vice-chancellor ...without enough money. ...and I'm moderately irresponsible today, ...but I do empathise with everybody who's paid for something. Parents, whenua, friends, I suspect that's you lot, ...graduums, you're about to pay big time. We've had a very interesting six weeks, ...my wife and I, we've been made very welcome, ...very welcome indeed here in New Zealand, ...and I bring greetings from London to this ceremony, ...and it is therefore a 25,000 kilometre speech ...that you're getting from somebody who has taken to New Zealand, ...that's why I've come here, ...and rather as the Chancellor suggested, ...I didn't know that my career would bring me here, ...and I think having read physics, ...I didn't know that I'd end up running a bunch of museums either, ...so I think just hang in there because what you've read ...may not be what you end up reading, if you see what I mean. What I do know is that this is rather an exciting week in other ways. It was this week in 1893 that New Zealand led the world on votes for women, ...some 25 years ahead of the UK, for example. Earlier this week on Sunday, up at the cenotaph at the museum, ...we marked the Battle of Britain ...and the 70th anniversary of the Air Training Corps, ...and it only rained between 11 o'clock and 1130. So you can imagine that as that's roughly when you do remembrance, ...we remembered with some stoicism and conviction, ...the sacrifice of those who'd gone before us, ...and I can tell you that personally I was sitting between an umbrella on the left ...and one on the right, and you know what happens. I'm now wearing my old suit, forgive me. What we know from that commemoration, ...what we know from decisions such as New Zealand talking in 1893, ...is that one of the things we would all be is leaders. We're all going to be leading something, ...and it seems to me, following the advice of Winston Churchill ...to a new Member of Parliament before they're made in speech, ...my boy make one point only, ...no one will remember what it is, ...but they can pass you in the corridor and say good point. My one point only, which is that we are all leaders. And one of the wonderful things that New Zealand is tackling right now ...in the Treaty settlement era, ...is how to be an effective bicultural nation. But in your nations, and many of you come from other countries, ...there will be similar grand strategic issues ...that affect the quality of life for millions of people. It's not innocent bystanders in it. I think it's also interesting when you look at that idea of leadership ...that just today, Len Brown has published the draft Auckland Plan. And this is looking ahead 30 years. It's looking to 2040. Where are we all going to be in 2040? ...and what jobs will we be doing? But Len is not going to lead this on his own. He needs us. Because every great city is three things. It's a great economy. It's undoubtedly a great place to live, ...as the liveable city idea suggests. But it's also going to be a city, wherever it is, ...of social and economic divides. And one of our challenges, ...one of the challenges of today's graduates, ...is what are we going to do to assist the process ...of reconciliation across that divide? How do we contribute to the economy? How do we contribute to the great place to live? Well, of course, the museum and art galleries ...and culture generally are all about a great place to live, ...and the economy, and the understanding across generations, ...because moderately we're neutral, ...and we're able to be a place where people can debate. But actually each one of us has as an opportunity ...the leadership to make the difference. And this isn't new. We have a mariner drawing on a mariner, ...an ancient mariner, even more ancient than me, ...going back to a Nelsonic period. Nelson, who had quite a bit to do for Britain ...in a period when Napoleon was a bit of a risk. One of the interesting things about him ...was he studied the French very closely. He studied them in all kinds of ways. And he wrote copious letters. A former colleague of mine, Dr Colin White, ...no longer with us, published a thousand of Nelson's letters ...to commemorate the bicentenary of the battle of Chafagar in 2005. One of the letters picks up on Nelson's critique ...of a French general's leadership. And Nelson writes of the French general ...that there are two kinds of leadership he's perceived. Alon, Uigo, Ale, Uigo. And what is interesting about Nelson's evaluation ...because Nelson was always conscious of himself, ...was he writes, of course I, Nelson, ...follow Alon, but so does the French general. In other words, there was also an underlying admiration for the foe. Ladies and gentlemen, I think the proposition we have in front of us ...is that Alon, Uigo, is a really good leadership model for us ...to think about as we now go out in celebration ...of a great achievement of degrees hard fought for. I still remember being completely overwhelmed ...by the whole pressure of getting the degree ...and then the complete joy of being awarded it. And then wondering what happened next. But the Uigo is absolutely something we can all hang in on ...and it's handed down 200 years. We don't need to look for somebody who's making money today ...writing a book on management or leadership technique ...that they can be useful. There is a historic reference to a style of leadership ...in which Nelson himself worried about whether his people were fed. You might say, well that was self-serving, he needed them to fight. In fact, he worried about them to a very substantial degree ...that their health should be protected. He worried about them in a life after they were fighting with him. And his letters nudged his captains on the quality of their living. As we go to our workplaces, as we think about this ...and I've just inherited this great museum ...with about 500 people of one kind or another working in it. My question always is, what's it like being a cleaner in the museum? What is Talita, who I've met, who's Samoan? What's her life like and how well she's doing that job for us? So we go, ladies and gentlemen, is what I'd like to offer you ...as my point, bearing in mind Winston Churchill ...in a very historic week. Historic for you. Historic in a really positive way because from here nothing is the same again. Historic for fellow friends, family who've helped fund you. Joyful and I suspect for the very good people sitting behind me ...a huge measure of relief too. But thank you for inviting me to come. I hope the day is as joyful as it should be, as it deserves to be. I wish you very well in the careers that come. Spectacularly so for leadership because we need you. You need to perhaps think you can make less of a mess of it than my generation did. But I would say actually we need you on that equal footing right away now. We need your courage, your conviction, your integrity. And thank you for listening to me. Tena koutou. Well thank you Mr Clear for a very interesting and at times humorous speech ...and he probably all as graduands reminded that in fact it didn't finish today ...with graduation that the next chapter is starting for you ...and it's all about leadership. This is a meeting of council and convocation of the university ...for a ceremony of conferring degrees and awarding diplomas. At the ceremony 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 the ceremony. Thank you Chancellor. By the authority vested in me by resolution of the University of Auckland Council ...I Ian Parton pro chancellor confer the degrees and award the diplomas ...stated upon those who within their faculties have satisfied the requirements of this university. I call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries, ...Professor Dixon, to present graduands in that faculty. Pro Chancellor is Dean. I have the honour of presenting to you ...the students qualified for the conferment of a degree or award of a diploma ...in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries. Graduate Diploma in Music, Phillip Stewart Anderson ...to the Degree of Bachelor of Architecture, Jackson-Ingwe Law ...to the Degree of Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Eleanor Louise Glinton ...Esta Lauren McCready, Finn Moon, Kelly Louise Norris, James Rowan Rust, ...Baron Saad, Josephine Fairley-Stoddard, Nera Kumar Sumer, ...Josefa Makas Vikasi, to the Degree of Bachelor of Music, ...Anna Miriam-Cable, Joong Dunn, Jeanine Dorothy Joyce Foster, ...Alexander Christopher Freer, Son-Min Lee, Nina Jauru Lin, ...Totipo Morris Mackay, Adam Hunter McCoy, Kirsten Mary McCray, ...Lindsay Allen McDonald, Antonius Lennardus Middeldorp, ...Anthony Robyn Shire, Roseanne Georgia Zakanan, Isaac John Charles Williams, ...Shun Hinyu, ...to the Degree of Bachelor of Performing Arts, ...Yay Lim Choi, Anastasia Olegovna Kultseva, Sonia Renee Peck, ...to the Degree of Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sharon Amani Omatangi, ...To the Degree of Bachelor of Music, Conjoint, Cameron Thomas Barclay, ...and a Bachelor of Arts, Jessica Sharon Jones, and a Bachelor of Arts, ...Diploma in Creative and Performing Arts with Merit, ...Mirna Labide Aranita in Dance Studies, ...Diploma in Creative and Performing Arts, Andrew Jeremy Breton in ...Sound Recording and Design, Jia Yingfa in Sound Recording and Design, ...Monesha Ashini Kumar in Dance Studies, ...Tutiploma in Fine Arts with Distinction, ...Sharira Azdola Zadi, to the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours ...with Second Class Honours Second Division, ...Kate Megan Lill, Anna Starr, ...to the Degree of Bachelor of Music Honours with First Class Honours, ...Natalie Jane Harris in Performance and a Bachelor of Music, ...to the Degree of Bachelor of Music Honours with Second Class Honours Second Division, ...Flavio Villani in Performance, ...to the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours Conjoint, ...Tamerson Mary Hopkinson and a Bachelor of Arts, ...Rose Marine King and a Bachelor of Arts, ...to the Degree of Master of Architecture with First Class Honours, ...Bruce CNA Doa Moa, ...to the Degree of Master of Architecture with Second Class Honours First Division, ...Nijia Binti-Mohamed Awee in Sustainable Design, ...to the Degree of Master of Architecture, Alexi Surju, ...to the Degree of Master of Architecture Professional with First Class Honours, ...Allan Jane Aschenden, Thomas Bonnington and a Bachelor of Architecture Studies, ...Karina Genki Chung, Leong Kim Choo, Wei Guan, ...Natasha Desiree Hutchins, Abra Wai Kwan Lowe, David Xiu Chun Lowe, ...Matthew Sean McGrace, Alex Lien, ...to the Degree of Master of Architecture Professional with Second Class Honours First Division, ...Craig Michael Barrett, Melissa Ann Bennett, ...Maria Shea Chen, Yu Chung and a Bachelor of Architecture Studies, ...Kae Yung Chu, Hibawang Phuong, Ye Yu Ja, ...Daria Linadovna Koladesnia, Anjuleesh Pranish, ...Nicholas James White and a Bachelor of Architecture Studies, ...Stephanie Aileen Winkrist, Jun Hee Yun and a Bachelor of Architecture Studies, ...to the Degree of Master of Architecture Professional with Second Class Honours, ...Second Division, Min Bo, Anisha Bhattacharya, ...Hiu Sun Lee and a Bachelor of Architecture Studies, ...Yi Ching Lee, Ji Young Park, Tan Ye Fong, ...Jun Wong Young, to the Degree of Master of Architecture Professional, ...Chai Wei and a Bachelor of Architecture Studies, ...Wing Te Toi Ni, to the Degree of Master of Creative and Performing Arts ...with First Class Honours, ...Hannah Brie K and Dance Studies, ...3 of Master of Creative and Performing Arts with Second Class Honours, ...First Division, Sarah Lee Isabel Pearson in Dance Studies, ...to the Degree of Master of Creative and Performing Arts ...with Second Class Honours, Second Division, ...Wanita Ruth Jalliman in Dance Studies, ...to the Degree of Master of Fine Arts ...with Second Class Honours, Second Division, ...University Graduate Scholar, ...to the Degree of Master of Music with First Class Honours, ...Daria Unhalik Undercovac in Musicology, ...Jonathan Peter Mandano in Composition and a Bachelor of Music, ...and in absentia, all those other persons named in the Book of Convocation ...qualified for the Confirmant of a Degree or the Award of Diploma ...in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industry. My 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. Nick Hall on trumpet, accompanied by James Tybald, ...will now perform Resusance by Te Laman. Te Laman actually wrote The Five Heroic Marches. That's the first one from it. It's a particularly appropriate piece of music ...for the occasion, but the music itself, of course, ...was beautifully played by Nick and accompanied by James. Can I ask you to show your appreciation again, please? By the authority vested in me by Resolution of the University of Auckland Council, ...I, Roger France Chancellor, confer the degrees ...and awarded diplomas stated upon those who within their faculties ...have satisfied the requirements of this university. I now call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Dr Stockley, ...to present graduands in that faculty. Chancellor, as Dean, I have the honour of presenting to you, ...the graduands in the Faculty of Law, ...to the degree of Bachelor of Laws, ...Herman Suwik Chung, ...Lina Joan Evelay, ...Yong Siok Kim, ...Anna Manison, Karen Mary O'Shea, ...Marie Summers, Anna Cecilia White, ...The Bachelor of Laws Conjoint, ...Ayusha Myra Amon, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Hallie Elizabeth Scanlon-Bergen, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Jazvinjit Kaur Boparoi, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Julia Elizabeth Hine Elrangi-Broughton, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Madeline Jane Collier, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Jason Brian Cox, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Beth Ford, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Christopher John Sepi Fraser, and the Bachelor of Commerce, ...Christopher Russell Gillies, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Caroline Sarah Glenn, and the Bachelor of Commerce, ...Nichole Kathleen Gordon, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...David Jeffrey Harris, and the Bachelor of Commerce, ...Mafiu Donald Hartles, and the Bachelor of Commerce, ...Jesse Anna Hitchcock, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Kim Sara Hope-Huhaya, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Yohan Vajitaran Richard James, and the Bachelor of Commerce, ...Emma Louise Kemp, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Hannah Bomyee Kim, and the Bachelor of Commerce, ...Jasinda Jewyn Kirtland, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Kipline James Milton, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Katey Moore, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Seok Hoon Ngo, and the Bachelor of Commerce, ...Mafiu John O'Neill, and the Bachelor of Arts, ...Pora Hitt, and the Bachelor of Commerce, ...Rett Anthony Rawlings, and the Bachelor of Commerce, Renei Seto, Bachelor of Arts. Victoria Rose Skelton, Bachelor of Arts. Elise Sonia Sorenson, Bachelor of Arts. Chien Sun, Bachelor of Commerce. Aiyushi Tandon, Bachelor of Commerce. Chelsea Filomena Tere, Bachelor of Arts. Ngai Tu Underhul Sem, Bachelor of Arts. Angela Kaurusetu, Bachelor of Arts. Renei Sera West, Bachelor of Arts. Ian Yat-Wen Wong, Bachelor of Arts. Katie Manda Yukich, Bachelor of Arts. Bachelor of Laws, Honours. Rupert Henry Gillies. Sarah Elizabeth Lawrence. Thomas Michael Pasley, Bachelor of Laws, Honours. Michael Anthony Burns, Bachelor of Arts. McGregor Thomas Kennedy Chapman, Bachelor of Arts. Yun Sun Choi, Bachelor of Commerce. Fiona Clark, Bachelor of Arts. Michelle Clinton, Bachelor of Science. Francis Mary Jess Cummings, Bachelor of Arts. Michael Jeffrey Dodge, Bachelor of Commerce. Sean Patrick Donovan, Bachelor of Arts. Amy Wenjin Duane, Bachelor of Commerce. Martin Timothy Dewis, Bachelor of Arts. Kate Eastwood, Bachelor of Science. Elizabeth Grace Fox, Bachelor of Arts. Tracy Lynn Hall-Dane, Bachelor of Science. Max David Noble Harris, Bachelor of Arts. Senior Scholar in Law and Senior Scholar in Political Studies. Danielle Huntley, Bachelor of Arts. Gloria So Yee on Kim, Bachelor of Arts. Hunling Lai, Bachelor of Commerce. Christie Sicily, Bachelor of Arts. Patrick George Lily, Bachelor of Arts. Christie Jay McGrath, Bachelor of Commerce. John Moan, Bachelor of Commerce. Alexander Joseph Nelda, Bachelor of Arts. Lily Eve Nunwick, Bachelor of Arts. Michael John O'Brien, Bachelor of Arts. Jessica Maxine Pridjourn, Bachelor of Commerce. Radhika Rani, Bachelor of Commerce. Michael Karen Reagan, Bachelor of Arts. Jasper James Rhodes, Bachelor of Arts. Kingi Dennis William Snellgar, Bachelor of Arts. Shao Jisoo, Bachelor of Commerce. Pauline Tiong, Bachelor of Commerce. Keri Rangi Toki, Bachelor of Arts. Theo Nicholas VanDeVille, Bachelor of Commerce. Angela Walker, Bachelor of Arts. The degree of Master of Laws with first-class honours. Lauren Patricia Anderson, Commercial Law. Alistair Ian Charles Birchell. Justin Scott Emerson, Public Law. Todd Richard Nichols. Marcus Arthur Paul Roberts, University Graduate Scholar. Christine Margaret Scott, Public Law. Nigel Leonard Kennaf Stone, Incorporate and Commercial Law. To the degree of Master of Laws with second-class honours, First Division. Rana Muhammad Asad Abbas, Commercial Law. To the degree of Master of Laws with second-class honours, Second Division. Bruce James Heskiff, Public Law. Jia Young Min, Commercial Law. 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 Law. I now call upon the Vice-Chancellor to present the doctoral graduands. The pleasure of presenting to you, the doctoral graduands. To the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts. Clinton Ron Watkins, University Doctoral Scholar. Clinton investigates the effects the combinations of sonic and visual information can have on an audience. He observed these effects through the use of sound, colour, duration and scale of installations incorporating video production, custom-designed audio and video hardware. Leong Dung, University Doctoral Scholar. Leong investigated advanced technical solutions for pianists in the performance of some of the most difficult and challenging new repertoire for the piano. With particular reference to the music of Legehi, Crum and Jeffsky, Doctor of Philosophy, David Haldane Griffiths in Law, University Doctoral Scholar. David argued for a certain way of reading Section 15 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, which protects the right to practice religious beliefs in public and applied this reading to a series of case studies involving Islamic religious practices, architecture, University Doctoral Scholar. Ning studied the eco-burden from various transport modes in Auckland using the ecological footprint method, Ferguson Turner in Planning. David's research investigated the story of suburban housing in Auckland in the context of recent planning strategies to intensify the city. His study informs the development of regulating policies for sustainable urban form 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. It would be the perfect opportunity for the graduates to show their appreciation of their families and supporters and the staff of the University who have helped them as they achieve their qualifications today. This concludes this meeting of council and complication 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 programs.