Breadcrumbs List.
Graduation
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Poetic justice: connecting creative writing and the law
4 May 2023
Autumn graduate Nithya Narayanan landed a role with the country’s largest litigation firm. She’s also finding the time to keep up with her creative writing.
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Social work sisters: persevering through grief
3 May 2023
Following in her late sister’s footsteps, University of Auckland Master of Social Work graduate Deirdre Little is now working with tamariki to ensure they have the best opportunity to engage with education.
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Bioengineering talent across the sciences and across the globe
3 May 2023
Diversity of backgrounds, science and research is driving success at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute as 25 ABI graduands cross the stage during the University of Auckland graduation ceremonies this week.
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Music graduate follows in her mum’s footsteps
3 May 2023
“I watched my mum graduate, so it's exciting to have my mum watching me graduate,” says Helen Pahulu.
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Graduate aims to build financial literacy in Pacific communities
3 May 2023
Victoria Ongolea wants to prevent financial hardship among Pasifika in Aotearoa, encouraging leadership in financial literacy.
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Tools of teaching trade pass to next generation
3 March 2023
For University of Auckland student Tyler Kini, the March graduation ceremony at Tai Tokerau completes a long-held dream as he begins his new teaching life.
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First in family to go to university, now a doctor from Aitutaki
11 January 2023
Dr Jordan Teaukura is a new graduate from the Māori and Pacific Admission Scheme (MAPAS) in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. He is the first in his family to graduate and the first doctor.
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Rising sea levels lead to a new nursing graduate
10 January 2023
The threat of climate change in the Pacific led one whānau to move to Aotearoa and join the Pacific health workforce. Now their daughter has graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing.
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Coupling models and energy conservation fundamental to realistic digital humans
5 October 2022
This Auckland Bioengineering Institute graduate switched from work on electric-car efficiency to modelling the body for human health.
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Decolonising dance education in Papua New Guinea
4 October 2022
Naomi Faik-Simet is the first PhD candidate from Papua New Guinea to graduate from the Dance Studies programme, an achievement honoured in a graduation ceremony in Port Moresby.
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Making art from sound, Tongan style
30 September 2022
The practice of Doctor of Fine Arts graduate, Sione Faletau, has shifted and evolved over the years of his studies, and across myriad media, but it has always been grounded in Tongan culture and concepts.
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Power of song and stamina: ten-year vision realised
29 September 2022
Natasha Urale-Baker set herself the ambitious task of completing three degrees in ten years as a mature student. This spring she graduates with her PhD in Social Work, with a focus on Samoan funeral rituals.