 inga mana, inga reo, inga hou e fa, tena koutu, tena koutu, tena koutu o katoa. Pro-chancellor, vice-chancellor, university staff, special guests, graduands, whānau, and supporters. As Chancellor of the University of Auckland, I extend a warm welcome to you all on behalf of the council members and staff of the university. This is a meeting of the council of the University of Auckland at which the pro-chancellor and I will confer diplomas and award degrees in the faculties of creative arts and industries and the faculty of law. Graduation is a time for celebrating success. Today you will experience the prompt and tradition of this ancient ceremony in the recognition of fitting your success on your well-deserved day of celebration. Like your family and friends gathered here, we are very proud of all your achievements. We look forward to your lifelong involvement as members of the University of Auckland family. Of course, graduation represents much more than just the day of celebration. Your qualification from this university will have a lifetime impact on you, your family and the community at large. We know that, compared to those whose formal education ends in high school, graduates have lower unemployment rates, higher salaries, better career prospects and better health outcomes. University of New Zealand has estimated that the lifetime benefits of earning a degree are valued at between $1 million and $4 million. Your university experience and the qualifications gained at university will thus add real value to your lives and the lives of those around you. The fact that our university can add value in these ways reflects the abilities and achievements of our staff and students. In the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries, we have seen several notable achievements in the last year. Associate Professor Ray Daliel from the School of Music was named a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music. Emeritus Professor Sir Harold Marshall was awarded the 2015 Rayleigh Medal for outstanding contributions to acoustics. Associate Professor Peter Robinson from the Eram School of Fine Arts had a work condition commissioned by a renowned art institute at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. In Tongama Nasi Latu, who you just heard, a vocal student from the School of Music was awarded a 2015 Creative New Zealand Arts Pacifica Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Pacific Arts. Similarly, in the Faculty of Law, Elina Kahau was appointed an assistant lecturer and was welcomed as the first Pacific Islander to become a member of the academic staff. Professor Paul Richworth, who recently stepped down as chair of the New Zealand Law Society's Law Reform Committee, was appointed a senior council, a senior crown council in Wellington. Auckland Law School students were runners up in this year's International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris and were third in this year's International Commercial Arbitration Competition in Vienna. 66 universities competed in the Mediation Competition and 311 teams in the Arbitration Competition, so these were significant achievements. Associate Professor Ken Palmer was made an honorary life member of the Legal Research Foundation, particularly recognising his 10 years of service as editor of the recent Law Review from 1978 to 1988. And lastly, Associate Professor Claire Charters was appointed by the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations to advise him on ways to increase Indigenous peoples' participation in UN affairs. In order to ensure that we can continue to achieve successes like these and to enhance our contribution to future generations of graduates and to our nation, the university must do three things in my view. First, we need to attract students of high academic potential and give them an outstanding academic and extracurricular experience. In this respect, I believe we're doing very well. The proportion of domestic students entering the university with a high grade point average is growing each year and we produce outstanding graduates just like you. Second, we need to attract, develop and retain outstanding staff. This we're doing is illustrated by the achievements I've just described. Many of our staff are world leaders in their fields and you will have been privileged to learn from and work with them. Thirdly, it's no coincidence that in the QS world rankings of university subjects, the University of Auckland came top in New Zealand in 35 of the 40 ranked subjects and we don't even teach two of them. So if we think about this, of the 40 ranked subjects, we teach 38 and we're ranked top in 35. It sounds like an outstanding result to me. And third, we need to create the kind of academic environment and facilities that support and encourage excellence. To this end, the university has been investing heavily in its campus renewal programme to ensure that we do provide facilities of genuine international quality. Many of you will graduate today with a first qualification and you will be rightly proud of this achievement. However, I also want you to reflect on the ongoing learning opportunities and the wide range of postgraduate options available to you at this university. You must never rest on your laurels in a challenging and ever-changing world, but rather be prepared to embrace change and new technology and make the most of the opportunities presented to you. Although it may seem a daunting prospect right now, further study and learning is inevitable for us all as the world changes around us at an ever-accelerating pace. Whatever path you follow, I urge you as the alumni of New Zealand's leading university to never forget your alma mater, your university. We rely on our graduates for support, moral, political and financial. So today is your day, the focus firmly on your achievement. At this ceremony we honour your success, along with the support of your family, whanau and others who have sustained you through your studies. I congratulate you and trust that you will long cherish the memories of your graduation today. It is my pleasure to welcome Sir Michael Hill as our guest speaker for this evening's ceremony. Sir Michael is the founder of Michael Hill Jeweler, a global brand with more than 300 stores in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States, and has the goal of having 1000 stores within the next 10 years. Among the many milestones in his successful career, he's been made a member of the NZ Order of Merit in 2001, named entrepreneur of the year in 2008 and was knighted for services to industry in the arts in 2011. He founded the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in 2001, and this is now recognised as one of the world's leading violin competitions. Sir Michael is the best-selling author of Tough and Up and Think Bigger. Both books use stories from his own life to illustrate his points about achieving success. He built his own 18-hole golf course, The Hills, in Arrowtown, that is notable for its sculpture and is now the home of the NZ Open. Sir Michael sees himself as an entrepreneur with a twist. As up until the age of 40, he was an employee in his uncle's jewellery business in Whangarei. He says when his house burnt to the ground on 1 October 1977, a new life began. Please join with me in welcoming Sir Michael. Well, I find it very strange to be here really. I've never got a degree. I came from Whangarei, Whangarei Boys High School. My life actually, though, is quite interesting in the way that it's like it's two big volumes of your life. And you have the first 40 years, which is all written and all there on the bookshelf. And then we have the next 40 years, which is nearly complete. And it's been a complete ying and yang of complete opposites. And I've had such a thrill doing it in both volumes. It all started really in Whangarei where I was an only child. And my mother molly coddled me, made me look a little bit like a Lord Foncle Roy. I was in the farming community and she expected great things of me. She married a lecturer like a salesman. They were in my family jewellery business called Fish as the Jewelers, which it was in those days. And I went through my school education very badly. Jack Glanville, when I was in the third form, told my parents that don't expect anything from Michael. He's the worst student we've had this year in maths. And his English is not much better. Give him a trade, but don't expect anything from him. He's a timid boy and that was it. It was like casting the bone at me really. It's a funny really that whatever you think comes to pass. And it nearly did. I was bullied at school. That's why I couldn't think. I couldn't concentrate. And I couldn't get out of that school quick enough. And I wanted to become a concert violinist. And after 18 months of that, my uncle came to me and he said, boy, you've been fiddling around wasting your time, wasting your parents' time, wasting everybody's time. I'm going to make a watchmaker of you. And that's how my career started at the age of 18. I started as a watchmaker. I lasted three months. I wrecked too many watches. They made me a jeweler. I was no good at that either. But they put me in the front of the shop with my dad. He was a great salesman and he taught me the art of selling. I had a very long apprenticeship. Twenty-three years. I never thought I would amount to anything. I had no self-esteem. I had no confidence. I could not see art. I couldn't see forward. I knew I could do no more than manage that shop in Whangarei, which I eventually did. My wife or my future wife came in from Huddersfield on the immigration scheme to teach art in the Whangarei Girls High School, brought in a repair. That was in October. I was down at the squash court. I asked her to come through the Waipur Forest on the Saturday. She agreed. I gave her an engagement ring on December, on Christmas Eve, and married her on the third of March, 51 years ago. And that started a different life for me really because I had a friend. Someone I could console in. Someone I could goal set with. And we bought some flats. We put a room on a house, bought a big property. Claude Meggs and the amazing New Zealand architect at the time, who's now a god of architecture, designed us a beautiful house on the Whangarei Heads Road. And we built it. Ran out of money doing it. Took three times as long as it was supposed to. But it was an amazing house. And we went to the pictures one night and dropped the children off. We'd had two children, two wonderful children, Mark and Emma. And when we came out, Mrs Strongwen from along the road called Christine to say, Mr Hill, I don't know how to tell you this, but your house is on fire. And that was the night that changed my life. I just turned 40. We rushed towards the house fire. All the windows were orange. It was a three-story house. I was looking 60 foot above the roof and I realised everything was a failure once again in my life. Everything I'd done was a failure and he was the multi-biggest failure I could possibly ever have. I was hopelessly uninsured, had nothing on the contents and we arrived there and watched it burn to the ground. And that night I took a piece of paper out of my pocket and I wrote down, I'm going to own my uncle's business or get out and start my own jewellery business. You see, I hadn't got the guts to stand up to my uncle because he's a bully. He always hated me. He was there in the first place. He made it difficult for me, but I stood up to him that day after that. But I didn't have any money. I found a backer, Nigel Knight. He put the money up, I put the expertise up and he wanted 20% of the deal. It was an amazing deal. We made a bid for my uncle's business and he refused. Best thing he ever did because I set up an opposition. Seven doors down. The family jewellery shop had a 30 foot front. We had a 15 foot front. We had a wide open doorway. We had Swiss windows. Christine dressed the windows every week. Very artistically, very simple. We just specialised. We didn't sell the cooker clocks and the chiming clocks and everything else that went with a normal jewellery shop in New Zealand. We specialised. And it went particularly well. In fact in 18 months we were taking more than the big business had been there for 50 years up the road. I went on television and I became a household name. There was only one television station. It was crazy. And I had dreams then. I began to dream. Suddenly for not being able to see out, suddenly I was being able to visualise things. Seven shops in seven years I told my backer that he was getting uneasy and I decided I should pay him back. I went public. In 1987 I went public on the New Zealand stock exchange and gave half the business to become a public company to raise some money to have a crack at Australia. And I had a dream of 70 shops in seven years and 100 shops in 10 years. And on it went. And it's been amazing. I now have 175 shops in Australia and we have 52 in New Zealand. And then I decided I'd retire and that was a stupid thing to do. A really stupid thing to do. There's nothing out there. Believe me, never think of retiring. Don't do it. And so anyhow, I tried it for a little while and I was sick of that and I went back into the business and I thought what are we going to do? I thought why don't we have a global business with 1,000 stores which has become the dream of the company and we were going. So we couldn't do it there so we moved to Canada. We now have 64 shops in Canada and within 18 months we'll have 80 which will make us the number one player in Canada which is pretty cool really for a little Kiwi company. Then we went to... We bought out a jewellery chain in Chicago and started there and it was about one week before the global financial crisis which was shit of a timing because the whole thing turned to custom. We paid far too much for it and seven years later we're still losing money there but we've learnt an awful lot. And one of the things is that if you don't challenge yourself and you're not really pushing really hard you don't achieve greatness I don't think. I've got some little tips for you. I haven't got much time to speak so I want to make them quick but I thought there may be of interest and the first point is really that I discovered that you need a long term goal and you're at the part of your life really where I think in the next week you need to do this. I want you to write down what you want to be in 30 years time. I want you to think about it and I want you to write down what you would like to stand for in 30 years time. Be specific, write it down. It can be very simple and I'd like you to get a piece of A4 paper and simply write it down. I do believe you need to put pen to paper and it's the most difficult thing to do to understand what you want to be in life but try and do it and write something down. Fold the piece of paper up, put it in an envelope and tuck it under your bed or in a special drawer wherever it is that's special to you and dwell on it and start thinking about it. In a year's time you can pull it out and review it and you can review it every year but what it's going to do is it's going to set you on a way with a purpose that very few people in the world do so if you do that it's going to set you apart from anybody else. Another thing I discovered was once before before I really got into this goal setting my net top computer was always a mess of too much self-chatter talking about a lot of negatives after time and I found the art of transcendental meditation and a remarkable thing to reboot the computer to make it absolutely quiet and simple. You see your brain works best when it's perfectly still and with practice you can't try meditation it's something you just have to do and have a non-judgmental on it but you transcend into a state of pure consciousness occasionally where it's a pure stillness and we're in that state and when you come out of that the feeling of is unbelievably stimulating and if you have your 30 year goal it focuses you on it like in neon lights that it's very strong and powerful that it drags you towards it so when you're feeling stressed meditation is a wonderful thing to be able to do there's a quick relief even if you've just spent 5 minutes sitting on the toilet somewhere and doing your meditation it will clear your mind that you will be able to think simply and clearly the other thing is the 80-20 rule which I practice frequently and that most of us do too many things the 80-20 rule means that you should really only be doing 20% of the things you're doing and eliminating the 80% because if you're going to achieve greatness you can't be everything to everybody and simplifying the focus makes you much stronger one of the things you can do to help is that we have become far too computer-orientated and too phone-texting and Facebook and all the other things that we do that we actually are confusing our minds and as a discipline you can find out what is the best peak time for your performance and switch the whole bloody lot off I want you to make mistakes if you're not making mistakes you're not moving quick enough and in fact as a yardstick if you're not making one mistake a year that hurts you you're not doing right you're taking life too safe so make mistakes and learn from those mistakes never make it twice but you'll learn greatly from making a mistake so challenge yourself and push yourself to a degree that you make a mistake and learn from it you need to be different you need to be you you need to be you need the true you to be exposed don't be anyone else don't try and be like anybody else be you it's you, all of you each one of you is individual and each one of you has something special quality that makes you what you are don't ignore that it's vitally important the other thing is in New Zealand we have a problem it's too easy here it's too beautiful we live in paradise I can't believe how beautiful this place is the older you get the more I realise we are in heaven here compared to the rest of the world we have everything we want everything we want easily and with that becomes a relaxation that we don't we think we have arrived some of you today will think you've arrived because you have a degree but you will need 10,000 hours of physical education to crack the next level so be yourself keep it simple and finally whether you like it or not you are on the top of your family tree so if you look at yourself and you look at it as a big pyramid and you're at the top and imagine you're there brothers and sisters if you have them are just there with you and below them are your parents whether they're here or not they're still there in spirit and they're just below you and we look down a little further and my god there's my grandma and my granddad and below there's my great-grandfather and great-grandma and great-great-grandfather and on it goes down to forming a pyramid of all of you your DNA of all the people that have made you what you are are all there in soul one million of them possibly with all the armoury of all those people that make you it gives you such strength that if only you will let it come out that you have the possibility to achieve anything you are the next wave of New Zealand I envy your age I envy what you have ahead of you but I want you to achieve a goal that is not ordinary I want each one of you in the next week to write down something so remarkable that it's going to pull the hairs back at the body you've had that you're going to get a real thrill out of doing it wouldn't it be wonderful that you look down and at 30 years time you look down at all all that armoury of people that is within you and you look down and they're all in tears for what you have achieved for them I think you owe it to them and I think you owe it to yourself all I can say of having nearly had two volumes of books is that there's no doubt of the two the second one has been one hell of a thrill I can't believe I'm here speaking to you guys I think it's truly amazing I'm quite humble to do it it's quite extraordinary and I think you're all bloody amazing and thank you very much for listening thank you for that entertaining but challenging speech please show your appreciation to Mr Michael once more this is a meeting of council with the University at which the Pro-Chancellor Scott St John 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 Mr Dan Meigh by resolution of the University of Auckland Council I, Scott St John Pro-Chancellor award the diplomas and confer the degrees of Creative Arts and Industries have satisfied the requirements of this University I call upon the Acting Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries Mr Spears to present graduands in that faculty Pro-Chancellor as Acting Deputy Dean I have the honour of presenting to you the students qualified for the award of Diploma or Confirmant of a Degree in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries Graduate Diploma in Music Shih Yung Wang to the Degree of Bachelor of Architectural Studies Samuel Nicholas Alaby Ping Ping Mariamma Makareta Arnold Anaka Andrasen Vanessa Leslie Barclay Fiona Basota Georgia Brianna Bennett Rachel Alice Berry Sarah Emma Bookman Lewis Eric Bishop Booth Angelo Christopher Wano Muhammad Daniel Safwan Bird Shanita Champion Michelle Yun Ji Chang Guan Qing Chen Anthea Wei Shan Chen Anita Rachel Ji Ya Ji He Jin Zhao Li Wen Chui Romano Honsock Chong Senior Scholar Creative Arts and Industries Sophie Pearl Cruz Eva Jan Cunningham Claire Louise Darwin Ryle James Villarossa Dalla Cruz Yvonne Chiu Yvonne Chiu Yvonne Chiu Yvonne Chiu Yvonne Chiu Gabarossa Dalla Cruz Derek Ding Edward Peter Duncan June Augustine II Kabatu Fibilarum Ji Fei Zhao Loretta Lea Gerig Linus Xiang Yi-su Go Arin Taffora Guli Shao Goo Marisingae Marimal-haseeth Gornata, Mi Jin Han, Zoe Sinclair-Hason, Regaena Horstine, Ting Wang, Tegan Arnwin-Ingram, Maxwell John Irving-Blam, Angela Ishwa, Mackenzie Kate Keenan, Lina Kea, Ha Yon Kim, Jonah Kim, Lisa Haion-Jay Kim, Jason Jung-Hing Lai, Julita Hang-Yan Lan, Haewon Li, Zhu Yang Li, Yun Ji Li, Bevan Liang, Jessica Ashby Lim, Te Hong Lim, Jialing Lim, Lu Lin, Xiran Lin, Lou Chang Yu, Tian Kung Li, Keith Allen Mann, Mustapha Mora, Avela Martinez-Ocampo, Jessica O'Reilly, Yun Ki Park, Lane Bernard-Terry Parks, Anthony Wayne-Feliasa Polo, Ma Isabel Cruz-Pinomante, Matilda Murata, Tula Lupalele Phillips, Shi Yu-Chao, Shan Xu-Chu, Aila Cheyenne-Rayman-Robitz, Yixing Ren, James Alexander John Russell, Verun Saxena, A Wang Soh, Lorely Rose Shannon, Ruchang Xiaoh, Yumi Shao, Ji-Khan Chin, Chelsea Victoria State, Benny Swin, Conor Tennant, Samuel Hamish Thomas, Nicole Ikoi, Nassoli Luvaluva, Malama O Loto Loto Desili, Natasha Ann Trumich, Yin Ning Tong, Lucetiana Lehuane Vick, Hannah Louise Walker, Cheryl Marty June Warbridge, Allie Wang, Grace Rachel Wilson, Senior Scholar Creative Arts and Industry Olivia Sophie Wong, Emily Victoria Rose Wood, Chinsen Suat, Petarat Yong Hong-Si, Chari Chai, Eleanor Natasha Yang, Tiang Xu-Zu Zeng, Helen Zhu, to the degree of Bachelor of Dance Studies, Sophie Sheridan Kane, Sophie Alice Cattrell, Joshua Sebastian Seeson, Kimberley Chang Hu-Sheng, Su-Ji Choi, Natalie Jane Klaus, Joshua Philetua, Grace Judith Hobson, Senior Scholar Creative Arts and Industries, Kendall Victoria Jones, Kirianne Jessica Mayhew, Rebecca Jane McCracken, Emily Karen Moffat, Seren Catherine Powell-Jones, Layton Lee Rungey, Renee Richards, Anna Hope Rodgesson, Jerika Paige Samuel, Shanwen Joy Southgate, Rhiannon Kate Swift, Jessica Anne Thwaites, Sheri Dean Wallace, to the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts, Felicity Mary Bain, Heather Grace Beard, Lulufang Yoh-Silkin, Hadron Lee, Xiong Chan Lee, Jane Jasmine Learton, Kelly Joanne Loh, Hadam Noh, Jasper James Orwin Owen, Hady Jade Price, Xiong Anpio, Oliver Quinton Ambrose Rott, Greg Stockwell, Gi Bong-Sung, David Adam Whiteman, Sung Chul Hyun, to the degree of Bachelor of Music, Leila Elizabeth Alexander, Kyle Bruce Arnold, Jayan Ramanbika, Senior Scholar Creative Arts and Industries, Callum John Blackmore, Eric Byes, Josiah Rubin Carr, Amy Chang-El-Chang, Amanda Yushan Chang, Oswell Guy Ditsbury, Jonathan David Dunlop, Natasha Georgia Easy, Alexander Johan Roderick Eichelbell, Thomas Harland Ikitonia, Awana Alina Yong, Doris Yiswan Cole, Peter Tamato Leopolo, Dei Lee Lee, Charles Patrick Thomas Luka, Joshua Jack Mackay, Gregory Alan McLaren, George Nicolich, Joella Pinto, Joshua Frank Pritchard, Andrew John Forbes Robinson, Brock Jayden Rudsitz, Natasha Maria Wilson, to the degree of Bachelor of Performing Arts, Andrew William Lewis Season, Richard David Carlos Season, to the degree of Bachelor of Planning with First Class Honours, Senior Scholar, Creative Arts and Industries, Sarah Anne Burgess, Cassandra Sue Wahning, Brittany Sarah Sutherland, to the degree of Bachelor of Planning with Second Class Honours First Division, Sarah Jane Adams, Jade Anstead, Michelle Marie Burns, Luke Robert Cary, Michelle Locke Yang-Chang, Cary Ann Sue Lewis, Masato Nakamura, Jayman Soma Patel, Ashley Ming Grung Tang, Cho-An Wang, Jia Chen He, Carmen Ka-Man-Yuan, Cassie Jai, to the degree of Bachelor of Planning with Second Class Honours Second Division, Cameron Wayne Brown, Harry Haechoi, Joshua Darrell Kennedy, Sophia Utterly-Lee LaSalle, Rong-Jau Lee, Susan Ran-Leo, Nicholas James Renton, Kate Mary Richardson, Thitirat Samart, Brendan Joseph Verswice, to the degree of Bachelor of Planning, Rahul Rothen-Chand, Robin Ashley Kavalsvig, Maulyn Jang, Simyao Zao, Pro-Chancellor, I now call upon the Dean of the Faculty for Creative Arts and Industries, Professor Brown, to present further graduands. To the degree of Bachelor of Visual Arts, Li-Lai Kim, to the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Conjoint, Haley Ann Carter, and Bachelor of Arts, Natasha Renebria-Marra, and Bachelor of Arts, Puja Subramanian, and Bachelor of Arts, to the degree of Bachelor of Music Conjoint, Anatires Cooper, and a Bachelor of Arts, Victoria Emily Croucher, and a Bachelor of Arts, Ryan Patrick Drew, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Neko Joseph Fitzpatrick, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Hyun Joon Jung, and a Bachelor of Science, Mi Yun Kim, and a Bachelor of Science, Denim John Wensley-Owe, and a Bachelor of Science, Elisheva Talei Malo Siilata, and a Bachelor of Arts, Postgraduate Diploma in Dance Studies with Merit, Edward Malcolm Duiketi Soro, Postgraduate Diploma in Dance Studies, Vivian Arthur Aue, Alexander Hudson Upoko Keo, Postgraduate Diploma in Music with Merit, Veronica Marie Shiloh, Postgraduate Diploma in Music, Rajan Deep Kaur, to the degree of Bachelor of Dance Studies Honours with First Class Honours, Chloe Anita Baines, Tammy Elizabeth Groves, and a Bachelor of Dance Studies, Sachika Miller, to the degree of Bachelor of Dance Studies Honours with Second Class Honours First Division, Claire Louise Murphy, to the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours with First Class Honours, Victoria Henrietta Beach, Senior Scholar in Creative Arts and Industries, Olivia Jane Blyth, Katie Ann Cheer, Namutane Moana Jones, William Beall Lynn Scott, Ewan Wilson Lockie, Jack Cullen Rose Margates, Lisa Nicole Morgan, Devon Jade Ormsby, Peter John Scott, Allison Mary Sydenham, Thomas John Chuke, to the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours with Second Class Honours First Division, Harriet Francis Monroe Cameron, Mitchell James Collins, Jonathan Harvey Egdall, Megan Claire Framont, Emma Cape Glucina, Sarah Rachel Hall, Jihee Zhong, Quinton James Lind, Catherine Isla Middleton, Cape Francis Mitchell, Joshua James Montrell Brunton, Brogan Lynn Hope Scott, Apej Leahona Dashay Taratoua, Brusha Ann Vandeveurth, Charlotte Rose Weary, to the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours with Second Class Honours Second Division, Claire Frith Hamilton, Tasha Elise Jenkins, to the degree of Bachelor of Music Honours with First Class Honours, Calvin Peter Baker in Studio Pedagogy, Kayla Renee Collingwood in Classical Performance, Erin Francis John Fagan in Composition, Martin Ming-Fang Chi in Studio Pedagogy, and a Bachelor of Music, Martin Just Roberts in Classical Performance, to the degree of Bachelor of Music Honours with Second Class Honours First Division, Warren Michael Duncan in Composition, to the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours Conjoint with First Class Honours, Nicole Gabrielle Hinden and a Bachelor of Arts, Senior Scholar, Creative Arts and Industries, Ruby Lee Porter and a Bachelor of Arts, Jessica Mary Robertson and a Bachelor of Arts, Serene Terangi Timoteo and a Bachelor of Arts, to the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours Conjoint with Second Class Honours First Division, Hannah Ellen Lahn Anderson and a Bachelor of Arts, Darren Clark Franca and a Bachelor of Arts, to the degree of Master of Architecture, Somalia Bose, to the degree of Master of Architecture Professional with First Class Honours, Ricky Tong Wong, to the degree of Master of Architecture Professional with Second Class Honours First Division, Demetabora Slavov Penchev, to the degree of Master of Architecture Professional, Huizat Jiang, An Chiwei, to the degree of Master of Fine Arts with First Class Honours, University Graduate Scholar, Katrina Martin Bekwis, Poata Alvi McCree, to the degree of Master of Fine Arts with Second Class Honours First Division, Sophie Dale Foote, to the degree of Master of Fine Arts with Second Class Honours Second Division, Natalie Lauren Kirk, Wei Xiong, to the degree of Master of Fine Arts, Yi Yi Zhong, to the degree of Master of Music with First Class Honours, James Neville Langabeer in Performance, to the degree of Master of Music with Second Class Honours Second Division, Catherine Grace Eva Bell in Composition, to the degree of Master of Planning with Second Class Honours First Division, Octafianto Putru, to the degree of Master of Urban Design with Second Class Honours First Division, Yan Xue, to the degree of Master of Urban Design with Second Class Honours Second Division, Taylor Erin Matthews, and a postgraduate diploma in Architecture with Merit, to the degree of Master of Urban Planning Professional with First Class Honours, Dylan Tyler Clayton, Elizabeth Rose Anderson-Lead, to the degree of Master of Urban Planning Professional with Second Class Honours First Division, Luke Manu Noel Elliott, Samuel Allister Morrison, to the degree of Master of Urban Planning Professional with Second Class Honours Second Division, Amin Al-Ani, Robin Christine Becker, Emma Petra Elizabeth Burns, Yuren Jo, and in absentia, those other persons named in the official record who have qualified for the conferment of a degree or the award of a diploma from the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries. Thank you, Pro-Chancellor, for conferring the degrees and awarding the diplomas in the first half of this ceremony. One of the great pleasures of graduation is the opportunity to hear performances by students from our acclaimed School of Music. Bradley Wood on piano will now perform a two to knee-flat minor by Sir Keirak Mananoff. Thank you, Bradley, for that superb performance. Can I ask you all to join with me in thanking Bradley once again? If you would like to hear more from our wonderful young musicians, I invite you to attend the graduation concerto gata competition to be held in the town hall on Thursday 12 May at 7.30pm. Admission is free. By the authority vested in me by Resolution of the University Walk-in Council, I, Ian Parton, Chancellor, award the diplomas and confer the degrees stated upon those who, within the Faculty of Law, have satisfied the requirements of this university. I call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Stockley, to present graduands in that faculty. Chancellor, as Dean, I have the honour of presenting to you the students qualified for the award of a diploma or conferment of a degree in the Faculty of Law. To the degree of Bachelor of Laws, Leila Elizabeth Alexander, Albert Ankeriwang, Keisia Shetty, Lanu Hahu'o Fokalolo Vicatora Matialetor, Senior Scholar in Law, Taylor James Parker Gray, Jonathan Gilbert Hart, Anjanette Melania Heppinen, Timothy Patrick Hickey, Mara Kava Hiwehi Hosoda, Rahu Raleigh Noko Rimakupa, Karl Levenberg, Calum Manu Mintu-McKinnon, Sol Gio, Michelle Ann Pollock, Dustin Paul Joshua Reed, Craig Seddon-Rofwell, Christina Senia Spivak, Mary Bernadette Te, Joshua Gregory Wall, Jia Zhong Zhan. To the degree of Bachelor of Laws Conjoint, Haseeb Ashref in a Bachelor of Arts, Tegan Briar Bartlett in a Bachelor of Commerce, Olivia Rose Boyle in a Bachelor of Commerce, Rebecca Grace Braemer in a Bachelor of Arts, Simeon Peter Brown in a Bachelor of Commerce, Chantelle Louise Bizer's Dean in a Bachelor of Science, Michael Kenneth Cardi in a Bachelor of Commerce, Sean Neil Kavanaugh in a Bachelor of Commerce, Hini Chang in a Bachelor of Commerce, Josiah Benjamin Clusson in a Bachelor of Arts, Peter Churin in a Bachelor of Commerce, Shannon Taylor Derock in a Bachelor of Arts, Yasmin Paula Delacruz in a Bachelor of Arts, Mary Elizabeth Roymata Dolan in a Bachelor of Arts, Laura Therese Eaton in a Bachelor of Arts, Shannon Houtu Eldridge in a Bachelor of Arts, Michelle Rachel Ng in a Bachelor of Arts, Patrick John Fitzgibbon in a Bachelor of Arts, David Te Aopihi Kara-France in a Bachelor of Arts, Emily Franco in a Bachelor of Commerce, Chavi Zaki Francis-Gamri in a Bachelor of Commerce, Holly Jewel Goodwin in a Bachelor of Commerce, Conrad Ayrton Redcliffe Grimshaw in a Bachelor of Arts, Tyrone Tungatua-Huck in a Bachelor of Arts, James Jared Francis-Hickey in a Bachelor of Commerce, Esprit Hong in a Bachelor of Commerce, Paul Hung in a Bachelor of Arts, Suji Yonghua in a Bachelor of Arts, Richard Andrew Iderwin in a Bachelor of Arts, Lydia Victoria Florence Ingram in a Bachelor of Arts, Matthew William Kendrick in a Bachelor of Commerce, Jihan Kim in a Bachelor of Arts, Jason Jun Sung Kim in a Bachelor of Arts, Grace Hulsun Lee in a Bachelor of Commerce, Michelle King Yu Lee in a Bachelor of Arts, Harry Wilson David Leishman in a Bachelor of Commerce, Biyong Kong Lim in a Bachelor of Arts, Nicole Jordan Lim Kwan in a Bachelor of Arts, John Daniel Lawrence in a Bachelor of Commerce, Setna Sanjay Madiv in a Bachelor of Commerce, Ruta Esther Malalo in a Bachelor of Arts, Zoe Leanne Mary Manga in a Bachelor of Arts, Jenna Alexandra Marsh in a Bachelor of Arts, Eden Esther Anahira Matini in a Bachelor of Arts, James Francis McPherson in a Bachelor of Commerce, Anaya Anand Mokashi in a Bachelor of Commerce, Amanda Elizabeth Moriati in a Bachelor of Arts, Brittany Lauren Newman in a Bachelor of Arts, Jade Zoe Kea Newton in a Bachelor of Arts, Benk Namphi Boon in a Bachelor of Science, Marie Patrick Nolan in a Bachelor of Arts, Mary Agnes O'Connor in a Bachelor of Arts, So Young Park in a Bachelor of Commerce, Kayo Manu Patel in a Bachelor of Commerce, Abigail Patricia Pierce in a Bachelor of Health Sciences, Patricia Stephanie Fulcox in a Bachelor of Science, Zoe Pearl Phillips in a Bachelor of Arts, and Elisa Florence Porter in a Bachelor of Arts, Nandita Sandinanda Rayo in a Bachelor of Commerce, Katie Renee Anderson Robb in a Bachelor of Arts, Denver Lawrence Pritanch Saldana in a Bachelor of Commerce, Marina Ladavan Samontre in a Bachelor of Arts, Georgina May Rachel Sanders in a Bachelor of Commerce, Nicole Shofas Ribstock in a Bachelor of Commerce, Yu Jing Sio in a Bachelor of Arts, Rebecca Jisong in a Bachelor of Arts, Jonathan James Stookbury in a Bachelor of Commerce, Catalina Latu Ketu'u Tafuna in a Bachelor of Arts, Rick Jinking Tang in a Bachelor of Commerce, Anna Bertha Elizabeth Del Fodeo in a Bachelor of Commerce, Daniel Jacob Tomihao in a Bachelor of Arts, Anne Claire Curtis Colgan Tavalea in a Bachelor of Arts, Alexa Louise Tomi in a Bachelor of Arts, Cameron Michael Town in a Bachelor of Arts, Joseph Robert Hill Tresida in a Bachelor of Arts, Jessica Lee Mae Huwin Truong in a Bachelor of Health Sciences, Bryce Wilson Turner in a Bachelor of Arts, So Ling Tai in a Bachelor of Commerce, Melissa Vandear in a Bachelor of Health Sciences, Senior Scholar in Business and Economics, James McDonald-Vigiano in a Bachelor of Commerce, Kalinda Taruka-Weda Sekira in a Bachelor of Arts, Samara Daniel Wakefield in a Bachelor of Arts, Mylan Page Wells in a Bachelor of Arts, George Robert Rowe in a Bachelor of Commerce, Jimmy Jin Min Woo in a Bachelor of Arts, Jing Jing Yang in a Bachelor of Commerce, Leon Yang in a Bachelor of Commerce, Grace Yao in a Bachelor of Commerce, Angeline Bi-Sin Yong in a Bachelor of Commerce, Melissa Rong-Min-Yin in a Bachelor of Commerce, Andrew Yohang Yang in a Bachelor of Arts, Lu Chan Yuan in a Bachelor of Commerce, Sarah Natasha Zellman in a Bachelor of Arts, Yu Qing Yang in a Bachelor of Arts, Hao Zi in a Bachelor of Arts, to the degree of Bachelor of Laws with Honours, Nicole Ann Ashby, Alexandra Boyali-Martin, Amanda Yu Shan-Ching, Shannon Emma Closey, Anna-Marie Kata Harris, Samuel James Jensen, Lynn Lee, Matthew Karakatihi, Auker Canelius-Vissa, Tanya Rae Young, to the degree of Bachelor of Laws with Honours, Conjoint, Senior Scholar in Law, Kit Alexander Giles-Adamson in a Bachelor of Arts, Renee Jean Bayer in a Bachelor of Arts, Erica Marie Burke in a Bachelor of Arts, Natalie Anne Chapman in a Bachelor of Arts, Senior Scholar in Business and Economics, Rachel Anne Dunning in a Bachelor of Commerce, Senior Scholar in Law, Tiffany Elaine Dufouric in a Bachelor of Arts, Catherine Marie Dyer in a Bachelor of Arts, Jonathan Paul Nicholas Falwell in a Bachelor of Arts, Brianna Jane Fuller in a Bachelor of Commerce, Sophie Louise Hawksworth in a Bachelor of Arts, Daniel James Herring in a Bachelor of Arts, Senior Scholar in Law, Kaitlyn Rose Tuhull-Hollings in a Bachelor of Arts, Elizabeth Catherine Horvath in a Bachelor of Arts, Senior Scholar in Law, Danielle Serena-Houghton in a Bachelor of Arts, Diana Nikolai Ivanov in a Bachelor of Commerce, Amy Victoria Christiansen-Mesa in a Bachelor of Commerce, Changkong Leo in a Bachelor of Commerce, Senior Scholar in Law, Aidan James William O'Rourke-Lomass in a Bachelor of Arts, Senior Scholar in Law, Keegan Trevor Lopez in a Bachelor of Arts, Zachary Scott Meehan in a Bachelor of Arts, Matthew Jared Pabu in a Bachelor of Commerce, Marcus Ewan Plale in a Bachelor of Commerce, Amelia Mary Rayburn in a Bachelor of Science, Maxwell Hugh Smith in a Bachelor of Arts, Luke Cameron Strom in a Bachelor of Arts, Kali Toa in a Bachelor of Science, Emma Charlotte Warner in a Bachelor of Commerce, Jack Henry Starrett Wright in a Bachelor of Arts, Shang Ying Luan in a Bachelor of Science, to the degree of Master of Laws with First Class Honours, Laura Josephine Bacon in International Law, Nicole Sarah Kali-Buxeda in International Law, Benjamin Matthew Foster in Corporate and Commercial Law, Nicholas Sean Patrick Lang in Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Kaya Raina Lal in Environmental Law, Insook Elizabeth Scorgi in International Law, Wong Chao Ching, Cameron Richard Stewart in Public Law, to the degree of Master of Laws with Second Class Honours, First Division, Cheryl Leigh Bessie Teorana Belk in Public Law, Jonathan Stuart Myers in Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Snee Hal Kumar Patal, Rebecca Marie Pepping, Peter Patire in Corporate and Commercial Law, Mansi Nitin Kumar Ratud in Corporate and Commercial Law, Sarah Elizabeth Thompson in International Law, Jia Zhong Wang in Corporate and Commercial Law, Renee Sarah West, to the degree of Master of Laws with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Nicholas Wells Lee Houghton, Jia Tong Zhang, Anaseli Dila Nanav Vanua, Ravufi Olle in Human Rights Law, to the degree of Master of Laws, Alexis Cecilia Polter in Corporate and Commercial Law, to the degree of Master of Taxation Studies with Second Class Honours, First Division, Christine Sheeran, Adele Kathleen Wright Sinclair, CUNU, and in absentia those other persons named in the official record qualified for the conferment of a degree or the award of a diploma from the Faculty of Law. 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 Fine Arts, Tabitha Ann MacDonald-Fords. Working in two different locations in two different countries, Tabitha's methodology of productive contemplation was used to explore how we consider place aesthetically, ethically, historically, and ecologically, and how an emphatic and prolonged engagement with our environment is crucial within a 21st century context. Her subsequent thesis included video installation, photography, and chronicle writing from both locations. Tabitha. To the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Dominic Ponlari Dagbanja in Law, University Doctoral Scholar. Dominic explored the investment treaty terms that Ghana can or cannot agree to, based on its obligations under the Constitution of Ghana and other international treaties, using case studies on environmental protection, development policy, and judicial independence. The thesis provides a principled basis for reflection on the limits to the capacity of states like Ghana to conclude investment treaties, and on how they should be interpreted. Dominic. Adrian Yatwai Lowe in Architecture, University Doctoral Scholar. Adrian investigated the notion of the interstitial as an innovative design strategy and is developed by American architect Peter Eisenman and his unbuilt project of the Guardiola House. By analytically redrawing this house and retracing its spatial and theoretical development in relation to Eisenman's other projects, the thesis demonstrated how this house was a critical shift in his work in thinking. Adrian. Edward Murray Willis in Law, University Doctoral Scholar. Edward's research asked why New Zealand's very different constitutional structure often promotes desirable outcomes when a key means for doing so, a written constitution, is simply unavailable. The research identified a specific collection of principles, processes, and institutional arrangements that have special prominence for an unwritten constitution and which directly support good constitutional practice. David Zeitner in Dance Studies, University Doctoral Scholar. David looked at why and how the arts are used in leadership education with a particular focus on dance. His research discovered that through the creative process of dance making individuals can increase self-awareness and awareness of others, learn how to use their bodies to communicate and interact, as well as further developing their creative problem-solving skills through collaboration. And in absentia, all those other persons named in the official record qualified for the conferment of a doctoral degree in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries and the Faculty of Law. We are nearing the end of this graduation ceremony. On behalf of the university, I invite all today's graduates to stand and receive the congratulations of us all. And while you are standing, it will be a great time for the graduates to show their appreciation of their families and supporters and the staff of the university to help them as they achieve their qualifications. This concludes this meeting of council and convocation of the university for the confirmative degrees in the award of diplomas. I now invite you to sing the first verse of God to Fair New Zealand in Māori, then in English. The words are printed on the reverse of the programme.