 Anga mana, Anga reo, Anga hoe fa, tena koutu, tena koutu, tena koutu, koutu. Pro-Chancellor, special guests, graduands, whānau and supporters. As Chancellor of the University of Auckland, I extend a warm welcome to you all on behalf of 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 award diplomas and confer degrees in the Faculty of Arts, in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. Graduation is a time for celebrating success. Today you will experience the pomp and tradition of this ancient ceremony and the recognition befitting your success on your world-deserved day of celebration. Like your family and friends gathered here we are very proud of all your achievements and look forward to your lifelong involvement as members of the University of Auckland faculty. 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. Universities 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 qualification gained at university will have had 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 Arts we've seen several noticeable achievements in the last year. Distinguished Professor Dayman Selmond was elected to the position of Vice President Humanities and Social Sciences of the Royal Society of New Zealand Council. Professor Mark Mullins was awarded a commendation from Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his promotion of Japanese research in New Zealand and his contribution to the promotion of friendship between the two countries. Associate Professor Tracey McIntosh was awarded a Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award by the New Zealand Government for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching with a Focus on Kaupapa Māori. Dr Selina Tusi-Tara-Mash was commissioned to write and perform a poem at the Commonwealth Day Observance in Westminster Abbey attended by the Queen. Similarly in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, Dr Ray Selata and Dr Dawn Lawrence were recipients of the 2015 New Zealand Association for Research and Education Awards for Excellence in Educational Research. Associate Professor Bev France and Dr Kerry Lee won Technology Education Research Awards for their contribution to technology education research and teaching. Professor Stephen May was elected a fellow of the prestigious American Educational Research Association and Associate Professor Martin East won a National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award. We can rightfully be proud of these achievements. In my view 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. First we need to attract students of high academic potential and give them an outstanding academic and extracurricular experience. In this respect 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 are doing is illustrated by the achievements I've just read to you. Many of our staff are world leaders in their fields and you will have been privileged to learn from and work with them. It's no coincidence that in the QS world rankings of university subjects the University of Auckland came top in 35 of the 40 ranked subjects and we don't even teach in two of them. 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 at its campus renewal program to ensure that we provide facilities of genuine international quality. Many of you will graduate today with the 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 all of us as the world changes around us at a never accelerating pace. So whatever path you follow I urge you as 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. However today is your day with a focus firmly on your achievement. At the ceremony we honour your success along with 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. Our speaker tonight is Professor Peter O'Connor from the university's Faculty of Education social work. Peter is in demand all over the world for his work on using applied theatre in marginalised and vulnerable communities. He has spent 30 years teaching and researching ways in which drama can be used at every level of formal education in prisons, psychiatric wards, retirement village and in trauma zones. Peter has recently come back from running a two-week workshop in Jordan and is returning to the Middle East at the end of the year to work hands-on with classroom teachers in Westbank schools and in Bethlehem and the Golan Heights. He describes his teaching as seeking beauty, chasing serendipity and uncovering the poetic. Peter talks about a pedagogy of surprise that embraces teaching as an improvised art form that celebrates uncertainty and risk. Teaching in and through surprise is a genuine response to the 21st century, he says. Not teaching to prepare for it, but teaching that is part and parcel of it. Peter, we welcome you and look forward to hearing your address tonight. Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou kato. Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, members of council, members of the university, graduands, families, colleagues and friends, na mihi nui a koutou. I love graduation day, seeing the city alive with a pomp and ceremony of tradition and livened by the joy of family celebration. A day that marks achievement, possibility, hope and beginnings. Today is a transition between what has been achieved and what is yet to come. I know what it is like to sit and wait for your name to be called out and plan how to walk across the stage without tripping over. Don't worry, it doesn't happen that often. I also know what it's like though to watch both as a husband and a father with deep deep pride as I've watched my wife and my daughter walk across the stage. Usually though I sit as a very proud staff member watching my students be awarded their degrees. I was taught a number of years ago by a colleague to ration out the number of claps per student because if you clap wildly for two hours you can feel like your hands are about to fall off. So as a personal tip, born out of many years of experience at graduation ceremonies, a few claps each for each graduate and save some real energy for when your own family member walks across the stage. I know from these experiences that individual success marked here today in the awarding of degrees and diplomas is built as it always is on the strength of the collective. Our ceremony today brings together graduands from different disciplines including social work, education and across the arts. A narrow reading of the role of higher education is that it prepares people for work. Luckily you are wonderfully prepared for work in the 21st century because of the kind of study you have been involved in. In The Guardian recently in an article titled Humans Are Going To Have The Edge Over Robots where work demands creativity, Tim Dunlop explores the importance of creativity in an age of post industrialisation. He argues wealth has been created not by making and selling physical things but in areas of knowledge and information transfer. These areas simply do not need as many workers as traditional employers. Where Kodak used to employ 140,000 people and was valued at 28 billion and is now bankrupt thanks to digitisation, Instagram was sold to Facebook in 2012 for a billion dollars when it employed only 12 people. Facebook itself is the sixth largest company in the US but it employs a mere 12,000 people full time. Compare that to say General Motors which during the 1980s employed 349,000 workers in the US alone. In a recent report on the future of work, McKinsey and Company concluded that of the 2,000 work activities they examined 45% could be automated using already demonstrated technology not in 10 or 20 years time but now. The good news is that humans for a while yet are going to have the edge over machines in areas where work demands creativity, empathy and in areas of artistic expression and practice. It means that STEM skills, science, technology, engineering and maths will still be good things to have. However in a development seldom seen or realised by politicians who tend to dismiss the arts as soft and impractical it means that higher education in arts related subjects including ethics, critical thinking and understanding social relationships are likely to become increasingly valued and in demand. An ability to deal with ambiguity, complexity and diversity will be desirable and as chief and as CEO Steve Yee of advertising platform media alpha said in the dynamic environment of the technology sector there is not typically one right answer when you make decisions there are just different shades of how correct you might be. So parents relax those who wondered about the degree your children were taking they made the right choice but of course higher education is not just about training for work if creativity, criticality and empathy are important attributes for work they are the vital skills for surviving and flourishing in the 21st century in a world that is increasingly confused and confusing that struggles with vast and irreversible challenges and changes and education in the arts in the social sciences is the very best thing you could have done to be part of the solution to the chaos and complexities this world faces. Your study will have taught you that we only succeed fully as individuals when we succeed as communities. You will understand democracy demands your participation and engagement with the world. Seize it. Simplistic answers from politicians and media celebrities in a post-fact world need to be challenged by informed opinion. Yours as educated people claim your knowledge your expertise never be afraid to speak against ignorance and fear that reveals itself when it is used to divide people against each other. Education is meaningful only when it is imbued with sociological imagination imagination that requires us to not only know the world as it is but to imagine it as it might be. That is the hope and wonder of days like today. Graduands, take the knowledge and skills you have gained to make not just your own lives better but all our lives better. That is what we celebrate today. Peter, thank you for most insightful and challenging address. We can see why you're in demand wherever you go. Please join with me in thanking Peter once again. This is a meeting of council and convocation of 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. By the authority vested in me by resolution of the University of Auckland Council I Scott St John pro-chancellor award the diplomas and conferred the degrees stated upon those who within the Faculty of Arts have satisfied the requirements of this university. I call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Arts Professor Robert Greenberg to present graduands in the faculty. As Dean I have the honour of presenting to you students qualified for the award of a diploma or conferment of a degree in the Faculty of Arts. Diploma in Languages David Paul Lyle Gregg Graduate Diploma in Arts Keania Verma Heijin Yun to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Stephanie Ellen Adams Chika Debra Adenike Adeoshun Pellu Jeremy Afaese Kashiri Alhaqim Bin Ahmad Ali Janika Ologa Amadea Teresa Marie Armstrong Tofa Rosie Badawi Idris Balizi Ahmed Bashir Rico Ray Bautista Kui Heikura Kingston Beach Nathan Bjorn Bell Natasha Kumari Bangal Dean Jared Billman Arapera Pia Blank Penetito Alex Ian Orr Boyd Amy Macquarie Brown Matthew Logan Brunton Nicholas Reginald Edward Bunyan Steffi Jade Burrows Anushka Alexia Carney Riccardo da Lucezar Claire Chang Qinghua Chen Chenhui Cheng Kwok Ho Horace Chang Insun Cho Rachel Janice Choi Rebecca Choi Cassandra Dean Ariela Kokorulo Whitford Sabrina Zelda Shirley Mary Compton Lucia Brydie Kahn Ipatrick Cowan Haydie Rizelle Crispin Samuel John Cusson Lindsay Monica Daniels Courtney Brooke Davidson Hannah Louise Davies Elizabeth Deller Duan Singh Nguyen Abbey Jane Donaldson Miroslav Georgevich Brea Marissa Downey Elizabeth Jane Jinkwater Sujata Dubey Catherine Teresa Ann Dunbar Morgan Hannah Jaferic Leone Fa'athalele Isaac Sopi Laolive Fanuelli Yelfung Blaine Robert Fennick Carmen Ott Middleton Fepulea'i Alexandra Grace Ferguson Alexandria Luisa Fernando Albert Fakomono Ki Hawksbury Fihaki Jessica Rachel Walker Finucane Michael Trent Fong Ross William David Francis Ditmar Holly Serena Frankum Nicole Franklin Papi Eliza Lowe Fraser Tania Zoe Fu Joseph Roy Furzden Kayne Joshua Galbraith Annie Jean Gibson Megan Ray Gibson Christopher Goodall Lucia Florence Grant Good Kate Alice Gordon Louise Grant Victoria Carol Gray Brianna Jo Green Jun Sheng Guo Daniel Rewi Paul Haynes Adele Jane Hall Isabel Susanna Juliette Hallwright Glenn Hawes Claire Louise Henderson Samuel Brian Hewitt Bonnie Rose Houston Louis Thomas Hoy Daniel Sean Hunter Jaspreet Kaur Dador Tabasim Jahan Hion Wu-Jo Hadirah Johnston Christopher Nicholas Jones Aiyung Zhu Matarena Kabuea Mahina Victoria Castler Zareend Roshan Arakhan Andrew John Kidd Mijin Kim Minjong Kim Bridget Sherry Kimura Anong Klinyu Leah Catherine Kostalik Camille Benaka Kamachi Krishna Grace Parnolata Kumar Pro-Chancellor I now call upon the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor Christine Arkansas, to present further graduands. To the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Kwok Heisen Du Rikwan Meri Heilala Lada Vijay William Laude Andiraneta Papao Lavasi L. Harrington Lavea Rebecca Louise Lawrence Madeleine Charalee Samantha Owen Karen Lee Steven Poyou Lee Amanda Bowie Lee Wenru Lee Usha Lee Cindy Sheenie Lin Paige Rotong Lin Fanyen Leo Rebecca Ann Lloyd Hageman Man Ting Loe Nicholas Selwyn Wilson Logan Ray Anthony Martin Lopez Rosie Isabella Luke Alice Ueno Lynch Janning Ma Ma Kwok Yen Miki Aidan Francis McNaughton Eretutasi Mailo Anita Josephine Te Puetemarama Maletino Mandy Sayajon Manase Kristina Janelle Manes Alit Nisha Mash Kola De Olola Dubo Masima Wakana Ellis Matheson and a Diploma in Languages Koraina Mabel Matika Kate Rose McCulloch Karl Robert James McGurk Ellie David McCown Craig McWilliams Fernan Domendes De Bachos Sumakan Michak Naomi Allison Moore James Arthur Morell Emily Jo Morrison Catherine Anita Maunga Jaitishna Mudaliar Maria Muchtava Mia Grace Murphy Gloria Naamanu Fei Nanai Monica Vikashni Nan Brian Nasis Mina Sosa Nasiri Jesse Joan Kiri Nathan Ferete Kalahatane Emia Janelle Dana Isabel Nicholas Wright Ijal Samuel Steven Nola Hannah Ruth Osborne Camille Rose Frewin Owen Aaron Christopher Lance Parfit Jonathan Paul Parker Danielle Sara Parshitam Binal Patel George Matthew Michael Pearse Luke Benjamin Penrose Angelica Dela Rosa Peralta Emma Jane Pickles Simone Francis Boinga Hill Leah Jenneria Daisy Sarah Portusa Atarao Nadia Porfare Ellis Shivani Kushbu Prakash James Watson Song Wong Prentis Loloma Polete James Abraham Reveal Rose Ritchie Bethany Alana Robb Jordan Suzanne Wikitoria Romana Shelby Jean Rose Alexandra Anne Wally Rosser Waikareka Emily Rufiu Tombs Justin Rosemary Sucks Alia Saib Maria Coreti Sangyum Cristina Meleane Sautea Thameson Victoria Copland Savage Ren Alexander Sayer Michelle Rose Mary Scott Sally Seto Natasha Shamila Sharan Kathleen Shabon Sheehan Maureen Francis Shove Megan Catherine Shove Sacha Shu Chetan Anirudra Singh Romann Brett Singh Jeremy William Kingston Smith Sonia Rose Stephen Kelly Alexandra Sterrett Mark Carter Stokes Danielle Chery Stone Pearl Francesca Stroud Henry James Swanson Lutsa Sabo Iliami Tuli Ki Takau Mink Tan Jesse Jia Sheen Tan Zi Ki Tang Ben Chitao Rebecca Lisa Tesca Lakena Joyce Tau-Lili Patricia Tau-LaPapa Jamie Theata Ture Fenoa Simon Tafiao Jeremy Steven Julian Teal Venita Monique Zona Nicola N. Lily-Tichner Julia Louise Sectorland Tolentino Angela Tu Mele Seini Tukia Charlotte Sonia Turner Keetsia Mikaila Janice Tyler Miriam Futapu Uele Charlotte Dora Underhill-Huerson Brandon Woof Teariki Utia Egnis Tueu Umu Fakolaifangavaya Jonathan Elliott Bain Walters Wang Linda Joy Angela Warren Courtney Bronwyn Watt Dominique Zavie Weber Wei Wei Catherine Elizabeth Westlake Eva Marie Wickman Karen William Sarah Elizabeth Williams Stephanie Christine Wilson Chloe Evelyn Wintour Ti Witanarachie Jamie Tsi Yen-Wong Rachel Margaret Woods Lin Jun Yen Sunny Tung Jing Yang Jiang Tao Yu Sera Yung Tsi Yi Jiang Yun Zhou To the degree of Bachelor of Theology Shandelina Aida Toala To the degree of Bachelor of Arts Conjoined Grace Ellen Abbott And a Bachelor of Law Honours Oscar Thomas Cornfield And a Bachelor of Commerce Beatriz Amor Onkiko Dela Cruz And a Bachelor of Commerce Catherine Franklin And a Bachelor of Commerce Petra Katerina Jespers Bedford And a Bachelor of Commerce Harry John Clare And a Bachelor of Commerce Abigail Ellen Leach And a Bachelor of Commerce Samuel Martin Lynch And a Bachelor of Commerce Connor Patrick McCabe And a Bachelor of Commerce Senuri Yuwanika Panditaratine And a Bachelor of Science To the degree of Bachelor of Theology Conjoined Cruz Pomeray Te Oranga Karati Fox Postgraduate Diploma in Arts with Merit Mui Mui Heloto Akaia In Education Rebecca Mary McKenzie in Psychology Veronica Rebova in Psychology Oming Jai in Psychology Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Natasha Miriam Ponia in Education Lily Wang in Media, Film and Television Runfang Zhou in Media, Film and Television Postgraduate Diploma in Translation Studies with Distinction Jing Guo Postgraduate Diploma in Translation Studies So Yun Kim Qian Zhang To the degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours with First Class Honours Julia Ann Craig in Art History and a Bachelor of Arts Courtney Michelle Grundy in Politics and International Relations Benjamin Michael Hall in Media, Film and Television Lydia Clare Hollister Jones in Development Studies and a Bachelor of Arts Tila Moose in Sociology and a Bachelor of Arts Niles Alexander Macauskas in Sociology Katie Helena Margaret Rickson in Drama Elizabeth Helen Thomas in Anthropology David Allen Jun Rung Ting in Sociology Liliana Serra Duyone Dua in Psychology Serra Jane White in Museums and Cultural Heritage Wei Yi Jiang in Politics and International Relations To the degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours with Second Class Honours First Division April Charlotte Jane Clayson in Anthropology Thank you Pro-Chancellor for 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 Samson Setu on Vocal, accompanied by Claire Corble on Piano will now play V-Reviso by Vincenzo Bellini Thank you Samson and Claire for that delightful performance but you all joined with me in thanking Samson and Claire for the authority vested in me by Resolution of the University of Auckland Council I, Ian Parton, Chancellor, award the diplomas and confer the degrees stated upon those who within the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Education and Social Work have satisfied the requirements of this university I call upon the co-head of school Tiwananga O Waipapa in the Faculty of Arts Associate Professor Daman Salisi to present further graduands in the Faculty To the degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours with Second Class Honours First Division Timothy James Harrison in English Amar Kuma Jaku in Politics and International Relations Laura Elizabeth Lovegrove in Politics in International Relations and a Bachelor of Arts Matthew Logan MacLennan in Philosophy Susanna Rose Middleton Oliver in Music and a Bachelor of Arts Rianne Alice Muir in French Charlotte Fleur Robinson in Drama Sasha Rosalie Supen in Politics and International Relations Appente Ewera Tamanui-Francine in Māori Studies To the degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours with a Second Class Honours Second Division Hui Ching Ao in Sociology Jay Tawhuatai-Marsina in Anthropology To the degree of Master of Arts with First Class Honours Carl Stuart Adams in Development Studies Lydia Marguerite Bashford in Ancient History Karishma Joyce Beach in Psychology Sebastian Montgomery Christian Bennett in Ancient History Andrew Ross Blackman in Screen Production Eleanor Margaret Bloomfield in English Connolly Joy Bourne in Psychology James Bruce Cassidy in Ancient History Anna Christine Chilcott in Ancient History Marie Donnell Clegg in Art History Seth Alexander Davies in Ancient History Holly Claire Dixon in Psychology Jamie Marie Dudley in Anthropology University Graduate Scholar Katrina Jane Edwards in Ancient History Faculty Graduate Scholar Elizabeth Andrea Alts in Ancient History Faculty Graduate Scholar Anna Louise Gilderdale in History Faculty Graduate Scholar Rihanna Hartman in Sociology Mana Tawipo Laumea in Anthropology Michael Cannon Miller in Screen Production Bevin Ken Morgan in History Clara Jeanette Morrell in Political Studies Anna Bachelor of Arts Honours with First Class Honours in Political Studies Anna Bachelor of Arts Jay Sung Park in Ancient History Cameron Tyler Pitney in Screen Production Jane Elizabeth Ruck in Art History Kaitlyn Bonham-Smith in Anthropology Rebecca Jane Ward in Art History Oscar James West in Drama Charlotte Kate Victoria Walsford in English Chingwen Wu in Applied Linguistics To the Degree of Master of Arts with Second Class Honours First Division Sukreeti Bhatnagu in Education Radley Joshua Eric Fena in Screen Production Rupda Munjit Kua in Education Benjamin Alexander O'Callaghan in History and a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts with Distinction in History To the Degree of Master of Arts with Second Class Honours Second Division Francois René Dutoy in History Ian Alexander Russell in History To the Degree of Master of Arts Midua Goa in Philosophy Jun Pyo Hung in Education To the Degree of Master of Creative Writing with First Class Honours Tulia Thompson To the Degree of Master of Creative Writing with Second Class Honours First Division Cecilia Etewati To the Degree of Master of Creative Writing with Second Class Honours Second Division Juliet Joan Robison To the Degree of Master of Professional Studies with First Class Honours Gloria Juliana Bustamante Reyes in International Relations and Human Rights To the Degree of Master of Public Policy with First Class Honours Gay Marie Manolo Francisco Velicia Naidu Marianne Michelle Wardlow To the Degree of Master of Public Policy with Second Class Honours Second Division Travis Michael Gary MacDonald To the Degree of Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with First Class Honours Rachelle Marie Hewn To the Degree of Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with Second Class Honours First Division Hua Fan To the Degree of Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with Second Class Honours Second Division Zhang Yaowun To the Degree of Master of Literature with Second Class Honours First Division Kim Marie in screen production and a postgraduate diploma in arts with distinction in film, television and media studies. And in absentia, all those other persons named in the official record qualified for the award of a diploma or confirming of a degree in the Faculty of Arts. I now call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work, Professor Graham Aitken, to present graduands in the Faculty. Chancellor, as Dean I have the honour of presenting to you the students qualified for the award of a diploma or confirming of a degree in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. Graduate Diploma in Teaching, Early Childhood Education, Margaret Ann Dennehy. Back to Varsami Chikkar. Graduate Diploma in Teaching, Primary. Parishat Begum. Glen Michael Burgess. Nilesh Desai. Kerry Raymond Harding. Dayam Ritse Pacheco-Rohas. Jennifer Rose Williams. Graduate Diploma in Teaching, Secondary. Albert Alexander Amahoe-Beltz. Rory Samuel Lawrence-Carol Mayer. Katherine Elizabeth Francis Hamilton. Shannon May Reed. Graduate Diploma in Teaching, English in Schools to Speakers of Other Languages, Nicola Lee Kingston. Matauuta Leota. Kirsten Jane McLaren. Bandana Selwan. Anthea Joy Stein. To the Degree of Bachelor of Education Teaching. Naseem Ali. Abra Juliet Ash Falalu. Edward Philip John Beal. Akisa Ngai Beratambua. Charlotte Paige Boaza. Rebecca Mary Burgess. Georgia Ann Burt. Savannah Ruth Cuisinas Casey. Stephanie Adele Clayton. Miranda Jane Cooper. Christina Lee Davis. Bre Annie Evans. Benita Falesifulu Faulalo. Alice Karen Fenton. Luciane Thafita. Joy Chantal Fisher. Amy Jacinta Godine. Vivek Gopal. Rachelle Elizabeth Hawkswood. Yanna Hill. Liam Jade Janssen. Samrandip Kaur. Poco Kirkwood. Lisa Veronica Camour. Hannah Louise Lawrence. Polakehe Mapapalangi. Eric Paynu. Natasha Ann Pearce. Amiria Pohaho. Chelsea Mae Rona. Sosafina Veldaseve. Ariel Janice Sela Sulunga. Laura Elizabeth Seal. Kairyn Anil Sulanki. Oliver James Stahl. Baryn Cornelia Stevenson. Imbranathan Subramani. Maungafa Fetifeti-Lofili Tengafua. Maripatuala. Elena Kylie Walker. Kayla Ann Woolwick. Megan Eve Marie Walters. Michael Robert Wells. To the degree of Bachelor of Human Services, Carolyn Alice Chambers. Florence Iovale. Laura Ann Olson. To the degree of Bachelor of Physical Education, Ellen Marie Henderson. Dennis George Patelaw. To the degree of Bachelor of Social Work, Emily Hope Catherine Henderson. Tracy Catherine McDonald. Delilah Mosca. Joseph Te Vita Wright. Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Theory with Merit. Matthew Alexander Flynn. Postgraduate Diploma in Education with Distinction, Lynn Christine Gardner. Heidi Vincent Lea. Lisa Joanne Scrivins. Postgraduate Diploma in Education with Merit. Ivy Darlene Cameron. Anita Tresiyana Dewey. Postgraduate Diploma in Education. Dong Lee Chao. Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership with Merit. Vibol Boy. Sheryl Angela Fletcher. Ara Kim. Therith Seve. Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Supervision, Orfa Manu. To the degree of Bachelor of Education Teaching Honours with First Class Honours. University Graduate Scholar, Sarah Louise Jones. To the degree of Bachelor of Education Teaching Honours with Second Class Honours First Division, Troy Shane Lund. To the degree of Master of Counselling with First Class Honours, Ya-Shin Lai. Anna Jane Kirsten McWilliams. To the degree of Master of Counselling with Second Class Honours Second Division, Isabel Marion Dillon. Valerie Joyce McCulloch. To the degree of Master of Counselling with Second Class Honours Second Division, Shiyi Tang. To the degree of Master of Education with First Class Honours, Anna Maria Brebescia. Carolyn Rose Crowe. Catherine Theresa Eltringham. David Hithisei. Andrew Michael Magica. Myelene White-Bandeson. Shanaid Colleen Wilson. To the degree of Master of Education with Second Class Honours First Division, Rhenu Lata Naidu. Sweety Viral Naik. Keri Margaret Priess. Kelly Joanna Francis Slater Brown. Ju Yao. To the degree of Master of Educational Leadership with Second Class Honours First Division, Gina Marie Hemmingsen. To the degree of Master of Professional Studies with First Class Honours, Barbara Margaret Ngawati in Education. Adrian Rachel Wood in Education. To the degree of Master of Professional Studies with Second Class Honours First Division, Amanda Jane Corbill in Education. Julie Lorraine Marshall in Education. Nathan Penia Mina Samu in Education. Louisa Helena Tuetopo in Education. Deborah Ann Ward in Education. Rebecca Denise Wharton in Education. To the degree of Master of Professional Studies with Second Class Honours Second Division, William Anthony Trevor Hadnett in Education. Jane Walters in Education. To the degree of Master of Professional Studies, Lea Filiimaua in Education. Christine Lataisi-Atupo in Education. To the degree of Master of Social Work with First Class Honours, Sarah Eleanor Elliott. Shelley Kirk and a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work with Distinction. Natasha Urale Baker. To the degree of Master of Social Work with Second Class Honours Second Division, Jolene Evelyn Cartwright. To the degree of Master of Social Work Professional with Second Class Honours First Division, Antonia Margaret Britt. To the degree of Master of Social Work Professional, Sionee Fungalai Maka. To the degree of Master of Teaching Primary with First Class Honours, Shakira Holly Atkins. Betsy Mae Flynn. Yan Yeo Lin. Lucy Eleanor Linfield. Morgan Ann Lupton. Stephanie Jane Martin. Karpua Fergus Alexis O'Connor. Geraldine Erin Reid-Penow. Chloe Kosa Starnage. Kairis Wing Heitang. Sarah Mae Taylor. Caitlyn O'Brien Thompson. Tessa Jane Van Zulen. Emma Christine White. To the degree of Master of Teaching Primary with Second Class Honours First Division, Dawn Becky Anderson. Brittany Kate Buchanan. Fraser Luke Cocaine Gooden. Theresa Marie Coyle. Alexander Charles Douglas Haynes. Esther Lee. Grace Mariner Duncan. Maren Ruth McLeod. Hailey Ellen Paul. Eric Graham Shadwell. To the degree of Master of Teaching Primary with Second Class Honours Second Division, Arnica Julia Emily Browers. Kate Margaret Chatterley. Emily Victoria Grace Cooper. Olivia Christy Manson. Nicola Jane Russell. To the degree of Master of Teaching Secondary with First Class Honours, Kimberly Michelle Cook. Charlotte Emily Forster. Renee Catherine Gordon. Sarah Ellen Hughes. To the degree of Master of Teaching Secondary with Second Class Honours First Division, Brianna Ray Baker. Alf Christopher Ekholm. Rebecca Claire George. Tanya Marie Hartnell. Bassant Ibrahim. Kayla Tremaine Manasea. Christine Rachel Newvote. To the degree of Master of Teaching Secondary with Second Class Honours Second Division, Vanessa Marie Dowd. Elizabeth Mary Hyde Hills. Sylvia Manumaihunga Tafuna Liava'a. I now call upon the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Professor John Morrow, to present the doctoral graduands. Chancellor, I have the honour of presenting to you the doctoral graduands. To the degree of Doctor of Education, Judeen Brenda Ladbrook. Exploring 10 years digital and page leisure reading choices, Judeen found a complex interplay of factors that limited exploitation of the opportunities these choices offer for literacy development in school. Recommendations include valuing and accommodating students' choices to increase reading motivation, broadening the traditional definition of text, increasing the range of text studied, and strengthening critical digital information literacy, Judeen. Ann Stokes O'Kalligan. Ann explored why doctors do not always communicate effectively. She developed a grounded theory that explains how doctors can engage, use, lose or misuse their voice depending on the relational landscape and the specific hierarchy within any given team. This research has significant implications for reducing suffering and complaints related to communication as well as improving clinical outcomes for patients and reducing burnout in doctors. To the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University Doctoral Scholar Kathleen Araha Brett Kelly-Chamas in art history. Kathleen's research examined the philosophy of time in contemporary art practices from the 1960s to the present. She studied a diverse range of artworks that have shaped the way we experienced time as a system of measurement, a feature of human perception and a process of ecological change. Kathleen. Susan Margaret Crabtree in development studies. Susan used concepts from complexity thinking to reveal barriers to the successful implementation of recommended international maternal health strategies taking East New Britain Papua New Guinea as a case study. She argues that development agencies must work with unique local systems to develop effective solutions to improve outcomes for women and babies at birth. University Doctoral Scholar Benjamin Andrew Davies in anthropology. Ben examined how the archaeological record forms in Australia's arid zone using computational models to explore complex interactions of sedimentary and behavioural processes in desert landscapes. With large data sets of stone tool measurements and radiocarbon dates for comparison, Ben showed how these processes can transform the record over time, challenging popular theories about demographic changes during the last 2000 years. Jan Ding in translation studies. In a controlled interpreting experiment, Jan used a mixture of analytical tools to examine both the interpreting quality and the interpreting strategy. Jan found that domain knowledge affects information processing at the sentence and discourse level and that domain knowledge improves the reproduction rates of particular types of propositions. John Peter Fox in English. John examined the biblical language of building and reforming in the context of Protestant poetry of the Reformation. He argued that building language is an imaginative key to the reform of the English church and the poetry of Spencer, Herbert, Sydney and Dodd. Deborah Kathleen Green in education. Deborah used art-making and creative writing to explore her personal and professional experiences as arts therapists during the Canterbury earthquakes and their aftermath. She articulated several ideas that may be useful to other psychotherapists and art-based practitioners working with post-traumatic stress, trauma and natural disaster. Marie Kim in Asian Studies. Marie proposed and elaborated a new sub-genre in adolescent fiction in Japan which portrays teenage delinquency and rebellion. Her thesis opens up a new strand of critical discourse on Japanese rebellious youth culture, specifically in fiction, which complements and enhances the existing focus on enemy and film. She also maps the parallels and divergences in the development of rebellious youth culture in the United States and Japan. Yong Lu in media, film and television. Against the backdrop of the stereoscopic 3D cinema's current resurgence and its integration of digital technologies, Yong analyzed the narrative tropes and techniques explored by contemporary 3D filmmakers arguing that the contemporary 3D films have become more sophisticated in the use of stereoscopic effects for narrative purposes rather than simply generating spectacle. The case studies Yong discusses in his thesis include popular 3D films such as Gravity, Life of Pi, The Great Gatsby and the Hobbit Trilogy. Mandisi Majavu in Sociology. Mandisi undertook the first academic study to investigate and compare the experiences of black African refugees who reside in Australia and New Zealand. The thesis disrupted the hegemonic mode of researching and theorizing black Africans by drawing on innovative race analysis that allowed the development of a new theoretical concept to better interrogate the life struggles of the study's participants. University Doctoral Scholar, P.E.2 Iliya Nekula in Politics and International Relations. P.E.2 Iliya examined the tertiary education student funding policies in regard to student-state cost sharing in Finland and New Zealand between 1989 and 2013. Her research advances our understanding of the causes, explaining the stability and change in the generosity of these programmes. University Doctoral Scholar, Gerard O'Regan in Anthropology. Comparing South Canterbury and Western Taupo, Gerard questioned whether traditional Maori ideas about places can be demonstrated through archaeological methods. He showed that while it is possible in a few cases, more typically this is prevented by poor preservation of the archaeological deposits, rock art and the surrounding landscape features. The results invite a rethinking of how we assess Maori heritage places. Sabina Riemann in English. In her research, Sabina has looked at the various meanings of walls in fictional and non-fictional narratives of Lahore. Her research showed that walls stand as social-cultural structures at spatial, linguistic and gender-specific levels and examined how various writers in English have represented these as both dividing and connecting factors. James Rogers in Sociology. James studies visitors to three prison museums, the Eastern State Penitentiary in the USA, Robin Island in South Africa and Fremantle Jail in Western Australia. He asked whether the museums were intended to entertain or educate and concluded that visiting prison museums does not appear to have the humanising effect many people might have hoped it would have. University Doctoral Scholar, Rachel Manu-Scott in Anthropology. Rachel investigated the diet and health of ancient Egyptians by looking at the wear patterns of their teeth and changes to their skeletons. She concentrated on periods of political upheaval and climatic change. Rachel found that the healthiest Egyptians lived when the ancient pharaohs first began to reign over the country. Judith Ann Selvaraj. Judith looked at the possibilities and limitations of current New Zealand education policy in relation to secondary and pre-service teacher education. She critiqued inclusion in education and special education policies, practices and processes since 1989 and their implementation within a neoliberal policy environment. Zakhwa Shaheen in Media, Film and Television. Zakhwa analysed the perception of literate and semi-literate Pakistani women regarding climate hazards in relation to their own media use and context. The study provided insights into women's knowledge and understanding about climate change and natural hazards while reflecting on how media in developing nations can manage the gender-specific effects of climate change and assist in disaster risk reduction. University Doctoral Scholar, Li Teng in Education. Li Teng reconciled contemporary paradigms with both social-cultural and social cognitive theories to investigate how the instruction of self-regulated learning strategies contributed to second language learners' writing proficiency. This mixed methods research offered insightful evidence for implementing effective writing instruction with the name of developing strategic learners. Susan Ann Thorpe in Ancient History. Susan studied and analysed the wide selection of private letters from the various periods of ancient Egyptian history. This showed how such personal correspondence is an important primary source of social history in ancient Egypt, giving insight into the issues of daily life, religious belief and military custom. Catherine Mary Twyford in Education. Teachers' reluctance to engage in educational change is commonly labelled as resistance. Kei's research showed that most teachers are willing to engage but feel vulnerable because of the perceived risk when doing so. The perceived risk related to the increased uncertainty surrounding their professional learning experiences. Viewing non-engagement in change as risk rather than resistance provides a more positive perspective for leaders to use when supporting their teachers during professional learning. University Doctoral Scholar, Matthew Adam-Winniart in Sociology. Matthew examined the social and environmental costs and consequences associated with the growth of Maori industry, including the systematic dispossession of Maori land in the 19th century, the dispossession of Naururian phosphates throughout the 20th century and the increasingly widespread and serious degradation of New Zealand's freshwater commons more recently. And in absentia, all those other persons named in the official record qualified for the conferment of a doctoral degree in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Education and Social Work. 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, this will be a great time for you to show your appreciation to your families and supporters and the staff of the university who have helped you as you achieved your qualifications. Thank you. This concludes this meeting of council and university for the conferment of degrees and the award of diplomas. I now invite you all to sing the first verse of God to fill New Zealand in Maori, then in English. The words are printed on the reverse of the programme.