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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 Admissions 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.
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Inseparable sweethearts graduate together
29 September 2022
This scientist couple have been on the same educational journey since intermediate.
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Females on the front line: graduate looks at women after conflict
29 September 2022
The fate of ‘bush wives’ in Sierra Leone and female soldiers in Colombia was the focus of University of Auckland student Laura Allen, who is graduating with a Masters of Conflict and Terrorism Studies.
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Graduate makes impossible dream come true
29 September 2022
From living in a rural village in Indonesia to walking across the stage at Spark Arena to get his PhD in Education; it’s been a remarkable journey for Arif Abdul.
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Graduate, 81, receives highest honour – and is still learning
29 September 2022
Awarded the Doctor of Literature, Emeritus Professor Alan Kirkness says not many people in New Zealand will know his research, nor of his connection with the Brothers Grimm.
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Taking a scientific approach to dance
29 September 2022
When researchers talk about the cognitive benefits of dance, what type of dance and what aspect of dance are they talking about? This was the question Carlene Newall de Jesus posed in her PhD.
