Breadcrumbs List.
Graduation
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Celebrating graduation together while apart
3 June 2021
A global pandemic and no relatives in New Zealand, didn't stop Divya Rathore from celebrating her graduation from the University of Auckland with her family in India.
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Sisters study and graduate together
2 June 2021
Sisters Hannah Swinton and Clare Stanton both graduate with doctorates in clinical psychology and say sisterly support has been crucial to their success.
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What an arts practice has to do with policy analysis
2 June 2021
Ashleigh Tupaki has graduated with her Masters in Fine Arts which is proving a natural and creative fit with her role as policy analyst at the Ministry of Environment.
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Making all the difference in the world
2 June 2021
On graduation day Callum Tokorangi will be wearing a collection of special shell necklaces passed on from his Cook Island nana to honour her memory, and that of his Aitutaki whānau.
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Celebrations as thousands graduate from University of Auckland
1 June 2021
More than 7,000 students will receive their degrees from the University of Auckland with the annual Winter Graduation celebrations underway.
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Five of a kind: medical degrees run in this family
16 December 2020
Miriam Karalus, 32, is the fifth sibling from one family to graduate from the University of Auckland’s medical school.
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A bioengineering approach to physiotherapy
9 November 2020
Melissa Davidson is one of ten registered specialist physiotherapists in the country and the only registered specialist physiotherapist in pelvic health, and has now graduated with her PhD in bioengineering.
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Microsoft selects Māori engineering student for graduate internship
7 November 2020
Arran Davis (Ngāti Hine, Te Uriroroi) has been selected by Microsoft for a graduate internship based in Seattle, Washington State. He was due to leave for America in October, but the effects of Covid mean he was still able to attend his graduate ceremony at the University of Auckland.
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Māori knew how to build, in ways we’re only beginning to understand
4 November 2020
Māori had a sophisticated understanding of construction techniques often hidden from view and poorly understood by Western researchers, as has been revealed by Jeremy Treadwell, a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture in his PhD thesis.
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Ten years on, uni ‘drop out’ becomes doctor
3 November 2020
Alicia Didsbury gave up university study when she got pregnant in her late teens but more than 20 years and a lot of hard work later, she graduates with a doctorate in biological sciences.
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Succeeding when pain won’t leave you alone
3 November 2020
There were times for student Lin Kee, when the idea of finishing her studies and graduating seemed unlikely, if not impossible.
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That 'lightbulb moment' drives graduating teacher
2 November 2020
The joy of “seeing lightbulbs going off in kids’ heads” is what motivates graduating teacher Fa’atoese Tofilau (Ese).