Breadcrumbs List.
Graduation
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Thesis in Samoan only second in the world
5 May 2023
University of Auckland PhD graduate Muliagatele Vavaō Fetui has successfully completed only the second doctoral thesis ever written in Samoan and the first awarded by a university outside Samoa.
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Graduation a ‘life-changing moment’ for international student
4 May 2023
Ankeeta Karmakar almost gave up her dream of studying engineering in New Zealand. Then everything started to fall into place.
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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 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.