 i te marae o te raha, i mae kake mae. Anamana and a rail in a hoi farm, Tena koutou, Tena koutou, Tena koutou katoa. Vice-chancellor, pro-chancellor, council members, members of the university, special guests, graduands, families and friends. I extend a warm welcome to this, the 8th autumn graduation ceremony for 2012 of the University of Auckland. This week the university is bestowing a total of 7,048 qualifications on some 6,862 students. At this ceremony, degrees will be conferred and diplomas awarded in the Faculty of Education, a total of 569 in person plus a further 123 in absentia. As Chancellor, I am privileged to preside at graduation once more. The tri-shealy cycle of graduation ceremonies makes them no less significant for the university and me personally than for those of you being capped here today, many for the first and only time. Graduation is always a festive event, rich in history, pomp and colour, but with some endearing contemporary touches. And here in Auckland, our enviable mix of cultures and ethnicities is evident in the variety of dress and adornments worn by some graduands. Today is one of celebration, hard-earned and well-deserved by you, the graduands and diplomats on your academic feats and by your family and friends who have encouraged and supported you in good times and who are here to rejoice in your success. The university, represented by the council and academic staff members seated behind me and those many professional staff who direct proceedings with unearing precision, takes equal satisfaction in your hugely significant day. The University of Auckland is deservedly ranked as one of the best universities in the world. The qualifications bestowed on you today will always serve you well in this country and abroad whether in qualifying you for a fulfilling career or in leading to further challenging study or simply for your own personal and intellectual enrichment. In today's world of constant and often bewildering change, you can never afford to stop learning and honing your skills and capabilities. So do keep in mind our ever-expanding range of postgraduate opportunities. The critically important role of major research-led universities such as the University of Auckland in modern life is not always understood. Our cutting-edge research is vital for long-term sustainable economic growth and social development, never more so than in these globally uncertain economic times. Universities such as ours equip graduates like you not simply for the jobs of today but for careers not yet imagined. The University of Auckland's aspirations for the period ahead and our responses to an increasingly constrained funding environment are comprehensive and demanding. They are taking shape in our draft strategic plan for 2013-2020. I encourage you to peruse this wide-ranging document in your website and let us have your feedback. I urge you as imminent 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. This at a time when our country's universities receive the lowest income per student in the developed world. Your advocacy and influence are vital in encouraging government and community at large to fund universities so they can generate the knowledge needed to drive a productive and competitive economy and to create full and satisfying lives for all New Zealanders. But that's enough for me on the challenges currently facing universities. For today is unquestionably your day. I warmly congratulate each and every one of you and trust that you will long cherish memories of your graduation in May 2012. Our speaker at this morning's ceremony is Michael Stanley, who chairs the Vodafone New Zealand Foundation. The mission of this foundation is to improve the health and well-being of young New Zealanders through charitable partnerships, programmes, networking and relationship building. Mr Stanley grew up in Brisbane and qualified in social work at the University of Queensland. He worked for 12 years as a social worker in Australia, the UK and this country, specialising mainly in child protection and also work with isolated, Aboriginal communities. He then moved into HR, working for Telstra in Australia, running his own consultancy and working for AMP before joining Vodafone Australia. In 2008, he came to Vodafone New Zealand to take on the challenge of being director of HR. Mr Stanley is passionate about the role and value of the Vodafone New Zealand Foundation. He sees it as offering a chance to Vodafone's 1,500 staff to make a positive difference in their local communities. Mr Stanley. Vice-Chancellor, members of the council, members of the university, guardians, family and friends and graduates. Kia ora, welcome and gidae. 569 people graduating today. Congratulations. What a magnificent achievement. I hope today that you take the opportunity to celebrate. You deserve it. I also hope that today you take the opportunity to find just a little space of time to stop and to reflect. To think over what has driven your success, what has led to your achievement which is being beautifully acknowledged this morning. I hope also you have the opportunity to reflect with gratitude on all those people who've supported you to arrive here today. Family, friends, loved ones, the staff of the university who have been committed to your success and to your achievement. And I also wish that for today you also find some space to look ahead, to consider the future, to dream of what's possible and to reflect on your ambition. Michael Angelo, the very great 16th century Italian master, scientist and artist said to us, the greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short but in setting our aim too low and achieving the mark. I hope that today you take the opportunity to dream big to dream wide to dream with ambition. In preparing for today I was reflecting back to 1979 when I graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Queensland. At that time I had no idea of the opportunities that that qualification bestowed upon me. I had no sense that that degree would enable me provide me with a ticket to live and work across Australia here across New Zealand in the United Kingdom in Hong Kong and then in addition to that to consult and work with businesses throughout Europe and throughout Asia Pacific. Dream big, I encourage you. I was recently at a dinner with John Key and John Key gave an address and in that address he told the story of his mother and John Key's mother was born in Vienna in Austria and she was born just prior to the Nazi Germany invasion of Austria and John Key's mother was Jewish. One of her aunts managed to get out of Austria after the German invasion and at that time it was possible if you were married to a British citizen to bring two relatives from abroad. So his mother's aunt paid a British soldier to marry her and literally within days she had managed to take John Key's mother and a younger brother out of Vienna to the UK. During the war that unfolded Mrs Key's entire family perished. She had a wealthy background. All of the family assets well disappeared. So she found herself with two relatives in a foreign land and she had to completely reinvent her life and re-establish herself. She had a second major transformation of her life many years later having married and immigrated to New Zealand where she and her husband had established a very successful prosperous business here in Auckland where they ran a series of restaurants but Mr Key suffered a fatal heart attack at a very early age leaving his wife with three young children and on the death of her husband Mrs Key was informed that actually the business that she believed to be prosperous was in ruins. The business needed to be declared bankrupt all the assets sold and Mrs Key took her three young children moved to Christchurch where John Key famously grew up in state housing went to a desile one school and really struggled to succeed and his mother throughout his childhood had two, three jobs. What John Key said that the one legacy of his mother, what she was determined to do for him was to provide him with the best possible education. And why? Because she believed that in life you can lose everything everything can be taken from you but no one can take from you your education your knowledge your growth. So today we acknowledge your education, your achievement may it be the start or the continuation of a life rich with learning challenge with growth with opportunity and just to finish I would like to share with you a blessing. It is an ancient blessing it's 40,000 years old and it comes from the peoples of the baron baron in north east Australia my homeland and it is a blessing of fire and it is offered to you may the fire be in you and just may it protect you from the evil one may the fire be in your eyes may it open your eyes to share what is good in life we ask that the fire protect you from what is not rightfully yours may the fire be in your lips so that you may speak in kindness that you may serve may it protect you from speaking evil may the fire be in your ears we pray that we may hear with deep deep listening so that you can hear the flow of the water and of all creation and the dreaming may you be protected from gossip and from things that harm and break down your family may the fire be in your arms and hands so that you may be of service and build up love may the fire protect you from all violence may the fire be in your whole being in your legs and in your feet enabling you to walk the earth with reverence and with care so that you may walk in the ways of goodness and truth and be protected from walking away from what is truth this morning I congratulate you sincerely and on your journey ahead I wish you the very very best thank you On behalf of the graduates graduands Mr Stanley can I thank you for some very interesting entertaining and insightful remarks and could I ask the graduates to show their appreciation again Mr Stanley 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 Dr Ian Parton 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 this ceremony Thank you Chancellor by the authority vested in me by 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 the Dean of the Faculty of Education Associate Professor Aitken to present graduands in that faculty Pro Chancellor as Dean I have the honour of bringing to you the students qualified for the award of a diploma or confirm it of a degree in the Faculty of Education Graduate Diploma in Education Mari Jane Arpenning Rebecca Ann Beattie Raywin Margaret Cameron Signor Grace Cunningham Glenys Joan Drew Jacinta Hall You say Carlos Hugo Martin David Kawana Alfred Chiwai Ko Joanne Carol Martin Hester Katharina Menz Heather Mitchell Karen Margaret Mora James Hanshra Ram Jeanette Rezetel Eddie Skipper Jeanette Beard Douglas 3rd Caroline Sarata Issa Tutawaha Graduate Diploma in Special Education Paula Jaree Baker Brinalda Leslie Chitty Rebecca Ann Beattie Rebecca Claire Kreswick Ediko Edet Dittrich Richard Dittrich Sharon Dale Fox Sarah Rose Taataher Grace Water Claire Rosamond Helen Harpalee Diana Beverly Harrison Heidi Maria James Monica Maup Joanna Barbara Moana Judith Raven O'Connell Burnett Ngau-Peters Marlene Patricia Redd Jan Mary Elizabeth Turnbull Graduate Diploma in Teaching Secondary Logan Bruce Adams Josephina Lomialangi Leonoris Josephina Arsar Destiny Anderson Joshua William Andrews Natasha Louise Bagley Emily Julia Bajan Cleo Jane Bailey Rachel Elizabeth Bate Anna Jane Lilius Beasley Anna Jane Lilius Beasley Joel Michael Burnett Stephen Leonard Black Sally Jane Balden Katie Sue Balskill Stacey Jane Brown Tamada Jane Brown Deborah Joy Buckland Matthew Peter Buckley Christopher Lawrence Buschell Christopher William Calder Andrew Greg Cowan Genevieve Rose Craig Duncan David Darich Leah Rosemary Dempster Emily Irene Donovan Benedict Cosmaster Sousa Carly Ann Dunlop Catalina Espinoza Narissa Offa-Falle Jonathan Piers Richard-Fall Rosemary Fenty Hazel Rutherland Fong Tapaeru Ariki Cecily-French Oliver William Joseph Gilmore Scott Anthony Greenwood Scott Anthony Greenwood Scott Anthony Greenwood Thomas John Hahn Janice Allegra Hayes Harriet Adelaide Helia David Thacker Holmes Catherine Louise Hunter Grace Ikinaseo Marie Helene Heuget Suzanne Imbyl Selba Jimenez-Calvo Shereen Caden Alana Victoria Kempthorn Chloe Ann King Natasha Louise King Jason Stuart Knowles Anchu Avantika Kuma Aunty Vakashni Kuma Anne-Marie Lalakai Deborah Jane Lailua Sean Alexander Wiley-Legans Michelle Marie Lomburg Makarita Josephine Fahawai Lotto Born Marie Lauman Patricia Mahaleone Potomaka Makata Scott David Mansel New York Neomai Sarah Mark Melissa Rachel Martin Ruby Caledonia Masson Jaylen Opholotoki Mata Ele Norika Matsuda-Tabman Shona Mata Jessica Rose Matthews Steven Trevor McCracken Stacy Ann Mackay Claire Margaret McMillan Sarah Jane McNeill Samoa Maya Lucy Helen Mata Shaulie Leilani Misile Tanya Rochelle Mitchell Zorin Nafisa Muhammad Robin Idris Morgan-Jones Strujith Hemman-Muthiaya Masha Joella Nair David Desmond O'Halloran Rebecca Leanne O'Leary Daksha Ben Patel Manoj Jatendra Patel Razmita Patel Thomas A. Thomas Edward Pearson Jesse Renee Peniamena Elizabeth Peridot Alicorn Emma Therese Philips Lee Joon Thieu Ashish Pralfour Rambai Marisa Vanita Ramlu Michael John Randall Aidan Lindsay Richards Jared Wayne Reisbauer Andrew Joseph Rogers Mila Romich Kimberly Erin Schumacher Tawira Nadine Scott Patterson Rebecca Jill Simon-Scholls Christopher Alan Smith Emily Gillian Meaghan-Stewart Margarita Frederick Streck Siosiana Tokolok Sarah Christine Teah Tahuariki Tofitu Thompson Bessie Paulina Tuia-Lee Alexandra Mae Vincent Brad Stuart Jemma Kate Annie Ward Sarah Jean Ward Kerry Ann Watts Vera Linda Williams Lorraine Wu Bing Mae Zhang Graduate Diploma in Teaching English in Schools to Speakers of Other Languages Catherine Ann Bartlett Shibana Shibana Shibana Shibana Shibana Shibana Shibana Shibana Catherine Mary Scott Catherine Mary Scott Catherine Margarit Frances Salisami Broman Ann Wilkinson, to the degree of Bachelor of Education teaching English to speakers of other languages. Kata Abdull Halim, no shahida Fatiha Abdull-Raman. Sariza Shae Sarri, no fareha Mohamad Sharum. Nadila Rosley, haneza Shahul Hamad, anu Rul Atika Wa Azmi. Rul Ashikin Yusof, Mohamad Fareed Zakaria, to the degree of Bachelor of Education teaching. Adrian Sharon Ackerman, Luisa Tupo-Eliomotua. Barbara Ann Alexander, Nathaniel Ilsefa Alexander-Poa. Lily Mae Andrews, Marilyn Janice Andrews. Vicky Janelle Appleton-Tattisall, Gillian Lee Armett. Grayson Charles Espinall, Nicholas Aaron Bateman. Susan Dawn Bailas, Regan Mark Bell. Simone Leigh Belton, Liddy Ann-Larie Marie Benard. Stacy Ann Benson, Elsa Ceule Burking. Jade Nicole Bloom, Latisha Marie Bone. Tanya Nicole Boniface, Senior Scholar Education. Janelle Amy Booth, Linda Kay Brade. Donna Leigh Bregman, Shelley Lynn Brockelsby. Tanya Brooke Smith, Lauren Grace Brown. Stephanie Marie Bruce, Dara Leigh Buckman. Holly Ann Burke, Samantha Susan Byrne. Sheena Marie Campbell, Brigitte Clare Canton Gilmore. Laila Mackenzie Ruahau-Rawidy Carmichael. Shredevi Chalagula, Grace Lee Mae Chan. Yida Grace Chang, Ashwini Prem Choan. Sophia Yenyu Chen, Senior Scholar Education. Lauren Brian Clark, Hannah Renee Clark. Rebecca Jane Clarkson, Jordan Daniel Cole. Rachelle Ann Cole, Senior Scholar Education. Elizabeth Ann Coleman, Nicholas William Colling. Tanya Ann Conakie, Vicky Lynette Cooper. Melanie Amy Cronan, Haley Marie Crowther. Wendong Dai, Tina Marie Dean. Megan Kate Denton, Clifford James De Piasi. Chelsea Scarlett Devine Valasame, Emma Mae Donaldson. Catherine Elizabeth Dwyer, manager Sujiwani Editi Wakrama. Rebecca Fife Ellery, Elizabeth Christine Elliott. Amy Catherine Ellis, Jessica Louise Ellis. Rebecca Louise Ellison, Tyson Wade-Edwera. Mae Faluniko, Jennifer Ann Farrell. Jillian Barbara Foulding, Heidi Christina Fagan. Pepe Lea, Anna Pepe Lea. Heather Jean Ferguson, Natalie Rosaline Farrand. Sarah Jane Fathol, Jamie Alice Fletcher. Hayley Louise Flint, Fertici Fornua. Craig Alan Ashton Forster, Christina Joanne Fortes. Hybis Flinda Freddie, Janine Gay Friar. Zoe Barbara Friar, Jill Elizabeth Garten. Julia Mary Gates, Rachel Louise Gavin. Anne Giel, Lisa Marie Gooder. Jane Pamela Gordon. Leanne Julie Gordon. Jillian Merle Granger. Warren Neil Green. Emily Joan Grice. Benjamin Ryan Griffiths. Roman Jan Groombridge. Lisa Marie Guest. Sheena Marie Gonong-Guntang. Joanne Freda Hadfield. Kariam Joy Hadfield. Katrina Ann Halstone. Catherine Selina Ann Halcro. Chris Goller Education. Amanda Frances Hall. Louisa Hall. Tannathie Marie Hall. Lindsay Ann Hampton. Jessica Marie Hancock. Abby Peta Harris. Kylie Jane Harris. Ryan Caroline Harris. Abra Ann Harrison. Kelly Ann Hedgeman. Rebecca Jane Hallowell. Yvonne Eileen Huver. Ashley Storm Hewitt. Sarah Marie Hoody-Hear-Hohepa. Laura Ann Holder. Danikea Valerie Neely-Holtam. Jane Haywood Horner. Linda Jane Hoved. Neil Edward Howe. Arlene Ann Hoyle. Van Hoa. Hannah Elizabeth Maria Hoobas. Jai Yun-Hoo. Lauren Louise Hukui. Tania Leanne Ireland. Persia Ann Iwan. Sarah Elizabeth Jacobs. Stephanie Nicola James. Claire Marie Jamison. Sherilyn Ann Jarvis. Lungi Jenkins. Amy Lee Johnson. Bonnie Monica Jones. Lachia Ella Jowsy. Renee Kahui Haapai. Keta Lima Kaiwai Herbert. KD Thalini Plabipa Karuna Ratne. Laura Nicola Keenan. Ashley Jean Kearney. Yvonne Eileen. Yvonne Eileen. Laura Keenan. Ashley Jean Kearney. Sarah Jane Gaiksen-Kor. Tajong Kim. Laura Noel Kingston. Deborah Kitchell. Alicia Claire Corpore. Zantaya Devi Kumar. Laina Latif. Feneva Eirere. WhenoaApai Lauakie. Malamalamia. Deborah Sally Lawson. Elise Marion Lawson. Lea Atoa Atoa, Tessa Louise Leona, Kierling Lea, Hafsa Leacart, Karl James Lidstone, Kelly Anne Elizabeth Linnahan, Natasha Emma Jade Lines, Cherie Diana Lister, Sesca Meliseke Luawhaleola, Sarah Karina Lusich, Deborah Grace Lynch, Rebecca Ann Lyons, Senior Scholar Education, Sarah Teresa Mary Lines, Carla Marie Mackle, Jyotishna Angeline Maharaj, Willis Pataoro Maihi, Leonard Marcus Mail, Roimata Kamel Manaya, Charlotte Elizabeth Manga, Pamela Sue Manning, Emma Lline Ulu Lulua Manoa, Kirsten Amy Marsh, Philippa Mary Martin, Jade Alana Macefield, Heather Naomi Matthews, Ashley Coral Mayne, Amanda Raewyn McConnell, Bonita Waimāria Meriana McFarlane, Liza Patricia McFarlane, Deirdre Louise McGibbon, Theodore McClay, Errol Josephine Mendenza, Kelly Marie Merson, Stefan Wayne Minton, Yose Mary Misson, Joanne Tracey Mitchell, Alisa Kimberley Moldy, Anna Lee Muir, Kirsten Stacey Mulcahy, Natalie Anna Muller, Johnnavi Chan Munoz, Senior Scholar Education, Jodi Ann Christine Munro, Laura Joy Murphy, Shayna Lee Mutton. Thank you for a chance to look at conferring the degrees and awarding the diplomas in the first half of the ceremony. One of the great pleasures of graduation is the opportunity to hear performances by students from our acclaimed School of Music. Su Yong Kim, on flute, accompanied by Rosemary Brands-On-Piano, will now perform Rondo in D major for flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. That, of all the great composers, Mozart's often the easiest to listen to, but it's particularly easy when you have such a beautiful instrument as the flute and particularly when it's played as beautifully as it just was by Su Yong. Can I ask you to show your appreciation to Su Yong and Rosemary again? Each year we have some memorable performances by students from our School of Music, such as the one you've just heard. All graduands and their families who would like to hear further performances of this calibre are invited to the graduation concert at 7.30pm this Saturday in the Town Hall. By the authority vested in me by Resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Roger France Chancellor, award the diplomas and confer the degrees stated upon those who within the Faculty of Education have satisfied the requirements of this university. To the degree of Bachelor of Education Teaching, Hailey Chloe Naismith, Suru Shannon Nielson, Rachel On Keen, Senior Scholar Education, Gaila Margaret Nixon, Connie Francis Noble, Timothy James Noyce, Kaitlyn Helen O'Connor, Gemma Elizabeth Olson, Senior Scholar Education, Joanne Orchard, Courtney Elizabeth Orr, Timothy John Osborne, Amelia Danika Ozic, Irum Fathima Panju, Alex Marion Patterson, Katie Elizabeth Pearce, Anne Montano Paredo, Mary Ann Colleen Pettican, Lyle Cassidy Pallay, Edward Joel Russell Pannel, Bridget Jane Poir, Michelle Marairua Porter, Kaitlyn Prasad, Diane Mary Pritty, Avae Deborah Bolotu, Alia Falakika Polono, Chand Mohini Rai, Stacey Helen Raulston, Rachel Patricia Raui, Benjamin Joseph Raulston, Morgan Marie Rays, April Ann Reid, Kathleen Patricia Dawn Reid Watson, Samantha Lee Robinson, Simon Matthew Robinson, Rahul Dismar Rodricks, Kate Louise Rogers, Helen Rollo, Michelle Carla Rot, Haley Ann Russell, Lucy Alexa Raita Gardiner, Lalita Cameron Saisu, Zixta Satishwa, Amber Claire Shelford Burger, Maria Theresa Swass, Tracy Jean-Gin Seto, Catherine Victoria Rose Sharp, Robert James Shelley, Catherine Grace Simpson, Christina Gioti Singh, Jasdeep Kao Singh, Ushunti Rundika Suriwadna, Elizabeth Sivakumar, Renona Saipeti Sivanila Preston, Michael Gavin Smart, Laura Brittany Smith, LePenna Smith, Sarah Annette Smith-Pilling, Sarah Louise Somerville, Hashita Soodh, Jodi Evelyn Southern, Alana Maria Steens, Annie Martha Stewart, Halee Jane Swan, Regan James Taya, Regan James Taya, Tora Taleveni Tapuai, Lynn Rosalie Tarling, Novema Tamala, Pailing Tan, Nikita Victoria Tapora, Tavoi Alice Taufalere, Etiolita Suzanne Tavalu, Dana Airey Telforth, Nicole Kathleen Taylor, Elizabeth Mary Thomas, Stacey Carol Marie Thomas, Ellie Gwendolyn Thompson, Marie Thorpe, Durga Devi Tulau, Agnes Patricia Topia, Cheryl Tulia Toloneo, Christine Letaisha Tupo, Ia Lofi Tutoe, Tusha Varevelu, Fusungu Tonia Vaesangutau, Norte, Bevan Andrew Verrett, Stacey Kezia Tanikau-Vickers, Tracy Vani Lingi Viviani, Serena Elise Walker, Rachel Ruth Walsh, Anna Michelle Wandsbone, Koma Newton-Wailon Willis, Hannah Lauren White, Hannah Maria Whittington, Angela June Wikitera, Chantelle Williams, Stephanie Rose Williamson, Aileen Ann Willis, Angela Michelle Wilson, Tess Lidoine Wiltenberg, Hin Thet Swaw Nguyen, Senior Scholar Education, Helen Eve Withey, Li Lip Wong, Victoria Selina Wood, Jodi Beatrice Chi-Ching Yee, Inaya Aida Zani, to the degree of Bachelor of Social Work, Brianna Coglin, Emma Cohen, Inho Xiong, Deanne Joy Littlejohn, Michaelin Aisa Pukaro, Susan Mary Therese Riley, Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling, Anna Ninova Papulauva, Postgraduate Diploma in Education Teaching, Stephanie Jane Beresford Duncan, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership with Distinction, Elise Carolyn Braublett, Lennis Ann Danielle, Naomi Alexandra Rosedale, Catherine Mary Twyford, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership with Merit, Shelley Ann Clarke, Jonathan James Daniels, Kaye Darrell Low, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership, Miri Janine Pottenger, to the degree of Bachelor of Education Teaching Honours with First Class Honours. Senior Scholar, Primary Education, Rachelle Alice Dixon, Karen Elaine Hitchin, Helen Margaret Laris, Elise Holly Fenoraw, to the degree of Bachelor of Education Teaching Honours with Second Class Honours First Division, Flea Bracey, to the degree of Bachelor of Education Teaching Honours with Second Class Honours Second Division, Olivia Ann Carlton, University Graduate Scholar, Kristen Carla Metty-Clark, Ravina Kirsten Elise McNabb, to the degree of Bachelor of Social Work Honours with First Class Honours, Yong Hee Hanh, to the degree of Bachelor of Social Work Honours with Second Class Honours First Division, Fang Fang Chen, He Suk Chau, Benjamin James Hugle, Kha Wai Woong, to the degree of Bachelor of Social Work Honours with Second Class Honours Second Division, Carol Avao, Yu Huang, to the degree of Master of Education with First Class Honours, Leonie Faye Baileth, Anne Margaret Collins in counselling, Daniel James Couch, Janet Anne Francesco in counselling, Kim Suzanne Ford Henry, Tony Rosalind Ingram, Elizabeth Anne Kane, Ryan Joseph Martin, Patricia Agnes MacLean in counselling, Athleen Amanda Ramsey, Judith Ann Selvaraj, Anuja Singh, Lisa Marie Watson, to the degree of Master of Education with Second Class Honours First Division, Marion Linda Blundle in counselling, Santina Atam-Deng in counselling, Jillian Maria Halpin, Tanya Marie Luke, Julie Ann Ma, Richard Andrew Nind in counselling, Joy Marie Payton, Heidi Remington in counselling, Janet Elizabeth Rogers, to the degree of Master of Education with Second Class Honours Second Division, Sumithra Naidu, Rochelle Leanne Telfa, Huw Wakavanua, to the degree of Master of Professional Studies with First Class Honours, Julia Barbro Laird, Jack Willem Passe, to the degree of Master of Professional Studies with Second Class Honours First Division, Mark Jonathan Broadworth, Shaquell Mabry in education, to the degree of Master of Professional Studies with Second Class Honours Second Division, Elizabeth Maria Jones, James Charles Williams, 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 Education, Leon Vuka-Binardi, University Doctoral Scholar. Leon showed that a critical and creative implementation of the New Zealand curriculum in schools will enable teachers to take greater ethical control of their work. Elizabeth Ann Probert. Elizabeth investigated teachers' understandings and practice regarding information literacy skills which are needed particularly for research or inquiry learning and also the effectiveness of an in-school intervention. Findings revealed the need for information literacy skills to be taught explicitly and that providing effective professional development for this is a complex process. Elizabeth. Julie Colleen-Taylor Patel. Cherie's research examined the extent to which student-led conferences are effective as a reporting method, how they change teachers' practice and their impact on the development of student competencies in reporting. Yanni Adriana Gerada-Maria Van Hees, University Doctoral Scholar. Yanni investigated the oral expression in English of five and six-year-olds in low-satio-economic schools. Their overall competencies and their quality and quantity of oral expression during class lessons. To the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Linda Margaret Bendixon in Education. Linda investigated the links between student achievement on the National Secondary School Qualification NCEA and the effectiveness of their school principles. She is now using her research to inform the induction and continuing development of school principles in New Zealand and Australia. Sally Elizabeth Birdsell in Education. Sally investigated teachers' understandings of sustainability and the ways these can be developed. The research has highlighted the changes in behaviour and values of teachers are the linchpin of any significant change in classroom pedagogy for sustainability. Kathleen Ann Nederer in Education. Kate examined the changes to gifted students' self-concepts on moving to a part-time gifted programme and the factors that appeared to moderate these changes. Sally Everline Scott in Education. Sally investigated the particular discursive, political and practical mechanisms in education and how she came to think of herself as a teacher called a resource teacher learning and behaviour in New Zealand. Awe Te Awa in Education University Graduate Scholar. In an Action Research study, Awe investigated how Cook Island's core values were implemented into teaching culturally responsive pedagogy and how this played an important part in students' learning and relationships with teachers. Melinda Jean Weber in Education. Melinda investigated racial ethnic identities in early adolescence attending large urban multi-ethnic high schools with a view to developing an increased understanding of the role of racial ethnic identities in relation to learning in New Zealand. 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. The university places great importance on teaching and it recognises this by making awards each year to teachers who have demonstrated excellence in particular aspects of teaching. These awards are contestable across the university and signify a truly superior achievement. An award for excellence in sustained excellence in teaching has been made to Dr Pamela Millwood in the School of Teaching, Learning and Development within the Faculty of Education. I now call upon a student of that faculty, Justine Mary Delport, to read the citation for Dr Pamela Millwood. It is both an honour and privilege to stand before you today to publicly acknowledge Dr Pamela Millwood for the Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award and to highlight the exceptional personal attributes, the pedagogical skills and the professional qualities that distinguish her. In my eyes, Dr Pam's greatest asset is her inherent belief that all students are capable of success and deserve the opportunity and support to achieve this. To this end, she strives to create a learning environment that fosters and nurtures the self-belief and self-efficacy of her students so that they feel empowered to achieve success in their academic pursuits. Dr Pam's approachable style, her empathetic nature, professional manner and effective feedback support a collaborative and inclusive learning community where excellence and diversity in its myriad of forms is valued and considered integral to the teaching learning process. She is able to make learning relevant, authentic and engaging to her students. She does this by taking learning theories and concepts and connecting these to learners' prior knowledge and experiences by using real case studies, her academic knowledge and personal experiences. The students in her class truly value her innovative and unique teaching style and this has engendered a reflective learning approach whereby they are encouraged to discover their own personal perspectives, values and ideas in the educational milieu and to challenge existing paradigms that do not align to their personal teaching philosophies. On a personal note, Dr Pam has inspired me to reach heights that I had not aspired to or even dreamed of before entering tertiary education. Through her gentle but firm leadership and her calm, reassuring disfigured, I know that I am better for having her as an active and able mentor in my learning journey. Dr Pamela is, in my opinion, most worthy of this award as she truly embodies all the values and ideals for which this award stands. On behalf of the university, can I now invite all today's graduates to stand and receive the congratulations of us all and this would be the ideal opportunity 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 conferment of degrees and the award of diplomas. I now invite you to sing the first verse of God Defend New Zealand in Māori and then in English. The words are printed on the reverse of your programmes.