 Aa, br으usatau, pakaian minigoid a r staff and then by the official party. As the official party enters, we invite you to join the singing of the traditional graduation song, Gadi Amus. Please then take your seats as the Chancellor takes his seat. If you're carrying a cell phone, please ensure it's now either turned off or made silent and whilst you're welcome to take photos, please move back to your seat immediately after having taken them and please do not stand in the aisles. At the end of the ceremony, the Chancellor will invite the gathering to sing God to fan New Zealand. Please then remain standing following the end of the anthem as the processions leave the auditorium and once the last graduates have left, you will also be invited to leave. Would you now please all stand? These special guests, graduands, families and friends, I extend a warm welcome to this the 10th autumn graduation ceremony for 2011 of the University of Auckland. This week, the University is bestowing a total of 6,579 qualifications on 6,051 students. At this ceremony, degrees will be conferred and diplomas awarded in the Faculty of Business and Economics, a total of 456 in person, plus a further 169 in absentia. It is my great privilege as Chancellor to preside at autumn graduation for a third year. The scale and frequency of graduation ceremonies makes them no less special for the University and me personally than for those of you being kept here today, many for the first time. Graduation is a festive event rich in pomp, history and colour with a lively array of contemporary touches. Here in Auckland, our rich mix of cultures and ethnicities is evident in the striking variety of threats and adornments worn by the 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 through your studies and are here to rejoice 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% of the world's universities. Qualifications will always serve you well in New Zealand or aboard, whether in equipping 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 fast-changing world, more than ever, you cannot afford to stop learning. So please bear in mind the enormous range of postgraduate opportunities which this university offers. Whatever path you follow, 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 New Zealanders. At the same time, philanthropy has become critically important to our university, funding major capital projects, scholarships and professorial cheers. 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 in the difficult economic times New Zealand currently faces in the wake of the recession and two 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. That's sufficient, however, for me on the challenges facing academia. For today, unquestionably belongs to you, the graduands, and you are its primary focus. I congratulate you and trust that you will long cherish the enjoyment and excitement of your graduation in May 2011. At this final ceremony, our speaker is Mr Wayne Mulligan, who is chief executive officer of Fomana Capital Limited. Fomana is a boutique company based in Wellington that invests in and helps New Zealand companies to go global. Mr Mulligan's tribal affiliations are Taranaki, Te Ati Awa and Ati Maniopoto. He gained a diploma in business at the University of Auckland and later a master of management degree specialising in systems thinking. His 25 years experience in business includes executive management, marketing, negotiations and finance. He has also managed entrepreneurial startups, raised capital and advised businesses seeking export opportunities. Mr Mulligan has been part of two New Zealand business delegations on free trade agreements, including to China. In 2007, he received a Dame Merah-Sazi Maori Alumni Award, recognising outstanding achievement by graduates of our business school and excellence in tribal and business endeavours nationwide and internationally. Please welcome Mr Wayne Mulligan. Chancellor, before I drop it, I'll take it off. Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, members of council, members of the university, graduands, fellow alumni, family and friends of the University of Auckland. Greetings, greetings. Bolo vanaka, talofa lava, malo, whakalofatu, nihao, sawadi, murebako, talamatsore, benostilus, wanzhuo i'n kiora. Two words I would really like to emphasise today. And those two words are great and pride. And hopefully I'll end with those two words. It's great that New Zealand has a great university called the Auckland University, University of Auckland. And it's great that we have so many of yous who are graduating. So congratulations. So I wish to start though by acknowledging the families, friends and sponsors who have invested in the process of supporting students on the journey to become graduands. This is a time to celebrate this impressive group on this special day. A student's journey at university is neither simple nor a linear path. From my own experience both as a past student and as a father of a current university student, it is with confidence I can say university is full of exploration and exploitation. As sponsors, friends and families and supporters, there are a couple of things that you can be sure of. Firstly that seated amongst you today are current and former students that have their own library of enriched and colourful and often private stories of their life at university. You may not actually receive those stories, but they have them. Secondly, upon a student reaching the graduation, the graduation milestone, there's often a period of time before your investment and support is fully appreciated. Noting this, whether you provide a support via funding or helping a student settle at the university or introducing new networks to the university or providing council, your investment is very much appreciated. Through your support, you have assisted the university and its faculties and you have also invested in New Zealand. My congratulations to all friends, families and sponsors. I acknowledge our international students, international friends and expat Kiwis and international families for choosing the University of Auckland. The international students here today and those prior provide New Zealand with much more than additional graduates. You are helping to form and shape and expanding New Zealand. Therefore, in two of our three official languages, allow me to honor you. Atena koutou. Nau mai ki Aotearoa. Aha koutou whenua tifu. Aha koutou ka inga tuturu. Whakatau mai. Whakatau mai. Mi kawa na hui a koutou. A haramai tawhiti, a haramai tata. Rarau mai. Rarau mai. Tena i taku mihi. Aroha ki a koutou. Mihi tuhono. Ki tata kato. Nareira ki ora ki a manau anu. Iwi tahi tata, mai te wariwananga o Tamaki Makaurau. Briefly translated, I greet you and I honour you. Whether you come from a far or from near our shores of Aotearoa, New Zealand, we are through the University of Auckland, now one community of peoples. Congratulations. It is great to see you. In my focus to the graduands here today, greetings to you all and congratulations on your great success. I have three student focus segments that I'd like to acknowledge because I understand that the student segment is not homogenous. The first segment is the significantly focused students. The first segment is the significantly focused students. You give strength to the meaning of discipline, study and goal orientation. Your drive to be the top is paramount to your life. So in the kiwi vernacular, you are the tubes and the geeks, and as my kids say, geeks are cool now, Dad, and the brainy beggars. I salute you in your steadfast approach. The second segment is the significantly pragmatic students. You are the ones who know how to cruise through and you get over the line just in time. A reflection of New Zealand's culture more than most perhaps. You complete every assignment on time with economic use of resources. Bear summed up by the following operational phrase, everything done just in time. Congratulations to you, the many. Congratulations. Congratulations. Now, in the second segment, perhaps this may simply reflect perhaps this may simply reflect my past life but don't hold that against me, is a significantly misgevious students. The misgevious student, the vendor of comical behaviour, the reinventer of excuses and the formidable protector of the right to an extension e tu dominated i ni mou tət ar tu i u randyan advertisement for this university. There is no doubt that your degree will present many doors, however, only you can determine what you will do when those doors are opened or closed. From my personal experience, the doors my university master's degree made available to me were simply astonishing. Pathways to experiences and people in international trade, international commerce and political leadership beckoned. The fundamental point, however, is to remember that the doors are actually people. So apply care, be diligent and, moreover, be wise to opportunities. Behind each door you encounter, there may be a fellow graduate or a friend of the University of Auckland, so stay connected. Relationships are about people. People are networks. Relationships lead yield powerful allies. You get the picture? As graduates of the University, you have enough knowledge to know that the world rotates on an axis of leadership and competitiveness. Leadership is competitive. Here are three A's I would like to briefly bestow today. The first A is ambition. Ambition to drive forward with confidence and seek positive change. The second A equals actions. Actions that inspire and energise others by your confidence and your skill. And the third A is attitude. Attitude to succeed. To pick yourself up if things don't work and never dwell on deltas. I now wish to turn to my fellow Māori, Polynesian and Melanesian brothers and sisters of the Pacific. Persevere. Do you not stop challenging yourself, whether you wish to gain higher learning or to provide greater influence in your community, be it in politics or in business or international commerce. Be steadfast and be diligent. The most important advice I can give you is to wrap yourself in a cloak of supported leaders. Leaders who are learned in business, in your community development and in your culture. Stay connected with the university. Be proud to reaffirm your language and your heritage. Allow those supportive leaders to enhance your ability to do great things. As Dr Aperana Mahuika recently said, what's wrong with aiming to be great? There's a question I'll ask all graduands to contemplate today. What's wrong with aiming to be great? Remembering this university is great. And you, as a graduand, now have the tools to do great things. I will pass on a small bit of wisdom in Māori and then English. Mā te hururu karere te manu. It is only when the bird is cloaked with feathers that it can fly. Graduands, you know how to cloak. Great flying awaits you. I shall close and on that note it has been great to address you all. I congratulate the pride and the smiles and in the families that are here. I congratulate the pride and the supporters and the graduands that are here. Chancellor, kia ora mai tata. Thank you Mr Mulligan. It was a very interesting speech and there obviously was a lot of wise and sage advice there for our graduands. I think I'm glad that you stopped calling for a show of hands as to which of the three groups our graduands fell into but I suspect they know for themselves who they are. Can I ask you again to show your appreciation to Mr Mulligan for a very interesting speech? This is a meeting of council and convocation of the university for a ceremony of conferring degrees and awarding diplomas. At this 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 this 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 faculty have satisfied the requirements of this university. I call upon an Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics Mrs Lawrenceon to present graduands in that faculty. Pro-chancellor, as Associate 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 Business and Economics. To the degree of Bachelor of Commerce, Joanna Kate Westbrook, Elevanya Sri Ke Sakar, Morgan Ting Bong Kham, Nicholas Jing Bong Kham, Jiun Kang, Yuse Kau, Helena Raj Kaur and Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Mandip Kaur, Natalie Alice Keen, Usman Ahmad Khan, Zheng Wu Kim, Kiyung Un Kim, Sayun Kim, Tai Yun Kim, Yunak Kim, Young Un Kim, Natalie King, Roman Sergavich Kislev, Andrew Thomas Knox, Chun Ho Anthony Kong, Hong Kong and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Sang Jung Kwak, Jing Mei Lai, James Lang, Anna Catherine Lead, Krishnita Lal, Neelam Aztika Lal, Ami Koshipothan and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Mui Lam, Anki Daniel Lamber and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Kawa Lal, Su-Shi-En Samantha Lal, Zeki Natalie Lal, Nguyen Kim Tran Le, Min Wu Le, Ving Yi Lin, Viki Li Yin Li, Li Ji Ming, Riki Wai Kitliung, Xien Li, Wen Han Li and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Zhu Han Li, Shi Zhu Jensen Li, Xu Mei Liang, Ling Yuan Lao, Yi Ning Lin, Alex William Lim, Hong Lin, Jia Lin, and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Jiaxuan Lu, Jiang Yang Liu, Jiang Yuliu, Benjamin Wadlow and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Mei Ling Liu, Jiang Xiu Luan, Kathleen Francis Lyne, Mo Ma, Tom Jin Ma, Christopher Peter McCauley and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Letesha Mackenzie, Rui Ying Mai, Ma Le Bek Tram, Kawing Muck, Kanji Ma, Candice Mary June Marsh, Maria Martin, Nami Vijay Datamasi, Caroline Francis Mason, Sarah Jane Mason, Andrew James Matheson, Ashley Susan McDiamond and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Sean Todd McMahon, Cameron Allen McPherson, Jordi Kolmeda and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Tanya Joy Alana Medina, Joseph Gerard Ganson Majdia, Melissa Erika Mendoca, Abigail Debra Savia Menises, Amanda Beverly Saviana Menises, Alexander Martin Mayer, Lavish Rajan Mepuri, Anisha Muhammad, Anson Kai-Schwan Mock, William Garth Moore, Kieran James Morris, Kenchana Ma, Gai Thomas Murray, James Victor Murray, Alexander James Clark Nielsen, Sonia Neto, Jay Kok Kit Ng, and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Kevin Ka Leung Ng, Matthew Chiok Pong Ng, Wing Yang Ng and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Yoshi Ng, Li Nao, Mai Lan North, Hu Tiam Ngayan, Lin Mai Tiu Nguyen, Jamie Bruce Nisbit, Tanu Nottra, Valeria Oi, Jonathan Evan Michael O'Grady, Jamie Lee Oliver, Stephanie Tiong Mae Ong, Marina Suga-Vunya Osadcha, Olga Oztahashiwa, Matthew James Palmer, Perry Payne, Stephen Eugene Pong, Chan Kyu Park, Hyun Wee Park, Kyung Te Park, Su Yong Park, Jandi Naresh Patel, He Ma Patel, Senior Scholar in Information Systems, Jaina Patel and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Matej Dmabuka Patel and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Nikita Tupas Patel and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Pawek Patel, Tusi Patel, Jeffrey Alexander David-Paul, Simon David-Pess, Timothy John Apeco, Jessica Kaye Pendergrust, Karen Roseanne Pereira, Marcus Paul Pereira, Marcia Joan Pereira, Gleisha Zaljoz Ainsley Pereira, Scott Michael Pettit, Amy Bonita Pyong, Pam Tong Hop, Claire Janssen-Philp, Sophie Marie Pynchon, Abinav Prathak Khanaran, Kailash Prabhu, Neil Roman Prasad and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Huiyu Che, George Chow, Weiman Chu, Pavle Redisovic, Shreena Alicia Ranchot, Matthew Harding Randall, Nikhil Jobi-Rafael, Aza Amina Rashid and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Anisha Ravaharan and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Benjamin Andrew Ian Braulings, Horace Datoramreji, Linji Ren, Xungmin Ren, Sooyon Ren, Tanya Faramutia Rianato, Natalie Cranston-Robinson, Christina Reina Roy, Agnes Fedora-Ruzzley, John Michelle Rutten, Xungmin Bru, Mahank Sahaj, Shreya Selway, Letizia Junsehan, Bruce Charlie Satchel, Daruvan Soilson, Tracy Marie Skimja, Shubnam Farashah, Taksing Shack, Zhiyun Shen and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Zhiyan Shi, Hong Jun Shen, Xung Jun Shen, Alexander Egorovich Shabak and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Andrew John Robert Seprath, Benjamin Robert Simons, McCray and a Kofo Sloper, Kirsten Haley-Smith, Jameel Solomon and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Shantha Soth and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Chibu Su, Wensu, Tabatha Jinnin-Schwen, Jayna Suka, Chaosun, Faya Aetai Aalea, Emma Salani Amanda Taloga, Brandon Josepha Tam, Joshua Levin Tam, Linye Tam, Yoko Tanato, Felix Tandy-Ono, Tal Jean, Alison Jean Taylor and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Miles Bradley Taylor, Bradley Thomas, Ashley Jane Thurston, Duncan John Timlin, Kathleen Malonzo Tobias, Alana Margaret Todd, Olivia Jane Tonkin, Kim Nock-Batina Tran and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Nicholas Peter Trent, Yogi Tuihatanto, Yujin Manfonsang, Tammy Seng, Amanda Grace Turner, Jordan Bruce Urie, Felix Alexander Van Last, Lida Maria Joen Van Klink, Niha Vasa, Roger Vung. Thank you, Pro Chancellor, for conferring the degrees and awarding the diplomas for 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. Abras Quintet will now perform Fanfare from Partita by John Ritchie. She of course is a 20th century New Zealand composer and you may also not know that that was part of the first, I think, of four movements and that particular movement, Fanfare, was actually written for the World Plouring Championships in 1967. It's quite a difficult piece and in fact, it's the first time in 10 graduation ceremonies that we've had a brass performance here today, beautifully played and can I ask you to say your appreciation again, thank you. By the authority vested in me by Resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Roger France 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 Business and Economics, Professor Whitredd, to present further graduands in that faculty. To the degree of Bachelor of Commerce, Cleo Rosa Wainwright, Simon Richard Graham Walker, Jessica Rose Woltham, Ian Yian Wan, Sir Ying Elaine Wan, Wang Jie, Li Hua Wang, Chili Wang, Su Chi Wang, Yi Wei Wang, Joanna Kate Westbrook, Caroline Jane White, John Michael White, Jamie Hendricka Wieland, Jay Lee Wickerra, Joshua Jeffrey Wilkinson, Hannah Jane Williams, Thomas Christian Willis, Hamish George Wilson, David Gary Winx and a graduate Diploma in Commerce, Choy Min Wang, Chun Tat Wang, Felix Dinwai Wang, Nasi Wang, Rebecca Wang Shuen, Wei Yi Lily Wang, Stephen Colin Wright, Zong Si Hu, Phillip James Xiao, Wei Xiao, Long Chiu and a graduate Diploma in Commerce, Meng Chi Xu, Yi Ting Xu, Jing Yang, Yan Yan, Ruxi Yang, Shan Yang, Qi Rong You, Ming Yin, Li Liang Yong, Su Jin Yu, Andrea Rosie Young and a graduate Diploma in Commerce, Qin Han Yu, Lina Yugova, Sisi Zheng, Rui Di Wen Zhang, Ru Shui Zhang, Zhang Ruo Shui, Yan Hua Aiwi Zhang, Yin Ying Zhang, Zheng Wan Yuan, Ji Ying Zhu, to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce Conjoint, Irena Kauinau, Ni Wa Kei Bergaan and a Bachelor in Health Sciences, Michelle Alice Kennedy and a Bachelor of Arts, Siong Ho Kim and a Bachelor of Arts, Stephen Robert Coford and a Bachelor of Science, Ruth Mary Craigbaum and a Bachelor of Arts, Mui Lin Lam and a Bachelor of Science, Leo Tim Lee and a Bachelor of Property, Yang Jun Lee and a Bachelor of Arts, James Anthony Leeson and a Bachelor of Arts, Shao Yuan Li and a Bachelor of Music, Dong Lin and a Bachelor of Science, Christiane Link and a Bachelor of Arts, Andrew Joseph Mahoney and a Bachelor of Arts, Naras Hassan Bin Manohar Hassan and a Bachelor of Science, Laura Ann Marks and a Bachelor of Arts, Emma Yvonne Massey and a Bachelor of Science, Samuel Mark Matthews Sarah Christine Mord and a Bachelor of Property, Courtney Lauren McConaughey and a Bachelor of Science, Phillip David McCracken and a Bachelor of Science, Gareth Edward McLeish and a Bachelor of Arts, Samuel Alexander Maderi and a Bachelor of Arts, Perita Winglan Mock and a Bachelor of Science, Fabian John Orlik Morgan-French and a Bachelor of Arts, William James Payne and a Bachelor of Science, Trevor Kiyoki Palupe Grant and a Bachelor of Arts, Steven Yuan Peng and a Bachelor of Arts, Venushka Antonio Pirara and a Bachelor of Arts, Gemma Alexandra Petersen and a Bachelor of Property, Michael Brian Pico and a Bachelor of Arts, Daniel Johann Pretz Sabilski and a Bachelor of Science, and a Bachelor of Arts, Elizabeth Chloe Sayes and a Bachelor of Property, Rinell Edwina Secura-Culmith and a Bachelor of Arts, Melissa Dall Siegel and a Bachelor of Arts, Madeline Simpson and a Bachelor of Arts, Sean Rup Singh and a Bachelor of Property, John Wing So and a Bachelor of Health Sciences, Jun Shantan and a Bachelor of Property, Nicholas Willam-Pieter Van Der Wel and a Bachelor of Property, Stephanie Widodo and a Bachelor of Arts, Margo Dominic Wunmin Wong and a Bachelor of Arts, Shelly Joongwen Wong and a Bachelor of Property, Cizette Caucicilia Wong and a Bachelor of Arts, Matthew John Woodworth and a Bachelor of Arts, Kirsty Marie Warsnott and a Bachelor of Arts, Amanda Pinpin-Yap-Chung Angela Yunji, Jew and a Bachelor of Laws, to the degree of Bachelor of Property, Conjoint, Stephanie Sayes Aiton and a Bachelor of Commerce, Brad Rodney Featherstone and a Bachelor of Commerce, Tristan Rhys Lomburg and a Bachelor of Commerce, Amanda Jade Moyer and a Bachelor of Commerce, Daniel Martin Munro and a Bachelor of Commerce, Nisha Taylor and a Bachelor of Commerce, Kaowen Tan and a Bachelor of Commerce, Michael Francis Daniel Thorpe and a Bachelor of Commerce, Maria Catherine Werner and a Bachelor of Commerce, to the degree of Bachelor of Property, Zahid Al-Abiyechi, Mohamed Maksud Ali, David Joseph Anan, Andrew James Borley, Ryan Miles Bridgeman, Melissa Rose Carter, Chancock Arn, Lindsay John Clingin, Claire Shirley Emory, Grace Catherine Forrester, Andrew John Francis, Daniel Troy Harrison, Matthew Graham Hills, Blair Lewis James, Thomas James Jordan, Maximilian Charles William King, William David Lumbus, David Jeremy Myers, Siao Yanong, Derubai Gelabai Patel, Jason William Roberts, to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce Honours with First Class Honours, Jonathan Barnett Lazarus in Management, Lu Yanli in Accounting, Sunali Economics, Jiananli Accounting, Gou Fu Liang Economics, Dan Linglin, Information Systems, Matthew Nicholas Lowe in Finance, University College, Chelsea Wincar Glom in Marketing, Brent William Matushka in Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce, Grant Cullen McPherson in Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce, Gareth Anthony Miller Accounting, Sunvry Anup Nathu Commercial Law, Fiona Coombs-Natush in Economics, Sandeep Hassad Parek in Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce, Michaelson Sainte, to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce, to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce, to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce, Michaelson Stevenson Peart in Commercial Law, Samuel Kenneth Pico, Finance, Jessica Pludthera, Commercial Law, John Daniel Polkinghorn Economics, Vanessa Faith Potter in Accounting and a Bachelor of Commerce, Huang Qi in Economics, Su Jin Xin in Accounting, University Graduate Scholar, Ian Ye Lin Lun Sun in Marketing, Marilee Lee Ching Soon Accounting, Thomas Collin James Stewart, Information Systems and a Bachelor of Commerce, Chun Kai Sung in Economics, Mei Yun Xiong Wong Accounting, Li Dan Yang Economics, to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce, Honours with Second Class Honours, First Division, Chi Loi Li Commercial Law, Tiffany Ling Hui Li Commercial Law, Angel Chung Yan Ling Commercial Law, Dominic Moreto Commercial Law, Sophia Dawn Murphy Management, Paul Gregory Neat Management, Wei Le Le Chin Marketing, Megan Amy Rorich Management and a Bachelor of Commerce, Amanda Coran Thomas Commercial Law, Song Wang Economics, David Len Williams Economics, Fan Zhang Accounting, to the degree of Bachelor of Property, Honours with First Class Honours, Todd Jonathan Sanford and a Bachelor of Property, to the degrees of Bachelor of Property of Honours with Second Class Honours, First Division, Derek John Lakua, Ning Kung Li, to the degree of Master of Property with First Class Honours, Wen Jing Sun, to the degree of Master of Taxation Studies with First Class Honours, Dinesh Kumar Gupta, Kevin Shane McCormick, to the degree of Master of Taxation Studies with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Dolim Park, Pranit Kunal Singh, Jia Wang, to the degree of Master of Taxation Studies, Barad Gulchan. 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 Philosophy, Jin Wang in Economics, Jin investigated the mechanism by which commercial fishing rights are managed and allocated. This research has been used by policy advisers in the Ministry of Fisheries. Gin Christopher Wood in Operations and Supply Chain Management, University Doctoral Scholar. Lincoln investigated horizontal coordination of activities and supply chains with a view to better understanding how they can be managed and leveraged to provide competitive advantage to firms. 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 Business. Chancellor, council members, distinguished guests, graduates, families and friends of graduates and of the university colleagues. The celebration of graduation is a major event in the calendar of the university. We are a minor miracle of organisation that we managed to repeat at least twice each year in Auckland. The university salutes all the graduates who make it possible for us to celebrate your success. A successful graduation means that we must ensure that all 10 ceremonies proceed smoothly. That means checking results, communicating with and marshalling some 6,051 students who in total received some 6,579 degrees and diplomas. It is, as you can see, quite an exercise. And so, on your behalf, I would like to thank those who made graduation not only possible but undoubtedly an occasion you will all remember. Let me thank the Auckland Grammar School pipe band which provides the music for our procession to the Aotea Centre. The organist, Dr John Wells, who has played at each ceremony. The musicians from the School of Music who have performed with distinction at each ceremony. The speakers, each with an appropriate message. Members of the University Council, busy people who make time to join us for this special occasion. The Fire Karanga team who perform the Karanga that welcomes everyone to each ceremony. The Kate Edgar Educational Trust which provides many of the ceremonial caps, gowns and hoods. And any profits they make from that process are used in turn to fund scholarships. The staff of the Aotea Centre. The staff who taught you and made your graduation possible, some of whom are with us on the stage today. The University staff who assemble the materials we use for graduation and ensure that nearly everything necessary arrives at the right place and the right time. The marshals who organise the various processions and ensure that everyone turns up in the right place at the right time. The mace bearers, Professor Louise Nicholson, Associate Professor Gary Barkeisen and Dr Douglas Carey. The role of the mace bearer is to escort and protect the official party and they've done a fine job. Behind the scenes are the staff of the graduation office led by Margaret Allen. They complete all the paperwork required for each student who graduates. They ensure that the ceremonies run to time. They slot those arriving late into their correct seats and they have worked long hours over the last few weeks to make sure that everyone feels that graduation is a special day. And I want to particularly thank Margaret and the graduation office team for an excellent job. On behalf of us all, I would like to present Margaret with some flowers to recognise the effort that she and her team have put into this graduation. And finally, we must thank our Chancellor, Roger France and Pro-Chanceller Ian Parton. They have each shaken almost 3,000 hands this week, spoken to each graduate and been greeted and photographed in numerous ways. The Chancellor, of course, welcomes 10 speeches. So I thank all those involved and thank you, Chancellor. 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 have helped them as they achieve their qualifications. This concludes this meeting with the Chancellor 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 and Māori and then in English. The words are printed on the reverse of your programmes.