Please be seated. Inga mana, inga reo, inga hoefa, tena koto, tena koto, tena koto katoa. Pro-chancellor, special guests, graduands, family, whānau, and supporters. As Chancellor of the University of Auckland, I extend a warm welcome to you all on behalf of the University 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 and 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 well-deserved day of celebration. Like your family and friends gathered here, we are very proud of your achievements and look forward to your lifelong involvement as members of the University of Auckland family. Of course, graduation represents much more than just a day of celebration. Your qualification from this University will have a lifelong impact on you, your family, and the community at large. We know that compared to those whose formal education ends at high school, graduates have lower unemployment rates, higher salaries, better career prospects, and better health outcomes. Universities New Zealand has estimated the lifetime benefits of earning a degree are valued at between $1 and $4 million. Your university experience and the qualifications gained at university will thus add 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, Associate Professor Tracey McIntosh won a National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award, making this the 12th time the University of Auckland staff have won such an award since the scheme was established 13 years ago. Professor Rosalind Hurst House, Annie Goldson, and Chris Shaw were elected as fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand, recognising their academic excellence and leadership. Dr Paula Morris launched the Academy of New Zealand Literature, an ambitious initiative intended to promote, support, and sustain a community of New Zealand's best writers. Academy members include Patricia Grace, Eleanor Catton, and Witty Ehemera. Distinguished Professor Brian Boyd was one of four international curators of a world-class art exhibition on origins of art at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart. And Dr Selena Tussitala Marsh performed one of her poems at Commonwealth Day Observance at Westminster Abbey in front of Queen Elizabeth and Distinguished Guests. In the Faculty of Education and Social Work, Associate Professor Martin East won a National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award, making this again the 12th time the University has won such an award in 13 years. Distinguished Professor Vivian Robinson won a Mason Dury Medal for her contribution to educational research, which identified the differential impact of types of school leadership practice on the achievement of learners. Professor Stuart McNaughton was awarded the Dame Joan Medge Medal for his contributions to the building of research capacity in educational sciences, advancing literacy and language development, and for his evidence-based impact on educational policy both nationally and internationally. And Professor Stephen May was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, recognising his academic excellence and leadership. In order 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 are doing very well. The proportion of students entering the University with a high grade point average is growing each year, and we produce outstanding students, just like you. Second, we need to attract, develop and retain outstanding staff. This we are doing is illustrated by achievements I described earlier. Many of our staff are world leaders in their fields, and you will have been privileged to learn from and work with them. It is no coincidence that in the QS world rankings of university subjects, the University of Auckland came top in New Zealand and 37 of the 44 subjects ranked. And I note that we don't even teach four of them. Nor is it a coincidence that we were ranked top in Australasia for innovation by a recent Reuter Survey of Asia-Pacific universities. 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 in its campus renewal programme so as to ensure that we do provide facilities of genuinely international quality. Many of you will graduate today with a first qualification and you will be rightly proud of this achievement. However, I 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 an ever-exalarating pace. 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. But today is your day with a focus firmly on your achievement at this ceremony we honour your success, along with the 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. It is my pleasure to welcome our guest speaker this afternoon, Miles Gregory. As the artistic director and founder of the multi-award-winning PopUp Globe, Miles has been instrumental in bringing Shakespeare to the people of this city in a way never before experienced. The PopUp Globe is a full-scale, temporary working replica of the second Globe Theatre in London, which produces spectacular classical performance. Last year's inaugural season in Auckland, marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, attracted more than 100,000 people in a season that was extended by popular demand almost as soon as it began. The audiences, including many students and staff from this university, welcomed the first opportunity since 1642 to experience the dimensions of the famed theatre firsthand. The remarkable success of the PopUp Globe reflects not just Miles' enduring devotion to Shakespeare, but also his passion for creating and sustaining healthy arts organisations. Through his Auckland-based think tank and cultural consultancy, Henslow Irving, he is exploring best and new practices in artistic management, including strategy, governance, audience development, marketing and programming. Previously, he was chief executive as artistic director of the British Touring Theatre and Cinema, a major regional theatre and arts charity in the UK. His other roles have included being regional producer for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, artistic director and founder of the Bristol Shakespeare Festival, and artistic director and founder of the British Touring Shakespeare Company. He has a doctorate of philosophy from Bristol University, specialising in Shakespeare in performance, illness aesthetics and paradigm change theory. Miles, it's a very impressive resume, and we very much look forward to what you have to tell us this afternoon. Chancellor, acting vice-chancellor, members of council, members of the university, graduands, families and friends. It is an honour to address you today, and I offer today's graduands my warmest congratulations. Today you end one unforgettable journey and commence another. As they say in theatre, this is not a dress rehearsal, although we certainly have some splendid costumes on. My own undergraduate graduation took place at the University of Durham in the north of England in a very cold and large hall. And during the ceremony, the man on my right, an acquaintance of mine, he had been out the night before for his stag party, and he was getting married the very next day from one institution to another. And during the Chancellor's speech, Sir Peter Yustonov, he was suddenly and violently sick, and regrettably it was the contamination spread a long way. And we were at the rear of the very large hall, and Sir Peter Yustonov thought that someone was heckling him and made some choice remarks about undergraduates today. So I hope you won't heckle me in any way today. As artists, and I know that there is a wide range of graduands here today, but as artists and as creatives, as university graduates, you have the opportunity to change the world. And I think it's natural today to consider your hopes and your dreams and your vision for your lives and also to make time for reflection and, of course, celebration. I recently caught up with an old friend who describes himself as an actor and has worked as a chef, now, for nearly 20 years. We talked about mutual acquaintances for a while, and then, as it always does, our talk turned to the feature film he is desperate to make, a film that he has been talking about for nearly 20 years. And after hearing about his new ideas for the film, how brilliant it will be, how it will change the way we think about film, I asked him what steps he was actively taking to bring the film to production. Well, I know exactly how to do it, he said, but I'm just too busy at work at the moment. I've spent most of my adult life, in fact, as I left university, producing and directing theatre productions of the works of Shakespeare. I think of myself as an artist who understands the business of theatre. My current role is as artistic director of Pop-Up Globe, and my team and I are very proud of our theatre, the fact that we've recorded 185,000 attendances there since we opened last year, and also of the 35,000 school students and their teachers from all over New Zealand who have attended productions there. Like all theatre projects, and do like most things in life, this one started with an idea. I talked about my idea, honestly, with my friends for six months, and then took some action. The language of making theatre is frequently linked to the idea of action. I work with actors, people who act for a living. To act is to do just that, to take action to do something. The string of events that happen in any play are often referred to as the action of the play, divided, of course, into acts. A play cannot be made without actors and action, and an audience. Shakespeare shows himself in his writing to be deeply interested in acting, in acts and action, and also in what happens when we know what we should do, but do nothing. His most famous character, Hamlet, is a student who finds that he prefers to talk about his problems rather than to take action to solve them. He knows precisely what he should do, like my friend, the actor-chef, but he finds it very hard to act. In fact, he'd rather just talk about it. And of course, he's not the only one. If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, then chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages, princes' palaces. So says Portia to her friend and servant Narissa in The Merchant of Venice. If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages, princes' palaces. It's easy for us to know what's good to do. Like Hamlet, I believe we all know inherently what's right and what's wrong. And more importantly, we're all born with the power to dream. To create gorgeous visions of how the future should unfold. To know what were good for us to do for ourselves as well as what were good for us to do in the world. But achieving what we've set out to do, the doing of the dream, the action that we must take to make the dream reality. Well, this is much more difficult. And this is Portia's point. If the act of doing were as easy as knowing what we should do, the world would be a very different place. And we might be very different too. But there's another meaning in this line that the act of doing may not always achieve the expected result, but it always achieves something. Nothing will come of nothing. When we act, when we do, rather than just talk about it, we will always achieve a result. And with persistence, particularly following failure, results improve. We want to build a grand church, but instead we build a beautiful chapel. We set out to build a palace and we managed to build a cosy cottage. But we still end up with a cottage or a chapel, rather than just a bare piece of land. Now, how different is this from the person who takes no action? Does nothing and achieves nothing. If to do were as easy as to know what we're good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages, princes, palaces. Now, as artists, as graduates, it's our job to make work, to make art, or indeed to make whatever your professional career throws at you. But it's not enough just to think about it or talk about it. We must act. Very often, as artists, we're invited to theorise about our practice, whether this involves writing an introduction to a piece of theatre we've directed or the text that hangs alongside a piece of art. To be eloquent is important. To be able to speak fluently and persuasively about our plans and work is very important. I believe that truth comes from honest conversation between friends, from big dreams. And as artists, we should seek out opportunities to discuss our work. But it is action that defines us. As long as we do what we're good to do, what we know to be right for ourselves and the world, we mustn't spend too long sitting around talking. Whether it's writing a novel or building a pop-up globe, it's our actions that will be truly eloquent. Action is eloquence. It's action that defines us and makes out. Action is eloquence. More Shakespeare from Corriolanus. If we get a right, our action, our work will speak for itself. If we get a right, it will speak so clearly and with such eloquence that our art or our action will transform the lives of others and help our society to understand itself in ways that we can't even begin to imagine. I congratulate you all on your graduation. In my life, there have been six very important events. I have three degrees. Each of those graduations meant a huge amount to me and, of course, there's one other event that's the most important, which was the day I got married to my wife. I look forward with excitement to seeing you take action as citizens, as artists, and I look forward to hearing your work speak loudly and eloquently. Thank you. Thank you, Miles, for a most interesting and insightful speech. This is a meeting of council and convocation of the university at which the pro-chancellor, Jan Dawson and I, will be awarding diplomas and conferring degrees. I invite the pro-chancellor to award the diplomas and confer the degrees in the first half of this ceremony. By the authority vested in me by Resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Jan Dawson, pro-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 Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor Robert Greenberg, to present graduands in that faculty. Pro-chancellor, as Dean, I have the honour of presenting to you the students qualified for the award of a diploma or conferment of a degree in the Faculty of Arts. Diploma in Languages. Senior Scholar in Arts, Christine Ellen Bell, to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Joshen Naidu, Ruveshen Naidu, Refiti Sally Nati, Hawasu Nauma Moafu.  To the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Te Fainoa Te Wiata, Dana Ellen Tettenberg, Irina Konstantinovna Tate, Maxwell Anthony Frazier Tom, Amy Christine Jane Thomas, Kastro Tontsun, Timothy Rodrick Tolley, Liam Steven Trainor-Manuel, Jessica Catherine Triscott, Milani Janak Trivedi, Yachuan Tsai, Jessica Cesa-Tulia, Barnamas Proclaim Vaheiki Hikalaki Ongo Ongolele Tupo, Grace Dallas Mokahele Turner, Willie Elijah Tunga-Stevensson, Daibaita Tuuta, Fehi Lilikai Moana Angelika Alexinwata, Kiriti Ayona Allison Vaafusuanga, Madeleine Grace Vaassen, Marcus Kane Tom Vangana, Elizabeth Vaisola, Yoana Sherry Vaisola, Kate Harper Valeli, Luke Raymond Van Velsen, Chantal Alice Van Wille, Danielle Ruchenda Fonsell, Lynn Tuluwa Vatao, Kelsey Ann Waite, Isabel Alice Walker, Stephanie Grace Wallace, Jingying Wang, Ziqi Wang, Roslyn Emma Watkins, Sophie Moisim Weiber, Yuri Wyndorke, Senior Scholar in Arts, Susanna Grace Whaley, Charles Maxwell Whitfield, Emily Rose Whitston Lee, Manaya Rainey Wickham, Yukiu Sherard Wilkins, Andrew Richard Wilkinson, Jessica Nareen Williams, Sam Grosvenor-Williams, Chance Kauri Wayne Wilson, Gabriela Marie Wilson, Marybeth Frances Wilson, Temuera Jack Wilson, Serena Grace Maria Wolfgamp, Crystal Caramelli Wongchu, Ariana Chelsea Wood, Jonathan Garywood, Helen Marie Wyeth, Shu Ting Sha, Ran Ye, Han Ling Yan, Zheng Ga Young, Ruben Timothy Yates, Mo Yu, Yi Wan, Si Yan Cong, Ji Rao Zhong, Wen Jia Zhong, Yu Er Zhao, Yu Qi Zhao, Wei Yi Zhu, Postgraduate Diploma in Arts with Distinction, Sara Elizabeth Herbert in Psychology, Aniva Veronica Miki in Media, Film and Television, Postgraduate Diploma in Arts with Merit, Akshai Bijawath in Screen Production, Madhumita Chakraborty in Development Studies, Helena Jane Loy in English, Ruby Marianne Joana Satele in Museums and Cultural Heritage, Johar A Naseeb Singh Sochi in Politics and International Relations, Yanan Zhang in Screen Production, Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, Rebecca Charlotte Binkhurst in Spanish, Jotsung Tsai in Media, Film and Television, Jing Chun in Media, Film and Television, Liam Ramsey Tuwaiwe Kokawa in Geography, Jun Hyun Kwon in History, Shang Li in Politics and International Relations, Christina Marie Wolsey in Psychology, Ibing Xu in Media, Film and Television, Yufei Ye in Media, Film and Television, Postgraduate Diploma in Language Teaching with Merit, Kelly Jane Ohms, Postgraduate Diploma in Language Teaching, Marina Sergenevna Kurganova, Zhaoqi Li, Yaping Lu, Sherry Norma Unlam, to the Degree of Master of Creative Writing with First Class Honours, Sibon Claire Tanang, Angelica Riseria Maria Kazmarra, Vari Catherine Lennox, Faculty Graduate Scholar Ruby Lee Porter, to the Degree of Master of Creative Writing with Second Class Honours, First Division, Miranda Margaret James, Barbara Gay Onkovic, to the Degree of Master of Creative Writing with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Philippa Jane Henderson, to the Degree of Master of Public Policy with First Class Honours, Daniel Ronald Bay-Jent, Kaitlyn Mary-Louisa Melouish, and a Bachelor of Arts Honours with Second Class Honours, First Division in Politics and International Relations, Tessa Maureen Myers-Oxnam, Elizabeth Ann Smalley, Julia Vermolta-Mata Walter, to the Degree of Master of Public Policy with Second Class Honours, First Division, Irina Freilachman, to the Degree of Master of Public Policy with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Yong Ho Jang, Shui Jang, to the Degree of Master of Public Policy, Sibon Letitia Lois Alan Esther Kemp, to the Degree of Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with First Class Honours, First Division, Ling Ling Zhou, to the Degree of Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Jeraporn Boon-Pong, Lu Fu, to the Degree of Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Tomoaki Inage, Dong Ni Leu, Mary Polo Sovai, Byung Hyun Sun, Graciela Melo Rocha Seguro Toledo, to the Degree of Master of Theology, Socefo Satekeiras, and in absentia, all those other persons named in the official record qualified for the award of a diploma or confirmant of a degree in the Faculty of Arts. I now call upon the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work, Dr Wayne Smith, to present the graduands in that faculty. Private Chancellor, Deputy Dean, I have the honour of presenting to you the students qualified for the award of a diploma or confirmant of a degree in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. Graduate Diploma in Teaching Secondary, Shalu Shazleen Awa, Sophie Harriet Adea, Jaleesa J. Adams, Shanae Adams, Amatil Martin Ahmad, Evie Joy Acheson, Imran Imdad Ali, Huey Yung, Katheryn Louise Barker, Jordan Martin Bartlett, Priti Bhatia, Ashley Morgan Bloomfield, Judith Vijayendra Wikilini Botinga, Michelle Dawn Brown, Oliver Simon Brown, Sophie Sheridan Kane, Lydia Alice Mary Jamley, Ping Jiu Chen, Yung Yung, Yung Yung, Katheryn Louise Barker, Jordan Martin Bartlett, Ping Jiu Chen, Rochelle Ashley Clemens, Thomas Stuart Cole, Heath Joseph Coldhurst, Christina Victoria Corblane, Emma Claire Cotton, Sean William Croson, Nicholas James Crotty, Patricia Danial Sarlasi, Dakane, Ziad Lyle Davids, Helen Patricia Davidson, Alana Marie Ducat, Chris Wadden, Ducat, Christy Lorraine Finlay, Laura Mary Grace Gardner, Tria Barbara Gavin, Sophie Carmen Gibbons, Brendan Robert Grant, Zia Ozu Gu, Nicole Joy Hampton, Harri Johanna Haaringa, Thomas Nelson Hodgson, Lalani Mataiina Enu, Benjamin Heath Jackson, Christopher Garfield Jackson, John Min Yong, Naila Saafon Joaquin, Jay Yong Zhong, Thomas William Kensington, Geepa Keshwara, Kimberly Krista King, Sophie Gadrin Knight, Kesa Blanka Kwak Hiong, Chelsea Ruby Lai, Yi Wee Lee, Shalom Sala'ivalu, Setoga Sala'ivalu, Shala Sala'ivalu, Shala Sala'ivalu, Shalom Sala'ivalu, Setoga Sala'ivalu, Oliver James Libulu, Irene Rose Lewis, Shuping Leang, Hanna Francis Lightfoot, Yeo Lu. Thank you, Pro-Chancellor, for awarding the diplomas and conferring the degrees in the first half of this ceremony. One of the great pleasures of graduation is the opportunity to hear performances by students from our acclaimed School of Music. Noah Rudd on Obo will now perform Five Fantasia in C major by George Philip Tellerman. Noah, thank you for that wonderful performance. By the authority vested in me by Resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Scott St John, Chancellor, award the diplomas and confer the degrees stated upon those who within the faculty of education and social work have satisfied our the requirements of this university. Graduate Diploma in Teaching Secondary. Lianjo Māori Herira Maga Pente. Hesiana Ekawha Atu Masima. Catherine Iris Mathis. Clara Maria Matheson. Jennifer Jane Maxwell. Joshua Edward McKenzie Brown. Gregory Allen McLaren. Gavin Brian Meade. Shaman Daniela Mendoza Mathis. Joanne Patricia Menhare Sepalane. Alice Helen Mitchell. Anthony William Mitchell. Yubu Patrick Mose. Amara Pathika Leamina Nus. Lisa Rachel Nelson. Katie Anna O'Grady Leong. Maoth Ta'al Oma Oweda. Bari Nicole Penman. Emma Sotty. Sarah. Sarah Elizabeth Piyu. Sharah Bhabi Fakanimo Palmani. Syndi Irene Postalls. Heather Patrice Prangley. Elise Monique Prince. Chanel Jaya Reedy. Ren Shi Chi. James Patrick Reynolds. Heather Louise Rodd. Sarah Elizabeth Piyu. Heather Louise Roberts. Niall Christopher Roger. Mary Rosalie Aldeth Rogers. Anna Hope Rogerson. Elizabeth Rose Sayer. Melissa Ann Seymour. Maya Catherine Silverman. Suviska Singh. Nicholas William Smith. Breannon Marie Smith. Jordan Rachel Stanley. Robert Peter Stretch. Regina Tortogi. Jared Sheldon Titoki Tipaki. Matthew Charles Thomas. Cameron Lawson Thompson. Jessica Ann Thwaites. Lelani Elizabeth Tamasi. Tresana Araha Tonga. Kaylee Ann Thuil. Lakiti Longomoi Lototutai. Matthew Sean Towers. Jamalet Suwalulu Tiwai. Tresana Araha Tonga. Tresana Araha Tonga. Tresana Araha Tonga. Tresana Araha Tonga. Jamalet Suwalulu Tiwai. Tufonga. Dennis Brown Tutaka. Tessa Elizabeth Twigley. Sasulum Ma'ona Lea Tala. Va'i Taufanga Margret Va'a'i Lu. Va'i Taufanga Margret Va'a'i Lu. Ah. Catherine Walker. Hong Wang. Daniel William Ward. Matthew Richard Waters. Kareen Anjali Watson. Manik Anna Maria Wayomars. Courtney Joan Wentz. Benjamin Peter Wheeler. Deidre Alan Williams. Leslie Jane Williamson. Hannah Nolene Carlton Wood. Imogen Jane Ella Woodwood. Nola Nora Laura. Nigwiyati Zalna. Graduate Diploma in Teaching English in Schools to Speakers of Other Languages. Teresa Bissett. A Casteno Leo Fafita. A Casteno Leo Fafita. A Casteno Leo Fafita. A Casteno Leo Fafita. A Casteno Leo Fafita. Ongo Evaha Whangalai. Geraldine Maria Healy. Angela Kuma. Arena Devi Kuma. Desma Gail Lai. Sarah Louis Lara Elizabeth O'Malley. Fala Venia Repata. Luisia Ofakia Latia. Lepia Tohi. Rolini Tu'o'a. Evaha Tuakwe. Rosalind Lea. Tuatama Chun-sae. Graduate Diploma in Teaching in Secondary. Ya Chun-sae. To the degree of Bachelor of Education Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Reani Sophie Vincent Jilson. Noa Amira Faazana Wanmot Zaan. Wan Noa Faha Farah Wan Shamsahg. Chancellor, I call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work, Professor Graham Aitkin, to present further graduands in that faculty. To the degree of Bachelor of Human Services, Meriana Toa-Luupu-Atsue, Natasha Leilane-Ale, Nicholas Christopher Barnes, Donna Marie Cavill, Amy Elizabeth Rose Doe, Nanis Tokukanga Emoana Emoala Aholele, Siosi Lepasi Kai Whakaakeake Kehe Ilfina, Emma Margaret Gray, Erika Jean Lotoe Jefferson, Stephanie Heeney Kim, Tulin Ileana Ma, Joshua Kane McNally, Gloria Utumoi Misa, Lily Francesca Roth-Palma, Delwan Aroha Ngahuia-Savage, Tasin Farid Shirei, Luwata Esau Te Apapa, Natalie Walker. To the degree of Bachelor of Physical Education, Senior Scholar in Education, Daniel Larslow-Abrekosa, Jack Alexander Beasley, Kaitlyn Mary Byrne, Carl Chung, Kirsten Fiona Donovan, George Bariah Emose, Madeleine Rose Garbert-Ovins, Christine Hargraves, Lepetimalo Jordan Loese, Jade Paylan-Lym, Taviti Taneala Tutu'u Nofahu, Kalesha Melisipha Ole Pakatam, Sadel Mere Tomutonga-Peters, Jonathan Daniel Stuart Quinn, Jessica Wendy Newton-Reed, Jamie Louise Salter, Siona Xiong Gabriel Te Sese, Jamie John Williamson, Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Theory with Distinction, Yvette Heidi Britton, Miriam Gabrielle Taylor, Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Theory with Merit Vivien Ching Yifan, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership with Distinction, Sophie Margaret Shisker, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership with Merit, Helen Maria Smith, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership, Nikal Chandra, Joseph Tembrocio, Melba Muriopakinga, Sohi Song, Kalmar Christina Ulberg, Master of Counselling with First Class Honours, Barbara Ruth Mackay, Roberto Daniel McClay, Amy Marie Prebble and the Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Theory with Distinction, Master of Educational Leadership with First Class Honours, Sarah Mord-Lacock, Rosina Nellie-Prasad, Bernadette Maria Stockman, Raewyn Marie Towers, Emma Lyon Tuimana-Ungah, Paliata Uwalesi, Geraldine Antoinette Victor, to the degree of Master of Educational Leadership with Second Class Honours, First Division, Emma Jay McKeown, Haley Ann Mudford, to the degree of Master of Professional Studies with First Class Honours, Martha Assata in Education, Benjamin Michael Claxton in Education, Maureen Patricia Drum in Education, Catherine Frances Gormley in Education, Tracy Meri Harris in Education, Sarah Isabelle Holt in Education, Charles Chiu Liu in Education, Jacinta Lima Loto in Education, Edoya Julia Mann in Education, Esha Artina Ryan in Education, Aaron James Scorange in Education, Rochelle Joy Spicer in Education, Rafa Karete Donna Te Paea in Education, to the degree of Master of Professional Studies with Second Class Honours, First Division, Paula Nonnet-Baird in Education, Hemanasa Celia Borkas-Kirell in Education, Julie Erika Brown in Education, Shannon Francois Colum in Education, Deborah Tanya Davies in Education, Vermila Hussain in Education, Anjay Lakhan in Education, Reshmi Salini Ratnam Lakhan in Education, Stephen Rushton McDonald in Education, Bernadine Joy Russell in Education, Tarela Punehu-Williams in Education, to the degree of Master of Professional Studies with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Adeline Mui-Leon-Bea in Education, Melavair Te Aroha Huehue in Education, Christopher Peter Matthews in Education, Siren Sanjani Prasad Nand in Education, to the degree of Master of Teaching Primary with Second Class Honours, First Division, Mark Daniel Reigns, Anne Margaret Bahill, to the degree of Master of Teaching Primary, Naisin Kang. 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 Philosophy, Charmaine Ann-Baba in Education. Charmaine looked at what pastoral care is in the New Zealand Secondary School context. Commonalities and notable differences, both inter and intra-ethnically within Māori and Pasifika staff and student populations, were explored in relation to the development of increased cultural responsiveness between all school staff, students, families and their communities. University Doctor of Scholar, James Inglis Arnett Burford in Education. James examined what it feels like to write a PhD in the contemporary university amid increasing reports of doctoral stress and ill-being. He utilised queer concepts to argue that feeling bad may be read not only as a consequence of political change to universities, but that bad feelings might offer their own tools and logics for transformation. University Doctor of Scholar, David Tawfui Makatau-Faiave in Education. In an in-depth narrative study, David investigated the educational understandings of three generations of Tongan men and boys in order to illustrate the cultural capital brought by Tongan boys to school. His work on the methods of tātālanawa tātālā as the intergenerational knowledge transfer of Tongan cultural resources will be widely used by researchers, teachers and principals to enhance the schooling experiences of Tongan boys. Esther Mary Fitzpatrick in Education. Esther, using critical auto ethnography, interrogated her stories and those of her colonial ancestors to disrupt assumptions of homogeneous pākiha identity. She designed an arts-based methodology to engage with counter stories, a process of decolonisation to enhance diverse understandings of pākiha identity. She provides productive pedagogy to explore pākiha identity as dynamic and entangled, haunted by history of colonisation. Caroline Yvonne Haslam in Education. Caroline investigated the effectiveness of a teaching strategy called pre-training to see if it made it easier for students in secondary school science classes to learn difficult information. Through the use of an innovative methodology, Caroline demonstrated that the interventions made a major difference. University Doctor of Scholar Yedra Ishell-Martinez-Pantaha in Politics and International Relations. Yedra studied how the American Government, multinational corporations and non-governmental organisations interacted with Mexican officials and other stakeholders to influence Mexico to change its policy to allow cultivation and commercialisation of genetically modified foods despite a risk of diminishing Mexico's diabetic diversity. The diplomatic instruments analysed included exchange programmes, exhibitions, scientific training, research centre activities and science and journalism awards. Terry Purono in Theology. Coconut water in a Coca-Cola bottle symbolises as a human reality that is the search for identity of a New Zealand-born Samoan in the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa or CCCS. By utilising the research methodology, T-Livar intercultural hermeneutics, Terry's thesis investigates different responses of New Zealand-born generations to the dilemma of being suppressed between the VAR or spaces within the CCCS. Janien Shin in Politics and International Relations. Janien Shin's thesis explored whether the climate change regimes function as it has been designed and through what mechanisms it influences states' behaviour. Her thesis investigated China's behavioural changes in global climate change mitigation by applying mechanical theory. Her study discovered that the regime of climate change has exerted different impacts on China's central, provincial and municipal governments. University doctoral scholar Lucia Magdalena Sauer in Applied Linguistics. Lucia's thesis reports case studies of three female German high school exchange students in New Zealand. It analysed the students' second language development, the language learning motivation, the social context in which they operated and the opportunities that these afforded for language learning. Her thesis provides insights into how and why learners perform differently in seemingly identical contexts of learning. University doctoral scholar Geoffrey George Thompson in Latin. By creating a searchable database to analyse quotations and citations in the works of the Roman philosopher Seneca, Geoff provided an invaluable tool for all scholars of Seneca and ancient storicism for mapping the contemporary Roman intellectual environment. Geoff demonstrates patterns in Seneca's quotations that are invisible to non-digital approaches, illustrating how these changes related to Seneca's fluctuating political fortunes. This thesis centres on repatriation as a means of restoring cultural identity to Indigenous peoples. It examines how cultural artefacts were taken out of their source communities to international museums and private collectors, and proposes how the reverse cycle can be undertaken in mutual agreements between all the parties concerned. The political relationship between Fiji and Britain can be studied through artefacts that were exchanged in the 1800s. Arthur John Wolf in Theology. Arthur's thesis offers a reappraisal of earth as presented in Genesis 1 through the use of a Samoan ability-based approach. He examined the Genesis 1 narrative to see if the given portrait of earth upholds the divine claim that earth was created good or even very good. Arthur. An end of sentia, 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. Teaching excellence awards. The university places considerable significance on excellence and teaching. It recognises this by making awards each year to teachers who have demonstrated excellence in aspects of teaching. These awards are contestable across the university and signify a truly superior performance. An award for early career excellence in teaching has been made to Dr Kelsey Dean in the School of Counseling, Human Services and Social Work within the Faculty of Education and Social Work. I call upon a student in that faculty, Cornelia Vaikouni, to read the citation for Dr Dean. I have had the privilege of having Dr Kelsey Dean as my course director and lecturer while I was studying towards a Bachelor of Human Services. I started as an insecure student with low confidence in my academic ability as I left high school without any qualifications and had applied through the special admissions process. However, I finished my degree as a confident A average student passionate about evaluating and designing effective positive youth development programs as prepared. Dr Kelsey Dean has played a significant role in this journey with her approach to teaching and the environment she created in the classroom. Kelsey would encourage an interactive approach to learning to force us to link theory to our work experience in vice versa. With the years of experience working with young people, this method of learning added more value and a greater sense of purpose in pursuing my degree. Kelsey cared about our learning. She would pause mid-sentence to check if she was talking too fast and put us in line when we were not giving our best. I can recall a time when she was pacing in the front of the class expressing her disappointment in the low standard of academic writing from one of our assignments she had finished marking. She was more concerned about the quality of writing as future practitioners. She genuinely cared about our professional development. We were reminded to look at the bigger picture and the impact that we could have in our communities. Kelsey has inspired us to strive for excellence and to be purposeful in our approach to study. This is evident in her life with the many accolades she possesses in the many community development projects that she is a part of. It has been an honour to be her undergraduate student and now her post-grad student. Thank you both very much. An award for leadership and teaching has been made to Dr Nairi Hoban in the School of Learning Development and Professional Practice within the Faculty of Education and Social Work. I call upon a student of that faculty, Kelly Bigwood, to read the citation for Dr Hoban. Dr Nairi Hoban is a teacher, a teacher of teachers, a researcher, a leader and a learner.  Every aspect of Nairi's leadership is about improving outcomes for students in schools with a particular commitment to improving educational disparity. Both her leadership and teaching are founded on building relational trust and an openness to learning with the wide variety of stakeholders involved in teacher education. I recall a school principal thanking Nairi for her leadership. The principal commented that if she wanted to introduce a faculty innovation at school, all she had to do was tell her staff that Nairi Hoban agreed with it and she had instant buy-in. Nairi has a truly extraordinary commitment to education. She values the role of professional supervision, even though it comes at a cost to those working in a research environment, especially given her commitment to the far north. Supervision provides opportunities and conversations that really shift practice. She has integrity in what she advises, experience and solid research behind her knowledge, and is able to differentiate between the needs of every student. As a teacher, Nairi is known to be a knowledgeable expert, a teacher who models exemplary practice in teaching, who establishes professional relationships of care that continue well beyond the time frames of a course. Her academic rigor is both challenging and confidence building. As one of Nairi's former students, I know this to be true, and now working in school leadership, I draw on what Nairi taught me as a lecturer and a mentor every single day. I am so thrilled and honoured to be here today to read this citation for the University of Auckland Leadership and Teaching Excellence Award being presented to Dr Nairi Hoban. We are now 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. It is also an opportunity for the graduates to show their appreciation of their families and supporters and the staff of the university who have helped them as they achieve their qualifications. This concludes this meeting of council and convocation of the university for confirmative degrees in the award of diplomas. I now invite you to stand and sing the first verse of God Defend New Zealand in Māori and then in English. The words are printed on the reverse of your program.


is the veterans and their families await the arrival of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi on the days. This is one of the most modern stadiums in the country. And though it was built in 1933, it has been regularly updated and it is a world-class hockey stadium today. Of course, it's used for other purposes as well. As today, we're excited, veterans waving to our cameras, thousands of veterans who have come from all across the country. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. Welcome to the stage of the Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi. When you go home, tell them all of us, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today. I repeat, when you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today. The last words of our foreign heroes always reverberate in our hearts. And today, the 25th of February 2019, we are dedicating for our nation a national war memorial of our own. We waited for several decades for this great day. This national war memorial will keep reminding us and the generations to come, the valour, the pride and dedicated selfless service of our soldiers and will inspire them to pay their respect to our soldiers and be a soldier themselves. Honourable President of India, in his speech, during the joint session of parliament on 9th June 2014, made a commitment of building a national war memorial to honour the gallantry of our soldiers and today our government under the leadership of Honourable Prime Minister Srinarendra Modi has fulfilled that commitment to honour and to pay tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives during World War I and the Afghanistan-Waziristan operations, a memorial of pre-independence era, the India Gate, was constructed. And thereafter, in the year 1972, the Amar Javan Jyoti was created under India Gate to commemorate the Indo-Pac conflict of 1971. Post-independence, more than 22,500 soldiers, 22,500 soldiers made the supreme sacrifice in our national interest and in defence of sovereignty and integrity of our nation. There was always an inexorable requirement of our own war memorial to pay tribute to our brave soldiers who laid their lives in the line of their duty during the Indo-China War of 1962, India Park Wars of 47, 65 and in 1971, the India Peacekeeping Force operations also in Sri Lanka and in the Kargil conflict, besides our soldiers who participated in the UN peacekeeping missions during the HADR, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations and also during counter insurgency operations and low intensity conflict operations. At last, after a global design contest, a design was selected which fits our culture and sentiments. I would like to give you a very brief detail of our national war memorial. The structure is a series of four concentric circles or chakras around a main obelisk like the national symbol. The chakras are suitably named as Amar Chakra, Veer Chakra, Tiag Chakra and the Raksha Chakra. The eternal flame will be in the centre for further details. Better see for yourself and that will give you an opportunity to salute your brothers in arms and who laid their lives for the pride of the nation. On this auspicious occasion, I would like also to congratulate the entire project team, the designers, the architects, the construction engineers and all other who have associated with the project. It is a marvel of designing. This memorial is so wonderfully designed that it homogeneously merged with the surroundings and gives impression that it existed ever since long. Today, we can proudly say that we have created one more pilgrimage place, one more pilgrimage place for we Indians and expect every Indian citizen will definitely pay a visit to this memorial to pay their homage to our brave soldiers. I am overwhelmed to see you before me in such large numbers, our respected veterans gathered here from all across the country to witness this landmark event of the year and a dedication for your brethren. I have been informed that a good number of veterans have even come from the northeastern part of this country and I salute your spirit. After all, it is that which is the armed forces spirit which have always been respected for. This government always has strived to reach out to our veterans to ensure them of all the possible help, be it welfare measures, resettlement or medical care. In the last five years, we have fulfilled many long pending issues of our serving service personnel, the ex-servicemen and also of the dependents, the OROP, the national war memorial, the museum, were all pending for years and it was under the able guidance of our honorable Prime Minister who is with us today, we have addressed these issues within a certain timeframe. A sum of 10,795.4 crores has been disbursed for the defense pensioners, family pensioners as arrear payments on account of implementation of the OROP. Almost 70,000 wards of the ex-servicemen have been benefited under the Prime Minister's scholarship scheme and rupees 150 crores have been disbursed since 2014 and 15. One thing we always try to ensure is transparency in the system and for that the direct benefit transfer has been introduced. This has helped us in eradicating middlemen from the system as well as fraudulent transactions. We have fulfilled some of the expectations of our veterans and are committed to many more in the coming years. What we need today is your trust in us, trust in the Prime Minister and the welfare of the veterans is always top on our priority. I know you are all waiting to listen to our honorable Prime Minister and I shall not keep you waiting any longer. I now may request the honorable Prime Minister to address the gathering of the veterans today. Jai Hind. Aap sabhi ko aap ki pradhan sevak ka pranaam. Aap sabhi budhpurva nahi abhudpurva hain. Kyuki aach jayse lakhon sainikon ke shauri aur samatman ke karan. Aaj humari sena, duniya ki sabse taakat war sena ome se ek hai. Duniya ke sabse bhe log tantra mein. Aap ne apne shauri aur samar par se jo parampara sthapik ki hai. Parampara aat tulniya hai. Desh par sankat chahe dushmano ke karan aaya ho. Ya phir prakruti ke karan aaya ho. Humari sainik ne, humesha pehla war apne upar liya hai. Chunauti ko sabse pehle kabul kya hai. Ar uska sabse asardar jawab bhi diya hai. Jab lata didi ne, yaha par ey mere vatan ke logon gheed ko swar diye thi. To desh ke karan o logon ki aakh hai nam ho gayi thi. Saati ho is aik tihazik sain par me pulbama me shaheed huye veer saputon ki raksha mein sarvaswa nyojhabar karne baale har balidari ko naman karta. Me ras ke sabhi morcho par muskil par sitya ma datae har bir verang na to aaj is ausar pa naman karta. Saati ho, naaya hindustan, naaya bharat aaj nahi riti aur nahi niti se aage pad raha hai. Majbuti ke sath, vishwapatal par apni bhoomi ka tay kar raha hai. To us me aik bahut bada yogdan, aap ke shawrya, anusasan aur samarpan ka hai. Aaj mujhe bahut santos hai ki thodi der baat aapka aur deshka dasakon langa intajar khatma hone baala hai. Aajadi ke sath dasak baat maa bharati ke liye balidan dele baala ki aad mein nirbid, rastriya samar samarak unne samar pid ki aajane wala hai. Ismarak mein hajarao sahidon ke naam hankeed hai jo desh ki vartman aur aane wali pideo ko rastra seba aur rastra nirbaan ke liye prerit karti rahi. Saati ho, rastriya samar samarak ki maang kai dasak se nirantar ho rahi thi. Bite dasakon mein ek do baar prayas huye, lakin kuch thos nahi ho paya. Aapke asirbaat se saal 2014 mein, haam ne rastriya samar samarak banaan ke liye prakiya suruki aur aaj tai samai se pehle iska lokaar pan bhi ho ne wala hai. Aap sabhi ne rast ke liye adhoot shmurdi ka surajan kiya. Saati ho, ismarak iss baat ka bhi pratik hai ki sankalpa lekar usse siddh kaise kiya jaata hai. Aisa hi ek sankalpa, main aapke saamne ke atha, one rank man pension ko lekar ke. Pehle ki sarkaaro ke samai aapko kithna sangars karna pada, kithna andolan karne pade, isska desh sakshi raha hai. Aap desh aur aap sabhi iss baat ke bhi sakshi hai ki one rank man pension desh sab lagho ho chuka hai. Balki aap tak 35,000 karot rupee, haamari sarkaar baara vitrit kiye jaa chuke. Sarkaar ka pension budget, jo pehle, 24,000 karot rupee tha. Aap bo badkar ke 112,000 karot rupee se jaata ho chuka hai. Sochiye ek bo bhi sarkaar thi, jo kahiti thi ki sir 500 karot rupee me one rank man pension lagho ho jayega. Saati ho, OROP ko lagho hone se aap sabhi ki pension mein, 40 pati shat ki pradotri hui hai. Itna hi nahi, mojuda saini ko ki salary me bhi, 2014 ki tunna me karib, 55 prati shat ke braddi hui hai. Iske aala aap sabhi Purva saini ko se judi, dosri swidhau ko bhi, sarkaar baara dhyan rakha jaa raha hai. Aap ko pension se judi shikaya toh ke liye, daptaro ke chakar naa katna pade, iske liye ek online system banane par kaam chal nahi hai. Isi pravdaan kiya hai ki jo saini, line of control, ya antaraashtya seema par, dusmano se lohaa lene ke liye tehnaat rahe thi hai.  Bahut lambe samaise aapki maang thi ke aap ke liye super speciality hospital banane jaayi. Aaj is aityahasi ka usar par, mujhe aapko hi baataane ka saubhagi mila hai ki ek nahi, balki haam aise teen super speciality hospital banane jaa rahe hai. Saati yo, jab deska saini sasakta hota hai toh seena bhi sasakta hoti hai. Deski seena ka manobal deski surkshaa tay karta hai. Aur isliye, hamaare sabhi prayaso mein, hamaari soch aur hamaare approach ka kindh rbindu hai, hamaare saini, hamaare foji bhai. Isi soch aur approach ke karan, pehli baar, satta man hajaar se adhik non-combatant padho ko, combatant padho mein badla gaya hai. Isi soch ke karan, saini kki shamta banane ke liye un par, deri farm jahse karya ke boj ko bhi hataya jaa rahe hai. Aur isi soch ke karan, jab bhi army day, navy day, air force ne aadi manaye jaate hai toh skarkam kaya ka bhin nang hota hai, hamaare saini ko dwara kiye gaye innovations ka kutsaan. Saini ko ka samman ho, unke sauri aur adham mein sahaj ke baare mein desi bachche bachche ko jaan kari ho. Isi soch ke saar, hama ne, 15 august 2017 ko, gallantry awards ka portal bhi launch ke jaa. Desi ki suraksa mein, samaj ke sabhi vargoan ki bhaagidari aavashak hai. Aur swabha vidrum se honi bhi chahi. Isi soch ke saar, pehli baar, mahala ko fighter pilot banane ka aavsar bila hai. Sena mein bhi, betyon ki bhaagidari ko aur majbud karne ke liye bhi, nirantar faisal liye jaar hain. Military police ki total core mein, 20% tak mahala ki bharti ke liye kadam uthae jaar hain. Short service commission ke madhyam se, nyukta mahala adhikari ko bhi, unke purush samkaksh adhikari ko ki tara, stahi commission dene ka faisala liya gaya. Saadhyo, desi ki sena ko, atma nirbhar banane ki dihsha mein bhi, hum lagataar kaam kar rahe jeen faisal ko kabhi naa mumkin samjataa tha, unne hum mumkin bana rahe. Humne raksha ukpadan poore ekosystem mein badlaav ki shurwad ki. Laisa Singh prakriya se export ki prakriya tak, hum poore system mein par darsita aur level playing philla rahe hain. Rakshaa khetra mein videsi nives ko protsan dene ke liye bhi, humne kadam uthae hain. Up 49% tak FDI automatic route se kiya jaa sakta hain aur kuch khetra mein 100% FDI ka bhi pravdaan kiya gaya hain. Defence Procrement Procedure, aani rakshaa samano ki kharid mein bhi humre bade badlaav kiye hain. Iss mein making India ko protsan dena jaa rahe hain. Aapko jaankar rastriya ho ga, ki humari private sector jise rakshaa ukpadan mein entry karne bhi, hitch ki chaat hoti thi 2014 ke mukabhle. Aap, teen guna jaadhaan niji kampaniya defense sector ke products bana rahe hain. Hum defense procurement prakriya ko nisrit main main pura karne kliye bhi pryasrat hain. Iss ke liye rakshaa mantraan hain aur service headquarters ki financial powers unke vitiye adhikar mein badotri bhi ki gayi hain. Aur yeh pahli baar hua hain ki humare ordinance factory board ke aayut kar khanon ko 250 se adhik non-core item ke baar se bhi humne mukti dedi hain. Aap abhari sena hain. Bina kisi NOC, i.e. no objection certificate ke in items ko niji kshetra se kharid sakti hain. Sathiyon, Bharati e sena ki shakti ko aaj vaiswik patal par samman bhi diya jaa raha hain. Ek aisi sena jo shanti ki saap nagali hain uthaati hain. Bharat bo des hain, jisne se yukta rash shanti sena ke lag bag, 70 baise pachahat bade mission o mein apne 2 lakh se jada sainik bheje. Bharat bo des hain, jiske sapsi jada sainik in shanti abhiyano me shahid hua hain. Bhaiyur bheno, yeh hum sabhi ke liye gaurav ki baad hain ki aaj humare prayaso mein duniya ke bade bade des, humare saap kandese kandha mila kar chal na chate hain. Yehi karad hain ki 2016 mein, humare international free tribute mein pachahas deso ki nause nao ne hissa liya hain. Yehi karad hain ki ek ke baad ek des humare saap raksha sayo ke samyode karna chate hain. Yehi karad hain ki humare sena e mitra deso ki sena o ke saap, har saal ausatan das bade joint exercise kar rahi hain. Satyo, humare bhejtvik bhejan ki bhajah se hi aaj vishwame ki sena o ka ek alak samman hain. Aaj yadi hind maagar se, hind mahasagar se, payarasi karip karip samapta ho gayi hain, toh iska bhaot baadaas re bhartiye sainya shakti aur uski antharashtya sahajya dariyo ko jaata hain. Humare sarkar ki in koshichon ke beech, aapko pehle kya ho rahaata? Kaise ho rahaata? Iski bhi jaankari aavashak hain. Aap paise baot se lok iss se parichit honge, lakin main aaj is avsar par des te saamne phir kuch jaankariya aati nahi pidi ko bhi jaanna jnuri hain. Khud ko, Bharat ka bhaagya vidata samajne wale logon hain. Deske veer bete betyon ke saath, annyay karne ke saath hi, saindikon aur rahas ki suraksa se bhi khilwaad karne me koi kasar nahi chhodi thi. Saath yon saan 2009 mein, sena ne 1,86,000 bullet proof jacket ki maang ki thi. Bina bullet proof jacket ke hamara jabaan dusmano ki sena ki goniya aur atankya ki chaapa maa karbhai ka saamna kar raha. Apni jaan ki baaji laga kar atankyaon ke saath khatar naag encounter kar raha tha. Saath yon 2009 se lekar 2014 tak 5 saal vidh gaye. Lakin sena ke liye bullet proof jacket nahi kharidhi gayi. Ye hamari hi sarkar hain. Jitne bete saade 4 varshom hain, 2,00,000, 30,000 se jada bullet proof jacket kharide hain. Ab aap pataye, hamare jamano ko suraksa kabat se manchit rakhne ka paap kiya gaya ke nahi kiya gaya. Ye paap, ye kanank, kiske mathe par hain? Saath yon jamano ke saath deshti suraksa ke saad bhi aisi hi apradikla parvahi bati gayi. Paale, sarkar chalane walo ka rawaiya sena ko lekar kaisa raha? Ye musse jada aap jaante sena aur deski suraksa ko un logon ne apni kamai ka sadhan bana liya tha. Shaayat shahidon ko yaj karke unne kuch mil nahi sakta tha. Isli unne bula nahi unne asaan laga. Saath yon boh for se lekar helikopter tak saari jaaj ka ek hi parivar tak pohchana bahot kuch kahe jaata hain. Ab yahi log poori takat laga rahe hain ki bharat mein rafael bhi maan ahi nahi sakhe. Saath yon agle kuch mahinome jab deska pehla rafael baharat ke aas maan mein udhaan bharega to khud hi unka saari koshishon ka, saajishon ko dwatsa kar deega. Saath yon deski sena ko majboot karne ke liye. Hamari sarkar usse atya dhunik aircraft, helikopter, panlubyaan, jaaj aur anna hathyaar se yukta kar rahi hain. Rast hain ko najarandaaj karthe huye, yuk faasle kahi dasa ko se rukhe huye the unne ab ek ke baad ek priority ke aadhaar po liye aadhaara. Sena ke liye atya dhunik rafael ko kharidne aur bharat mein banane ka kaam bhi, hamari sarkar ne hi shuru kia hain. Hali mein sarkar ne bahatar hazaar aadhunik rafael ki kharidi ka order diya. Saath hi hamari sarkar ne 25,000 krono rupee ka ammunition, yani gola, barudu aur goliya mission mode mein kharidi hain. Saath yon, sena ko majboot karne ke baad ho. Yafir shahido ko sanmaan. Kuch logon ke liye deshe bhi apda apna parivar hain. Parivar ke hain. Aaj desh ko rastriya samar smarag milne jaara hain. Lekin rastriya police memorial ki pii to, yahi kahaani thi. Is memorial ko banane aur rast ko samar pit karne ka sawb paige bhi, hamari hi sarkar ko mila. Karib dahi dasak pehle iss smarag ki phail chali thi bhi chme atal ji ki sarkar ke samai baat aage bhi. Lekin unki sarkar ke jaane ke baad hain. Saath yon, aaj desh ka har bhoji. Har nagrik, yeh sabal putra hain ki aakir sahido ke saath, hamare naayakon ke saath, yeh vartav ko ki aagaya.  Aakir wo kaun si bhaja thi, jiski bhaja se, kisi ka dhyaan shahido ke liye smarag par nahi gaya. Bhai yon bahno, India first, yaa family first, India first nor family first ka jo antar hain, wahi iss ka jabab hain. Skool se lekar hospital tak, highway se lekar airport tak, stadium se lekar award tak, ham dekte aah rahe the, har jaga ekhi parivar ka naam jo da rahe tha tha. Ekhi parivar ke gungaan ka paranaam, uska duspandam, ye niklaan ki inki sarkarome Bharat ke tihas, Bharat ke maanta yaa fir Bharat ke parampara ko, kabhi mahatwa mila hi nahi.  Saath yo, mera ye bhi spast maan na hain. Ar ye main dil se batata hoon. Mera spast maan na hain ki Modi mahatapun nahi hain. Balki iss deis ki sabbeta sanskriti aur itihas sapse upar hain. Modi yaad rahe nahi, parantu iss deis ke karo loge ke ghtiak tapasyaan samar par, Veertha aur unki shawre gatha aajar amar rahe nahi chahiye. Saath yo, Purva Sahini ko aur Sahidon ke parivaaron ka jeevan aasan banane ke liye anek kadam bhi te saane 4 verse me uthae hain. Aane wale samai me anek aur fast le liye jayenge. Ab ek majbudh sarkar aapke saamre hain. Jise na mumkin ko mumkin banana aata hain. Rast ke maan ke liye, Veer Viranganao ke samman ke liye, Aap ke liye aapke parivaar ke liye aapka yeh pradhan se baat, Hamesha rast rahid ko sarvo pari rakhte huye hi faasale lega. Deis ki suraksha, deis ki pragati, deis ka vikas, Mere liye yeh lakshe itne pavitra hain. Ki mai, har muskil, har sahjees, Mere rahme aaye har role se ladne ke liye tayar ho. Ek maar fir, rastriya samar smark ke liye, Deis ke har sahinik, Shahidon ke parivaar aur sabhi deis vaasiyo ko, Baat bahut banhae deta ho. Aur mai, deis ke liye jeeval laga de ne baale, Jindagi khapa de ne baale, Jee bhi to deis ke liye, Mere to bhi deis ke liye, Jee to bhi tirange ke liye, Mere to bhi tirange odh karke aise har kisi ko. Mai aaj naman karta ho, Pranam karta ho, Aur meri baat ko samapta karta huye, Aap se awahan karta ho. Aaye meri saad boliye, Bharat Mata ki. Bharat Mata ki. Bharat Mata ki. Vande. Vande. Vande. Vande. Vande. Vande. ... The Convention of the Inauguration of the National War Memorial. He shared with the veterans his thoughts and philosophy and vision for the Indian army and expressed his gratitude to the veterans. The flag does not fly because the breeze moves it. It flies with every breath of the soldier who lives and dies protecting it. of every soldier's every precious breath.


Hello everybody and welcome back to the 50 day challenge. This is day 15 of the 50 day challenge and we are today wrapping up with Jared separately because of our timing, unfortunately, we couldn't get Jared and Tabaleng in one room together but we'll chat with Jared first, we'll chat with Tabaleng later and then we'll bring them all together for you into one session. So guys, today, we wanna just wrap up week three with Jared and chat with him and see what he's learned, what he's been able to achieve and where he is in his journey at the moment. So Jared, welcome and thank you again for joining us today. And thank you to the public for those of you who facefully every Friday night at 8.30 join us on Facebook through the channel with private property and we thank private property obviously for their support of this program. So guys, let's chat with Jared and hear where he's at with his journey now 15 days in, we're almost a third of the way and wow, it's been quite a journey. Right Jared, it's been quite a journey for us so far. Yes, a lot of learnings, a lot of big decisions around what it is you wanna do and it's becoming clearer and clearer and clearer. So I'm so excited, so enthusiastic and I think all the public are just all excited. I mean, just the amount of inquiries I've been getting just to how I've been doing this whole thing and how am I finding it. So I'm excited that the course is spreading far and wide. We're able to share this kind of knowledge. Yeah, awesome. Okay, so for those of you who still don't know, if you want to follow this journey, you can either find us on YouTube, EDPF Property Academy or EDPF or you can follow us on our website, edpfpropertyacademy.com or every day we put up a new session as we follow this journey. Every day we will record and we'll put it up for you guys to see. So Jared, this week we spoke a little bit about some legal stuff. We spoke a little bit about the intelligence. We spoke about Lightstone and you yourself have gone out there to look for some property opportunities and I'm very excited that you are very close to possibly buying your first property, which is absolutely amazing. I'm really, really happy for you and I can already feel the goosebumps. I can't wait for you to tell me Nigel, I'm tired of all that first property. So I'm very excited about that but let's first talk about the legal stuff. So Jared, you've learned quite a bit on the legal side. You've learned about Office to Purchase. You've learned about the transfer process. Tell us a little bit about what you learned from Aya with regard to Office to Purchase. What little nuggets did you get from him that you didn't know before? Oh gosh, for me it was just, like I keep saying it's all new to me. So everything is like a nugget because I think I represent a group out there who's never thought about this. Who's still learning and digesting information. But I think for me the Office to Purchase was quite informative. It's not one specific thing that I can pull out but I think just the whole idea of how the process works was quite new to me and I think a lot of people who's never bought property before this is quite an interesting conversation they have because we just think, oh, you see the property, you like it, you buy it and you move on, you use it for whatever purpose you want to use it for. But it's just such a lot that we have to take into consideration. And so I'm excited that I'm learning and that we're also learning with you. Yeah, I think for those who didn't watch that session on Office to Purchase, hopefully they'll go and watch that session because it is extremely important. Some of the highlights for me in terms of that session that we had with Maya Deval is that all the different components that you have to be sure of that you put into this offer. And the two things that most importantly stood out was the due diligence and feasibility side and then the financing side because when you put in an offer to purchase, you need to be sure that if you can't raise the money or if you do your due diligence and you find out actually there's a lot wrong with this property that actually the property isn't worth what the seller wants for it that you have a way to renegotiate. And I think that's the most important part is making sure that you add these clauses in that at the end of the day, if you've done your due diligence, you looked at the property and you've seen that, wait a minute, there's a massive crack in the property there. What is the underlying cause? Is there the roof is broken?  And then also having professionals look at the thing because obviously you as a new investor don't understand all the different nuances of purchasing a property. So bring in professionals to understand and look at the property and make sure that you are not buying a dud because very often there's a clause in your offer to purchase that says you're buying the property, footstool, oh, I hate that. Cool. As a seller, as is, if you're a seller, obviously you want to sell foods because you don't want any comebacks. But as a buyer, you want to be sure that what you're buying is real. So that effort to purchase is so important and in terms of the due diligence, the feasibility that allows you to check the property out before you finalize the deal and possibly be able to renegotiate. And then on top of that, if you don't add in that clause that says I need to raise money through a bond or any other way, then you are gonna be held accountable if you can't raise the money because it's almost like you said I have the money so I'm buying this property. But if you put a clause in that says I want to apply for a bond, that's a different story. And I see Matt Ellis just joined us. She is actually coming into the room so we'll chat with her a little bit as well. Okay, so guys, Janet, I see Matt Ellis just joined us. So thank you very much Matt for joining us for this wrap up session. I know you're extremely busy. So thank you very much for giving us your time so that we could wrap up week number three. It is now day 15. For those of you who didn't catch that at the beginning of the session, it is now day 15. And Jared and I have been talking a little bit about the stuff he's learned with regard to the legal side, offers to purchase and so on. So let's quickly catch up with Matt Ellis in terms of what she learned on legal. But before we get there, Jared, earlier on in the week, we spoke about some deals that you're working on. That was at the beginning of this week. How far are you with those deals? Have you signed your first offer to purchase already or are you still making a decision? I'm still making a decision. It's a big choice. And I don't want to make the wrong choice here. 100%. So I'm still looking at what it is that I'm looking to do with this property portfolio that I'm developing. But I think I also want to go in and visit those properties again and again. As you've mentioned, with what we're learning with property purchases and due diligence, it's making sure that you really see everything when you're at the property because it's a romanticized idea of being a viewer and you love it because you just see how wonderful and then you end up with a property that's a dive, as you said, because now that cracks in the foundation or things are not right, things that you only start seeing afterwards. And it's also, I think I'm learning that it's also good to take somebody else along with you who will tell you, hey, check that out. And maybe someone who knows about structural things. Just so that you know what you're getting is worth the money that you're gonna spend. Yeah, I know for sure. So I think when you have a minute, Jared, you and I will go out to those properties. We're gonna have a look at them. And from a professional, I will have a look at it and see whether that property is out of those two properties that you're currently looking at is really worth what they are selling for and possibly be able to negotiate the better price. So I'm really looking forward to that part of the journey and to be able to help you to purchase your very first property. So guys, right now we're gonna say goodbye to Jared because he's got a run, he's got a gig that he needs to go and do. So thank you very much, Jared, for this, yeah, for your very valuable time. And we'll carry on talking to Matt Owl about her journey where she's at at the moment and then wrap up the week, week three. So Jared, thank you very much.  Jared, thank you. Enjoy your gig. Thank you very much. Ciao. Okay guys, so now that we've said goodbye to Jared, unfortunately, like we said, he had a gig on that he needed to go to and fortunately for us, Matt Owl has now joined us and we're gonna talk a little bit about her journey so far. It is day 15 and we are now three weeks in so we're almost a third of the way. So Matt Owl, you've now learned quite a lot. You've learned about offers to purchase. You've learned about intelligence and all host of other things that you learned this week and the previous three weeks. Tell us what you've learned specifically related to the offer to purchase and how that will help you in your investment journey. Thanks Nigel. I think the biggest thing that I learned especially when it comes to an offer to purchase is as human beings, we get afraid to even submit or to draft the offer to purchase because we think that once we have made that offer should things change down the line like maybe you can't secure funding. Maybe there's certain things you discover about the property that now make you feel actually I don't want to continue with this deal. A lot of people are afraid to put in the offer to purchase because like myself, you become unaware of the fact that there's clauses you can actually include that allow you to still be able to break away from the offer because at the end of the day, in order for you to even begin the process to try to secure that property, you need to put through the offer to purchase. So I think the one clause for me that really stands out as the bond clause where for example, I put an offer through and then I look for funding and say I don't secure the funding then what? I still bound to have to pay the seller that amount but if I put in that bond clause, it does allow that leeway to say okay, this is my offer, but if I'm unable to raise the funds for this particular offer to purchase, then that clause still allows me to in essence retract on the offer to purchase. So I think that was the big fundamental thing that I learned there. But more than anything, I think it's also just the due diligence. There's really important information that also needs to be put on the offer to purchase. And I think also having learned about platforms like Lightstone, not only just having the building name, street address, you need things like earth number details that also need to be on the offer to purchase. And obviously if you've done your due diligence, making sure it's the right owner, all the correct information must be on that offer to purchase before you can even go as far as submitting it to a bank to proceed with the process. So yeah, quite a lot to learn. But I think for me, those are the two main take counts. Yeah. All right, fantastic. Yeah, we've covered so much over the last 15 days. It always amazes me that you guys actually remember everything we've taught you because there's just so much we're throwing at you at the same time. So thank you for that. And I agree with you. I mean, at the end of the day, you wanna be sure that what you're buying is actually what you're paying for. And normally that foots to its claws that goes into, I just spoke to Jared about that same issue, the fact that there's always those foots to its claws that says you're buying the property as is, which then means that if you didn't do your due diligence, you didn't check, you didn't bring your professionals to come and look at it, you could end up in a situation where Jared was chatting about somebody who bought the property and they saw water coming up and it was actually the drain that the property was built on and the sewer water was actually coming up from underneath the ground. So you need to know these things. You need to know that the person who's selling you the property actually owns it. And that's what the title deed gives you. And all of these things was in the offer to purchase will protect you in that way. So let's talk a little bit about what you learned on Lightstone. So there are a couple of things that we spoke about earlier in the week with regard to Lightstone and that system. What did you learn from that session? Well, Lightstone gives a wealth of information specifically not just on the property, but the area. The fact that you can actually zone in on the surrounding areas in that street, you get to see what's the average price range? Like in terms of in the past year, how many properties actually sold in that street? How much did they actually sell for? So that also again, it helps when it comes to negotiating the price with the seller because then you get to see prior information to say, okay, your asking price is 450, but according to my research, in the past year properties have been selling for about 400,000. So then that puts you in a different position for negotiation. Other important information, you get to see who the actual owner is. It actually shows this property was sold in 2016 on June the 4th. So it gives very insightful information so that the person who's saying I'm the seller, those two things need to correlate with what is on Lightstone versus their actual ID. Is it their ID number that's written there as the person with the title deed? So, yeah, Lightstone gives a lot. It actually really gives a lot. You can even get a street view. You get to see even the land size, the square meters that you're working with. It's a wealth of information. I myself still wanna sit down on the app and just actually have fun with it like I did with the private property app because, yeah, there's a lot that's there. There's a lot that's there. Fantastic. And as an EDPF candidate, one that's on our platform and on our program, you are fortunate enough and those who are on the program are fortunate enough to have free access to the Lightstone system because we have a deal with Lightstone where as a candidate you actually have access to that and TPN and also Planned Robots Attorneys, other platforms as well that you can use for free to do that research. So I'm really glad to have you on the program and have you be able to utilize that facility. Okay, so that's enough now in terms of what you learned for the week but let's talk a little bit about your journey. So you've already bought two properties prior to joining the EDPF Academy and this 50 day challenge. So your challenge was more about not purchasing your first property but how do you now take your portfolio further and develop that and grow it? So give us an idea of the types of properties that you're currently looking at or which areas you're looking at and what's your strategy in terms of how you're going to now grow your portfolio? So currently the two properties are owned in the Pretoria region. The initial plan for that was to create student accommodation. So the one is in Milkville Neck that's I think just the northern part of sunny side. The other one is in Arcadia. So they're both positioned really well in terms of student accommodation because the one is literally one walking distance from UNICEF. The other one is walking distance from Boston and they're both also relatively, I mean, transport-wise they're on a transport route quite close to get to the University of Pretoria. So I think in that same breadth having seen that the properties are usually most of the time fully occupied because of the fact that they're in student areas but the wine also specifically in Milkville Neck I think it also it appeals more to the working class that can't necessarily afford, how can I put it? It's like, for example, you get a cashier who cannot really necessarily afford a very expensive two bedroom apartment in Hadfield but can afford that one and a half bedroom that you're offering them in Milkville Neck. So I think now with the experience of the two I'm still leaning towards student accommodation because that's really where the passion of my property journey started. At the moment I'm currently looking around Arcadia again because again with their it's walking distance to Boston. It's also close proximity to the University of Pretoria. So those areas are really booming when it comes to student accommodation but I think the key thing because I was a student myself it's always affordability. So making the gap here being offering very well renovated accommodation but at an affordable price. So again with learning that you need to be cash flow positive from the minute you purchase the property. So again sticking to my plan of the range of remember in the beginning you asked us how much I've again just been looking at properties my median is 400,000 but anything from 350 to 450 for me I think is quite a good deal. So looking at the Arcadia area the main properties I get there around that price range 400 to 420 are about like a 1.5 a two bedroom if I'm lucky but I've been lucky to spot two three bedroom apartments. However, having read up a little bit more and looked at the size of the property I actually realized that those were once before two bedrooms or 1.5s that were later renovated to become a three bedroom. So from a rental perspective they're already cash flow positive because of that conversion that was created there. So right now I'm just in a position of having to go view them from the pictures things are looking okay but again due diligence my next step is to now go see those two properties that I've I've got a top four but the top two are the ones that were previously 1.5 and now converted into 2.5 for three bedroom because of the cash flow positive rental. I am so excited about that. It's so great to see even just three weeks having had all this time that we were literally just bombarding you with information and teaching you as much as we possibly can in a short space of time that both you and Jared already 15 days in looking at zoning in at properties that are of keen interest to you are specifically within that range not only the price range but also within the sort of investment categories that you originally had said you're looking for. And I think that it's important to understand that because when we go looking for property very often we make a mistake of trying to just look at the entire landscape and hope that it's like throwing dots at the dot board in the hope that you're going to hit the bullseye. You guys have become very focused and I'm very, very happy about that. You've become very focused. You've said this is the kind of property I'm looking for. These are the kinds of returns I want. This is the kind of money that I want to invest whether I have the money or not doesn't matter because we're teaching you how to use other people's money which is fantastic. And then saying, right, this is what I'm looking to invest in. And it's so great to see 15 days in that both of you have found a couple of properties that fit within that criteria. So I'm very excited to continue this conversation to see where you get to hopefully to be able to finally invest in those properties. So thank you. Thank you for that. Thank you for your time again. And thank you for these three weeks that we've spent together so far. There's quite a ways still to go. We've got another 35 more days and I'm excited to see how you and Jared end up. Hopefully in the next 35 days still worth a property that you own, that we've helped you get and helped you structure and helped you finance. So in doubling that out, thank you very much again for your time. Guys out there of the members of the public, people that watch us on Facebook, private property for partnering with us. Thank you guys again for joining us on this journey of the 50 day property challenge. And we hope to see you again on Monday as we carry on talking about how you too can become a property investor within 50 days. Thank you very much. This is Nigel and then doubling, signing off for week three of the 50 day property challenge.