 Tinnacoto, Tinnaco Chancellor, Pro Chancellor, Council members, members of the university, special guests, graduands, families and friends. I extend a warm welcome to this, the third 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. The degrees will be conferred and diplomas awarded in the Faculty of Arts, a total of 348 in person plus a further 248 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, along our traditional graduation venue, for the first time since 2009. The Aoteas 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. 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 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, 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. 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 a full and satisfying life 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 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. 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 and 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 memories of your graduation in September 2011. Our speaker at this ceremony is Professor Annie Goldson from our Department of Film, Television and Media Studies. She has been producing and directing award-winning documentaries, docker dramas and experimental film video for 20 years. Her films have won more than 50 awards at international film festivals and are regarded as both politically engaged and innovative. Professor Goldson is best known for her acclaimed documentaries which include punitive damage, an island calling and more recently brother number one about a New Zealander who perished in the genocide in Cambodia. She has been president of the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand and she received an award of New Zealand merit for services to film in 2008. Professor Goldstone gave her PhD at Auckland after graduating BSc from Otago University and MA from New York University. She has published widely in journals and books and earlier this year she was promoted to Professor and only last week she delivered her inaugural professorial lecture. Professor Goldstone. Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, members of council, members of the university, graduands, whanau, families and friends, kura tato, it's fantastic to see you all. I'm sure there are some familiar faces out there although you look a bit of a see to me at the moment. I know many of you will have travelled here not just from Auckland and around Aotearoa but from many other countries too to celebrate the achievements of your sons and daughters. So congratulations to you for raising such wonderful children and congratulations of course to the students who studied so hard. I've been teaching at this university for 20 years now which seems quite scary to me and only seems like yesterday that I began. When I began teaching in fact I wasn't a whole lot older than my students but now I could definitely be their mother which is something I think about. Over this time I've watched our students graduate and achieve great things. Taking up influential positions in New Zealand and in their home countries. From making award-winning short films and documentaries to assuming positions in cultural institutions or to becoming academics themselves. It's wonderful to see that they've benefited from arts education and I know I speak from our department and the faculty in congratulating you. We're very proud indeed. I've watched the student body change quite rapidly in the last two decades. The university is a much more culturally diverse place today and it has made the classroom much more lively with some genuinely interesting exchanges. I have found that these changes have made my teaching more enriching as Kiwi students and I learn more about the world through our international students' experiences and I know the latter learn from us about life here in New Zealand. It's almost a cliche that we live now in a world increasingly mediated. Defined it appears not just through media such as film and television but through the internet, Google, Twitter, Facebook etc. It is a very recent history and the fact that these technologies are so present today always surprises me that they were only invented if you like such a short period ago. Digital technologies are reshaping our disciplines from classics to gaming, shifting the way we teach, learn and how we understand the world and each other. Nonetheless, although we in media studies stay abreast of these developments which of course are bread and butter to us, I think the ability to think critically, to research and write, to express our thinking, to analyse, remain crucial skills perhaps even more important in this day of new technologies. So these are the research and critical thinking skills that I believe a Bachelor of Arts at this university or an advanced degree too can really assist you in your future life. We know it's not all good fun being a student. There's always the pressure of deadlines, the time and effort that needs to be put into study and I applaud you all for having aspirations and for following them. I know it's all too easy to slump down in front of television and watch the all blacks particularly at the moment and that keeping up one's study takes discipline and commitment. But it is those kinds of commitments learnt at universities that can assist you in developing a life that's more meaningful, engaging with the workplace, with society, with culture and the arts that will give you a richer life but will also allow you to contribute to the world. And of course there are the fun times of being a student and now you should really let your hair down, exchanging ideas, getting involved in campus and Auckland life in this lovely city that we live in. So congratulations once more and now it's time for you to celebrate and party. Cura. Thank you Professor Goldson for the most interesting and insightful speech. 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 Tartan 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. Thank you Chancellor. By the authority vested in me by resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Ian Tartan Pro-Chancellor, confer the degrees and award the diplomas 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 Arts, Dr Barnes, to present graduands in that faculty. Pro-Chancellor, as Associate Dean, I have the honour of presenting to you the students qualified for the Confirmative Degree or Award of a Diploma in Faculty of Arts. Graduate Diploma in Arts. Andrew Everard Fairgrey Allison. Sung Ping Yee. To the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. Jaleesa Jay Adams. Natalia Sirle Adkins. Hawera Alawi Saeed Ali-Akhbed. Mae Yusif-Akhbed Al-Sharaf. Zahira Ali-Hassan Ali-Akhbed Al-Anfuz. Fathima Abdul-Khani Ismail Ali. Minal Manisha Begum Ali. Fathima Abdul-Nabi Marhun Jazim Al-Sari. Kadija Saeed Ali-Hashem-Akhbed Al-Wadei. Jiwon An. Richard Gary Endersen. Javan Esetera Alpha. Zahira Azlani Sesan. Adel Kerita Nadia Alvaei Ki. Narissa Bailey. Ka Rukapo Vincent Bailey. Joram Bak. Iobami Hoiindamola-Beckley. Elizabeth June Beach. Fanga Malama Pauline Bentley. Elizabeth Judith Beskin. Sheffard Bidwill. Alexandra Kate Billing. Bartina Blacklock. Iroes Marama Briggs. Kimiora Jacqueline Brown. Anin Anwa Ahmed Abdullah Rahman Dukhamari. Tawfahema Bukta Thaith. Roshin Bunting. Givet Harrison Butterworth. Di Coralyn Sylvia Kellingham. Henry Carswell. Sophan Chowdhury. Mas Aida Cikmansur. Egan Shemali. Sandi Iswan Chin. Iain Eiting Chen. Ben Quang Chen. Hit Chen. Jiwan Choi. Kyung Mi Choo. Lisa Terry Michala Erin Cole. In Mara Convery. George Louis Coward. Catherine Julia Cullanane. Janita Das. Henry St John Davis. Lucy Elaine Davison. Catherine De Seton. Angjop Dung. Prah-Eve Deverick. Benjamin Daniel Jane. Alicia Reparata Dodd. Roger Donnell. Prah-Evelyn Dar. Rachel Durham. Joseph During. Abdullah Samir. Abdullah Ahmed-Ebrahim. Amanda Calderwood-Elmsley. Moitoto Adriane Faasolo. Ashley Erica Findley. Amelia Fitzpatrick. Robert Wayne Fleet. Sarah Moitui. Jenna Lee Tapu-Foliolla. Virginia Ruth Frankovich. Jessica Fu. Lee Gamblin. Jessica Rose Christine Gisler. Amy Lee Gordon. Dawson Peter Fodiva-Grace. Anthea Harland Grant. Anthony Dean Gray. Melissa Yasmin Greenwood. Sandy Guan. Anchalee Vidya Gunaratna. Elka Hafkamp. Setina Natasha Hallaholo. Matrisha Hallamall. Jungin Han. Yongshi Han. Adam Francis Graham Hand. Kristen Adele Hansen. Elizabeth Hunter Higgins. Robin Crichton Hill. Jonathan Zhuangya Hsu. Jared Ian Holton. Pete Ibrahim Ikram. Savalina Yosefo Amor. Pani Jane Jackson. Hyunmi Jiong. Jessica Jones Langley. Ashley Jean Kenrick. Nabiahia Abdullah Kamis. Masalani Kianan. Natasha Frida Kinsey. Koyama. Yil Kumar. Shan Shan Dili Lai. Osane Hilary Lata. Soloi Marlo Lomo. Elizabeth Laurie. Su Hyungi. Natasha Ann Layton. Le Ota. Melissa Kylie Linton. Rosemary Sean Littler. Daniel William Lucas. Fa Amanu Maava. Kevin Francis Machine. Robert Brooke Mackley. Liam Nahina Joseph McGeoran. Daniel Kelly Maika. Zainab Zaid Salman Jabbata Majed. Lua Malik. Ka Abdu Jalil Zaid Mahun. Ruta Masina Lupe. Angela J. J. Matoto. David Daniel Mathews. Megan Angela MacArthur. Philip Edward McLaren. Callum John McMillan. Ian Malatoesi Meredith. Queenie Mikaire. Donna Marie Mickelson. Christina Charlotte Milligan. Natania Kelly Kareen Milne. Charlotte Amelie Jane Milton. Siale Tafa Oe Vai Mone. Eva Rose Marunga. Brianna Ashley Moses. Chaitra Mysore Sridharah. Susan Maria Nash. Philippa Fiona Niels. Dee Nelson. Takwan Crystal Ng. Moetu Marina Nakio. Andrew James Nichols. Gareth Edward Nixon. Chancellor Arrest. Thank you, Pro-Chancellor, for conferring the degrees and awarding the diplomas on 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 Nichols. Nick Hall on trumpet, accompanied by James Nichols. Nick Hall on trumpet, accompanied by James Nichols. Nick Hall on trumpet, accompanied by James Nichols. Will now perform La Réjeusance by Tellaman. Music aficionados will know that George Tellaman wrote The Five Heroic Marches. That's the first one from that piece. But it is actually a very heroic piece of music. And I thought it was beautifully played. The trumpet with those clear notes played by, is played solo and accompanied in the way it was by James Tibble. It's just a real pleasure to listen to. Can I ask you to show your appreciation again to Nick and James? By the authority vested in me by Resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Roger Franz Chancellor, confer the degrees and award the diplomas stated upon those who within their faculty have satisfied the requirements of this university. I now call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Associate Professor Crossboat to present great joins in that faculty. I now call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Associate Professor Crossboat to present great joins in that faculty. I now call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Associate Professor Crossboat to present great joins in that faculty. I now call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Associate Professor Crossboat to present great joins in that faculty. Sarah Elizabeth Bulkley and a Bachelor of Science. Samantha Vernichia and a Bachelor of Commerce. Alexander Michael Davidson and a Bachelor of Laws. Gabriel Elise de Jong and a Bachelor of Commerce. Dylan Patrick Gedge and a Bachelor of Laws. Talia Mary Affleck-Koifman and a Bachelor of Science. Rinkovic and a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Alexandra Mary Price, sorry, Marie Price and a Bachelor of Science. Deepika Sharma and a Bachelor of Commerce. Leanna Eiling Thomas and a Bachelor of Commerce. Nancy Sarah Yip and a Bachelor of Science. Postgraduate Diploma in Arts with Merit. Doreen Onama-Inga in Development Studies. Valeria Popenko in Development Studies. Wahiu Wijayanto in Development Studies. Postgraduate Diploma in Arts. Nafisa Jahanmadarani in Screen Production. Jasmin Nuri al-Rais al-Katab in Film, Television and Media Studies. Miel Tuati in Geography. Inuka Huafi in Political Studies. Postgraduate Diploma in Language Teaching with Merit. Julie Marion Harvey. Postgraduate Diploma in Language Teaching. Boan Wang. Postgraduate Diploma in Translation Studies with Merit. Erin Cordelia Costello. To the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours with First Class Honours. Miranda Kossa in Film, Television and Media Studies. Peter Andrew William Dixon in Political Studies. Matthew John Harnett in English. Hannah Elliot Ferns in Citizen in German. Hannah Sukwa Reynolds in Film, Television and Media Studies and a Bachelor of Arts. Ikola Leanne Robson in Ancient History. Allentine Watkins in English. To the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours with Second Class Honours First Division. Garda Hassan Habashi in Education. Melissa Andrea Moore in Anthropology. Alexandra Barclay Port in English. To the Degree of Master of Arts with First Class Honours. Luke Samuel Anastasiw Headley in Screen Production. Sarah Mary Anderson in Philosophy. Ella Catherine Arbery in History. Louise Errington in Political Studies. University Graduate Scholar. Jordana Antonietta Featherston Santos Sorso in Linguistics Faculty Graduate Scholar. Andrew Lawrence in Anthropology. Vi Desmond Goedelen in History. Margaret Ann Kaferu in Anthropology. Ayn in English. Maria Vanessa Olivares Manolo in Language Teaching and Learning. Gina Patricia McFarlane in Anthropology. Robert McKibbin in Philosophy. Tracy Elizabeth McQuarrie in Psychology. Rebecca Leanne O'Leary in English. Justin Matthew Pickett in History. Daniel Michael Satele in English. Buja Singh in Psychology. Rachel Slaco in History. Jasmine Katie Taylor in Psychology. Susan Ann Thorpe in Ancient History. Priscilla Tu in Mathematics. To the Degree of Master of Arts with Second Class Honours First Division. Nalini Lovenita Chand in Education. Sally Noelle Hewlett in Development Studies. Anglish and a Bachelor of Arts Honours with Second Class Honours First Division in English. Li Meng in Linguistics in Film, Television and Media Studies. Pauls in Anthropology. Lea Patricia Wallace in Anthropology. To the Degree of Master of Arts with Second Class Honours Second Division. Margi Balagayagalad in Development Studies. Ismot Ara in Development Studies. Van Shuan in Language Teaching and Learning. Kehiro Nakata in Language Teaching and Learning. To the Degree of Master of Arts Faafia Leopold Oapap Oal in Development Studies. Henghui in Education. Trick in Philosophy. Of Master of Creative Writing with Second Class Honours First Division. Segal Buttle. Segal Buttle. To the Degree of Master of Professional Studies with Second Class Honours Second Division. Sui Baohui in Language Teaching. Lewis Alberto Perez-Rosales in International Relations and Human Rights. To the Degree of Master of Professional Studies. Hongbing Gao in Language Teaching. To the Degree Master of Public Policy with First Class Honours. Rebecca Jane Moore-Bollard. Chancellor Professor Wainwright Head of the School of Theology will present further graduands in the Faculty of Arts. Graduate Diploma in Theology. Elizabeth Maureen Bold. John Thomas Glyn. Linda Mary Murphy. Son Jin He. To the Degree of Master of Theology with First Class Honours. Deborah Ellen Anstis in Biblical Studies University Graduate Scholar. Lorna Mae Travis in Practical Theology. I now call upon the Vice-Chancellor to present the Doctoral Graduands. Chancellor, I have pleasure presenting to you the Doctoral Graduands. To the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Dominic Nigel Andre in Sociology University Doctoral Scholar. Dominic investigated the everyday lives of a community who live and work on Auckland's Karanga Happy Road and who are heavy users of drugs and alcohol. This was carried out with a view to improving their lives through the drug treatment court process. Critical Studies University Doctoral Scholar. Judith investigated ways to accelerate the socialisation and democratisation of international society by the people so that in the future, in addition to states, individuals would also be recognised by international law creating an inclusive and fair international society and the law that might secure perpetual peace. Silke Johanna Sonia calling in comparative literature. Angola investigated how writing that combines factual accuracy with literary versatility forces us to consider the elusiveness of truth as a valuable resource for the reviewing and reimagining of ourselves, our history and our social communities. She investigated the motivation of Chinese learners of English in a foreign and second-language context with a view to understanding L2 motivation more fully as a dynamic and situated phenomenon. Her thesis points to some important differences in Chinese learners' motivation in these two contexts. Lindsay and Political Studies University Doctoral Scholar Bright Future Top Achieva Doctoral Scholar. David investigated the way the New Zealand Parliament handles moral issues focusing specifically on the set of issues treated by Parliament with conscious votes. His findings will be helpful and better understanding contemporary politics in New Zealand. Asian Studies in Chinese University Doctoral Scholar. The Angli investigated the ongoing cross-border movements and re-migration intentions of New Zealand's recent migrants from mainland China. Their research has revealed that the home of Western Chinese migrants is perpetually on the move and their transnational movements are continuous and open-ended. Bright Future Top Achieva Doctoral Scholar. Billy examined Natu or Tongan Decorated Barcloth made since 1980 through the performative process of layering plant-based and or synthetic materials and the use and display in Tongan and Western contexts. The impact and implications of the introduction of new materials and what happens when it moves into museums and gallery collections for display and translation studies. University Doctoral Scholar Bright Future Top Achieva Doctoral Scholar. Alan carried out a detailed comparative analysis of the translation into English of the writing of two Sicilian authors with the aim to demonstrate in the ways in which the act of translation assists and shapes readers' understanding of other cultures. These studies. A Raperra investigated the link between Te Reo Māori and Māori identity and considered how Māori communities felt about the promotion of and support for the learning of Te Reo by non-Māori. Her study provides an opportunity for the Māori community voices to be heard, explores the impact such a strategy might have on them and offers concerns and solutions that might be used to inform Māori language policy. Winsor in theology. Peter investigated the theological impact of word changes in te piho patanga o Aotearoa Māori language liturgical texts. He proposed strategies and tools to further develop the management of liturgical experimentation. Jigar Jang in film, television and media studies. University doctoral scholar. Jigar investigated media reform in Guangdong province, China during the 1980s and 1990s. He found that the emergence of a partial but increasingly open public sphere in journalism and broadcasting in that region serves as a forerunner of democratisation across China. Sentia, 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 Arts. 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 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 have achieved their qualifications today. 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.