Good evening all, thanks for joining me you're all very welcome. This is my welcome to my last live stream before the election. I won't be doing a live stream next week. Next week is as you know election week and I can't wait, I can't wait for election day and in all honesty I can't wait for the other side of this. It's an incredible, it's an incredible experience actually running in an election and it is, well it's what it's all about and I tell you one thing I've learned throughout this campaign is how different things are or one of the things, it's a while since I've actually stood for election and a while since I've had an election campaign like this and one of the things that stands out for me is the difference between what's on the doorstep and what's on social media. I've long said that social media is not an accurate reflection of life and this is really proving that it isn't. A lot of people you talk to on the doorstep are not on social media, a lot of them don't care for social media, a lot of them don't have, their opinions are certainly not shaped by social media though sadly largely mainstream media does still play a large role but not as much I'd say as it used to or as it once did and I think that's probably obvious and I think that's a trend and it's a direction that we're going in but social media is certainly not an accurate reflection of what people are saying on the doorstep, so what people think about on the doorstep. Immigration is a huge issue for people and it is and I don't generally mention it until it's mentioned to me and it is mentioned to me and it's mentioned to me a lot and you'll often know what's coming when people will say things like listen I'm not a racist and you immediately know what's coming, you immediately know they're going to say there's too much immigration in this country and why don't we for once put British people first or why don't we take care of our own why is everything about other people why are when we're locked in our houses why are we at door why is Heathrow and all the other major airports across the country still taking in fast numbers of people while we're locked in, this is what people think working every day people across the country it's what huge numbers of them think if you were to lock though on social media you would think and it is portrayed and this is also on mainstream media it's portrayed as a minority crank outsider group that are concerned about immigration they're not they're not knocking on doors you all know that that's not the case so that's been driven home for me again quite a bit in this election is that social media the internet in general is not an accurate measure of what people are thinking and saying on the door steps uh as someone at Graham has just written truths are told when I speak on a door steps absolutely true it's absolutely true talk to people talk to people get out there and talk to people and you'll see what they're really thinking and I think it's a bit of an eye opener it is a bit of an eye opener but it's been great but I'm just so keen to get there now I'm so keen to get there now and I'm sure there are a lot of candidates feel the same way it's it's it's it's it's a it's a this big build-up I just can't wait can't wait to get there okay what do I want to talk about tonight I'm watching the comments come in I'm just seeing uh Frankie ask what do we say to people on the doorstep when they say they don't vote now I covered this and I'll cover it again I covered this in my Wednesday morning stream recently but I think it's really important to to talk about this around a third of the country doesn't vote and if they did a third of the country can elect a government if a third of the country voted for for Britain we could be in government that's how significant it is the powers that be labour and Tories the status quo want to remain the status quo they're quite happy for power to drift from one side of the House of Commons to another as long as they get their turn again quite happy for it to say as it is what they don't want is anyone else breaking through and disturbing that status quo both of the big parties have their core voter that will always vote for them no matter what then it has the floating voters not quite the right word but it's the only expression that sort of fits for the sake of conversation let's call it that someone who'll go one way or the other depending they're not a hardcore labour or Tory usually the people who decide elections in fact a lot of people in that vein will have voted and we'll give up on voting this is exactly what the status quo wants them to do the best way of maintaining the status quo the labour Tory duopoly is what i usually call it but actually someone said to me recently it's actually more like a monopoly which is true the thing they want most is this disillusionment it is and the people you've a lot of people after brexit as well they voted to leave the european union didn't quite happen unless it didn't happen anytime quickly after and as the word that's it i'll never vote again that's what the status quo wants to change this country you have to vote to change this country you have to stand people must stand for election as well as vote if you are incredibly cynical about electoral politics then what have you got to lose by voting for someone else for voting against the status quo people have told me i met someone on the doorstep very recently you said well what's the point you don't nothing ever changes so i'm not voting because nothing ever changes when you do well nothing will change if you vote labour and Tory but we need a an electoral revolution for want for a better word we need new people standing and we need people to get behind those new people standing it is a self fulfilling prophecy if you decide not to vote then you are guaranteeing that nothing will ever change but you can vote join and stand for outside the status quo that's your only chance of making things change you can forfeit your democratic right and leave the status quo where it is or you can decide to make change new party new candidates new ideas are the only way we're going to make change forfeiting your ability your right your vote will change nothing and that's why i say it's a circular it's a self fulfilling prophecy if you don't vote nothing really will change if you do something might and it'll take you two minutes to go down to the local community centre or whatever it may be and put an x on a box that's all you have to do that's all and if you really don't think it's going to make a word have you got to lose what have you got to lose go out and use your vote it's as simple as that and there's no other way there's nothing more dramatic or yeah just nothing else there isn't any you know it's as simple as it's as simple as that forfeit your vote maintain the status quo vote differently get involved that's the way to make change it really is that simple and yes that's that's what i'd say to people on the doorstep and it's what i did say to the man who who i spoke to about this well keep to keep don't vote and it really will nothing really will change the very worst the very worst thing people can do is just not bother to vote and the thing is i say that completely understanding why because we've had this laboratory laboratory thing for for as long as most of us have been alive the only way to stop it is to use your vote simple as that okay what do i want to talk about tonight there is a distinct how am i going to look around the news and i think someone has just said this in the comments there is a distinct change in the news i've been looking through the news today and there it is i found the comment have you noticed a sudden upswing in the dovetailing of the pandemic and climate change are genius yes i have yes i have i actually sent a message to someone the other day i got up we're going to put the morning and i'll check the news on the phone for us to see what's going on and there is a noticeable as j.s says in the comments say there is a noticeable upsurge upswing in climate change stories and as a kind of an amalgamation of covid and climate change stories melting in of the two we talked about this on a live stream recently climate lockdowns lockdowns to save the world sort of stories and you can see that melting in of the two there's another thing i noticed as well and i have done in the last couple of days and again today is a reduction in covid stories and i'll give you an example just looking at the bbc's home page this evening the top story is funding of pms flat refurbishment to be reviewed uh that's the top story on the bbc then you've got zagari ratcliffe sentenced to a year in prison two college staff hurt a shot reported at campus channel five pulls charlotte crossby documentary of no idea who shall it crossby is uh other headlines are a couple of covid related ones it's just not as many as there were and looking over onto sky news similar you've got a story about the pms flat refurbishment about nazan nazanin zagari ratcliffe jail for another top story on sky news two people injured after shots fired near college sainsbury say sorry for cornish corn cornish cream tea scone blasphemy top civil servant accused of stonewalling mps in badly scripted version of tv sitcom yes minister a story about a child uh saturday i'm from nekemia uh two stories about the woman jailed for a year in iran one about scottish independence one about the queen um and only two covid related in the in the main front page one of them p.m denies saying he would rather see bodies pile high than have another lockdown and torky enters full closure lockdown until mid-may as EU confirms vaccinated tourists welcome this summer there is a noticeable change in the level of covid related stories itv tory party gave loan to p.m for downing street refurbishment this is showing a little bit too significant i would have thought top story on that is boris johnson denies making let's bodies pile high comments let's have a look at that see what that's all about so god these dominant comings and boris johnson have should we say fallen out he was a senior advisor to boris johnson last year his name will be very familiar to all of us and stories have gone around over the weekend that he's going to release or he has released and will release some various different scandalous allegations about the prime minister during the the coronavirus decision-making meetings and what have you and one of the things that is alleged i'll read it i'll read it to you from from item boris johnson has denied saying he would rather have bodies pile high in their thousands than implement a third coronavirus lockdown asked if he made the comments attributed to him mr johnson said no but i think the important thing i think people want us to get on with and do as a government is to make sure that lockdowns work they have and i pay tribute to the people of this country this whole country of ours really pulled together and working with the vaccination program we've got the disease under control labour leader kirsten was said mr johnson needed to make a public statement about reports he's alleged to have claimed he would let bodies pile high rather than have another lockdown i think like everybody reading that i was astonished to see those words secure instead it's for the printer star prime minister i think now to make a public statement about that if he did say those things then he's got to explain it if he didn't go on record and probably explain what was and wasn't said um quite quite a long quite a long uh coverage of this on here this was this publication by the daily mail over the weekend um okay i'm just it's it's i'm trying to pick out what i don't want to read all of this because it's very very long i'm trying to find uh the most significant most important parts of it i will put all of these out on social media afterwards fundamentally this is uh ben wallace says daily mail story claiming boris johnson would rather see bodies pile high than order thought toward lockdown is ridiculous he continued fundamentally the prime minister's actions have been a steady and deliberate lifting of lockdown a roadmap the vaccination program with 62 of all adults vaccinated over half of all adults in the uk that saves lives it comes as the uk's most senior civil servant is expected to indicate that he has not cleared mr johnson's former advisor dominant comment over the so-called chatty rat leak of plans for a second lockdown cabinet secretary simon case has said that the so-called chatty rat leak inquiry is going is ongoing in a clear indication that the source or sources haven't been identified it's all the public administration and constitutional affairs committee hope the committee will understand i'm very constrained in what i can say given the security classification of the exercise of the leak inquiry what i can say is the investigation is ongoing and this is a clear indication that the source or sources haven't been identified so i think the reason i'm frowning at all this is because it's all getting very it's all quite confusing i find that more and more with the news actually mr commings has accused mr johnson of seeking to block the investigation after learning that a close friend of his fiance carrie simons has been implicated i claim the prime minister denied in an incendiary blog post mr commons went on to say mr case had told mr johnson that he don't need neither he nor the number 10 director of communications was the corporate okay so general gist of things is things are leaking out including an allegation that he said bodies would he would prefer bodies to be piled high which he denies simultaneously dominant commings and he have fallen out and the papers are reporting that he is or intends to leak things including text message exchange between mr johnson and james dyson the allegation about bodies piling high no one seems to know where it came from in a word a mess an absolute mess and not made any clearer by news reports from what i can see let me have a quick look at the bbc on this yeah it's pretty much the same mixed in with a story on dominant commings lax launches attack on p.m.'s integrity the pile high comments are said to have been made at the end of october when the government announced it would be a second lockdown bbc political editor laura consburg says at the time the prime minister was reported to have had big concerns about the implications of another lockdown okay i'll tell you what let's we'll come back when we when this becomes a little bit clearer we'll come back to it next week because i'm reading i've been reading a few stories about this and nothing makes much a great deal of sense but to summarize we've got a mixture of dominant commings allegedly going to leak various things about the prime minister a leak that the prime minister said let bodies pile high which nobody seems to know where it came from um and dominant commings lax's attack on p.m.'s integrity those three things are floating around at the same time um so i suppose we're going to without lack of clarity with lack of clarity from the press we're going to have to keep guessing about what all that's about okay um cure starma i want to talk about cure starma this evening and the first thing to say really is that there isn't looking at him i've been looking at cure starma reading about cure starma pretty much all day well for a great chunk of today a couple of things jump out one he is portrayed as something of a saint a if you look at his wikipedia page for example in sharp sharp contrast to my own which portrays me as anything from an idiot to a monster to both he is portrayed as saintly on on wikipedia i've watched interviews with him and not only is he rather uninteresting as a character the press it jumps out screams out at me that the press are very very kind to him i go very very easy on him and the only things that really that really stand out to me in terms of his political career he seems to have either avoided much controversy or he is teflon or as is my own conclusion he neither takes a position on this side or on that side i've said this about him before and this in looking into him in much greater detail as i have today that's something that is really really evident he has taken he was let's just have a little bit look back on his career before he was labour mp and he went to the front bench of the labour party very quickly became mp in 2015 for a london seat went to the front bench very quickly he became the shadow brexit minister and as shadow brexit minister he called for a second referendum a couple of articles i've picked out to look at it's one from 2019 where he said where the headline this is from the mirror and he said the headline is kirstamer demands second referendum in bombshell intervention labour's brexit chief today publicly demanded a second referendum from the party's talks with tereza main a major intervention so kirstamer warned it will be impossible to get any deal through parliament without a public vote attached he warned up to 150 labour MPs will refuse to back a deal unless they can put it back to the public with the option to cancel brexit and remain in the EU now one thing notable about that is that he did want a option on a second referendum to cancel brexit altogether but was very clear that there should be no option to leave with a clean break in other words a no deal brexit should not be an option even in this role he never quite this is something about him that just keeps coming across he never quite you never quite know what it's difficult to describe his language is always is always very vague and he's the same he's now if he's chopped he's chopped and changed on immigration or on on brexit he went from that position where there should be no second referendum to we have to accept the results and he's saying these two things simultaneously we have to accept result and there should be a second referendum we shouldn't be able to have a no deal brexit but we should be able to cancel brexit but we have to accept the result and this he will say at the same time and this is an absolute this is the only consistency within his political career he's contradicts himself mid-sentence and that shows up time and time again it's a similar thing with immigration i'll give you a couple of quotes that he of from him on immigration over the years we must reduce immigration we must sell immigration as a positive and now his latest is we must overhaul our entire immigration policy so back in there's an article here from 2016 saying it has to be reduced and that he sounds quite quite serious about that and he accepted and he accepted and this is again part of his inconsistency in keeping with his sometimes insistence that we accept the result of the brexit referendum we must accept he said the end of freedom of movement a couple of years later he's saying we must protect freedom of movement but we must accept the result of the referendum now he's saying that there has to be a completeness the latest from him that there has to be a complete overhaul of our immigration system he doesn't given details of what that will be but we have to have a complete overhaul he'll talk then about ending migrant detention centres and being kinder to migrants this is a kind of language he uses so it's been a little bit frustrating to be honest reading about him today and trying to put a little bit like the the Boris body's piling high story you know quite you read it and you read it and you read you not stop quite able to put your finger on anything now i find this more and more with politicians and with the media and i think it's a huge part of what's actually wrong in this country and a loot a huge part of why people are so confused and so unclear about everything that's going on it's a little bit like the coronavirus transitions that we've been going through and the language being used and the confusing positions being put forward such as so and so many number deaths from covid went to deaths with covid went to deaths within 28 days of a positive test the language changed people got really confused you'll see them on you'll see the politicians on television telling you if you have other illnesses don't think that you can't go to the doctor or to the hospital you must hospitals are open for everybody despite the panic we're open for everybody but try going try going go try getting a doctor's appointment you won't get one you may get a video consultation and this is i've seen this happen um to someone close to me recently a video consultation first a i mean a dismissal here it takes some painkillers to will refer you to the hospital you get a letter from the hospital telling you to phone the hospital you phone the hospital they have a chat with you tell you that you have to go off for an assessment again to see if you are eligible for a hospital appointment you have to jump through hoop after hoop after hoop after hoop for anything not covered right meanwhile you're being told go to the doctor everything is as it normally is but it isn't and things are closed but the messages keep going every this is i like clarity i think you probably know this about me by now i like clarity i like to know where things stand i don't like evasive and vague language because i know what it means it's usually to cover something up it's usually a because people don't know what they're doing there's chaos so when people don't know what they're doing language becomes evasive and language becomes vague when language is contradictory it's usually because whatever the truth is someone doesn't want you to know what the truth so we get language that is contradictory this is absolutely all over kirstama all over him it's all over the news in general lately and i've read a couple of stories out to you in recent live streams and i've read them to you directly and they make no sense it makes no sense we're being we're being lied to we are being lied to there is evasion and inconsistency and contradiction across the board in politics and in the media and this is personified in kirstama in his absolute lack of clarity his absolute lack of conviction his absolute lack of courage to take a position one way or another is evident throughout his career before he became labour mp he was head of the cps and couple of little controversies surrounding him during that time involved for example jimmy savill either he is teflon or the the press is kinder to him than it would be to someone else because of course he's the labour labour leader and the press is so engaged in an apologetic for that side of politics so there's an article here from this son in 2020 it's entitled what was the labour leader's involvement as head of public prosecutions in the jimmy savill scandal so after qualifying for the bar in 1987 secure acted exclusively as a defense lawyer specializing in human rights issues in 2008 he was appointed director of public prosecutions and head of the crown prosecution service holding these roles until 2013 he approved decisions on high profile legal legal cases including the shooting of john charles de mezzas who was killed by metropolitan police in 2005 secure was also involved in the case relating to the death of newspaper vendor in tomlinson in the 2009 london riots after leaving the role of dpp he was selected to be the labour party's parliamentary candidate for holborn and st pancreas in 2014 he was elected in the 2015 general election with a majority of 17 000 after jeremy corbin's reelection as party leader in 2016 so cure accepted an appointment to become shadow brexit secretary now how was he involved in the jimmy savill case investigations into the horrific acts committed by jimmy savill began before cure starmer took the role of dpp in 2008 a few months before he took on the role at the crown prosecution service sussex police launched an investigation into a possible sexual assault but took no further action as the complainant did not wish to give evidence in 2009 the cps reviewed four sexual assault claims against the disgraced tv presenter but felt there was insufficient evidence with which to proceed the cps came under fire for their decisions not to prosecute and while the labour leader had no involvement in the decision not to prosecute he commissioned a review of the service led by allison levitt qc secure apollot revealed failures at the heart of the cps cps and issued an apology saying a fundamental shift was required as the nation cannot afford another savill moment in five or ten years first of all there are several moments going on all over the country all the time and secondly i'm not seeing a passionate demand for prosecutions of the rape gangs that are still operating with impunity across the country to be brought to justice by he had the backbone he could and should be doing that but that's the only real scandal i can find involving him as when he was head of the cps it is all really rather vague but one thing that does just scream out i'll stop talking about him now but one thing that does absolutely scream about him is that there is no firm position his language is evasive and vague and it has been throughout his political career he has gone from we must reduce immigration to we must talk well about immigration to we must overhaul immigration he has gone from we must have a second referendum while simultaneously saying we must respect the result of the referendum we must understand that the british public want less immigration which is part of why they voted to leave the european union to we must protect freedom of movement after we leave the european union all of this he is saying in the space of a few years in short he has no courage of conviction and he cannot be trusted a bit like the media that reports on him speaking of the media and reports was anybody at the london rally march for freedom over the weekend i have seen a few videos which make which looks like a really really rather large crowd there i found a couple of press reports on this and if you go if you simply google i googled freedom march london and what comes up are the headlines anti lockdown protesters defy restrictions in central london eight police officers injured clearing crowds after march eight police officers hooked up their bottle thrones at anti lockdown march anti lockdown protesters defy restrictions again different place different posts not the same i'm not reading the same one twice thousands march in london against lockdowns thousands protests against vaccine passports and lockdown in london eight officers injured policing anti lockdown protests in london six arrested amid massive anti lockdown protests in london but of course let's have a look at the bbc's and by way of contrast i decided to have a look at the black lives matter rally or one of black lives matter rallies that took place in 2020 during lockdown and when all the covid restrictions were in place and compare that with the bbc's report on the one at the weekend but if you were there please do let me know send me a message now let me know how many people you think were there what went on and i'll read out those messages so here's the here's the bbc on saturday's march an anti lockdown protest in which eight police officers were injured will be raised with senior bosses with utmost urgency a policing leader has said demonstrators hurled bottles at police as they attempted to disperse crowds in hide park on saturday evening photos on social media showed a female officer bleeding from a cut to her head while another suffered a similar wound home secretary pretty battal condemned the senseless violence and wished the injured officers a speedy recovery the metropolitan police said two officers were taken to hospital but the injuries are not believed to be serious the protest which also took place on oxford street came almost two weeks after covid-19 lockdown restrictions were eased police said five people were arrested for offenses including assault on officers and public order offenses so if you go down through the article you'll see a consistent theme offenses offenses offenses police heart offenses now let me go to a article from june 2020 headline black lives matter protests held across england hundreds of people have gathered for black lives matter protests in cities across england peaceful protests took place in london coventry and newt castle the latest in a series of anti-racism demonstrations in recent weeks while the gatherings are in breach of coronavirus lockdowns many in the crowds wore masks and observed social distance and guidance in london protesters assembled at speakers corner in hide park amid a heavy police presence another group of people marched from voxel to parliament square around 300 gathered in the center of coventry the protest was organized after an incident in the city's broadgate on night june where two black men were said to have been chased by a group of coventry city fans celebrating the club's promotion and in the same vein as you go down through it in the same vein that you'll see offenses offenses offenses throughout the report on saturday's march you will see a saintliness about the black lives matter protests stories of black people being attacked anti-racism marches these are all all wonderful people protesting against terrible racism aren't they isn't it great all this lovely solidarity but people marching they don't give a number by the way on saturday no attempt at a number on the bbc report they do give numbers on the black lives matter reports but if you if you read them you can just it's staring you in the face the different tone the different language and the pictures they show are showing people holding up signs all racists love yourself so you can love others all racist sachet away don't get up stand up don't give up the fight stop pretending your racism is patriotism that's a good one that's a good picture for them to get in there no justice no peace silences violence black lives matter pictures from the other one blinded by your mind open your eyes see through the lives so there there's a real attempt and quite a successful one actually to paint the marches in london on saturday as conspiracy theorists and the black lives matter people as saints nothing new nothing new there at all okay i'm going to go to this i want to see some of the comments and yes somebody saying how can you observe social distance and at a rally who is this okay between 750 000 to a million rumors are there was 1.2 million there i was on the march with some other members the police started the after-march violence in ho hide park 275 000 the numbers coming through okay let's have some questions what with and with everything that's happening can for a bit and restore normality if elected join the next general election and it took decades it really did take decades to get into this what it will take to get out of it is firm strong leadership and courage and i say courage because i think with i think the lack of for example kerstarmer the lack of clarity from him the lack of consistency from him is a lack of courage he is the kind of leader who is led rather than doing the leading i decided a long time ago that i was never going to be able to please everyone and if you try to do that it's a mugs game and in this job in this role you have to accept that no matter what you do someone's going to be unhappy with you someone's going to be upset no matter what decisions you make same someone's going to be unhappy unhappy with you and someone's going to be upset so all you can do is stand by your own convictions and persuade people to come with you that's what a leader should do and that's the courage that is lacking in both kerstarmer and in many respects in borris johnson because borris johnson has been similar in many many ways he too has chopped and changed on immigration for example and its immigration is an issue that people do chop and change on because they know that the media is going to jump all over them with this it's an issue that the media and the left-wing media particularly the left-wing commentators and the word racist will be attached to it so borris johnson is is little bit no better in fact he has chopped and changed on immigration as well we want and need clarity and courage in leadership positions in this country we are tired of people who will stand up and repeat politically correct sound bites in order not to upset anyone it's never going to work you're never going to not upset someone but you're also if you if you take that line if you take that line where i will say what this audience wants me to say on a monday and say what this audience wants me to say on a tuesday all you are doing is getting through it in personally as unscathed as you can get through it there is nothing you are going to change you're not going to make anything any better you're not certainly not going to bring normality back into society or to this country you are merely trying to get through your own tenure your own time with as little damage as possible and i think that's what politicians have been doing for a long time i think it's what kia starmer is doing i think it's what borris johnson is doing we need courage and we need clarity we need someone who is not going to back down who is going to stand and take the punches and still maintain their position with that then yes we can get normality back and the reason i believe that more even than i always have is like i said at the top of this at the start of this live stream what we see the manipulation of what we see on the internet and on the media is not what people are thinking out there in the real world they are genuinely genuinely not normal you know you use the word normal the people still are normal they still do want to live in a sane society and many of them still do live in a sane society so yes with a bit of strong courageous leadership we can turn this around and i think turn it around quite quickly someone who is willing to go out and have a consistent position who is willing to say what is evidently and obviously true to the vast majority of normal people absolutely you can turn this around very very quickly but you have to you have to have the courage of your convictions you have to maintain a consistent clear evidence based position and you will if you do that bring the normal majority with you and you can turn this around quite quickly and standing on the doorsteps and talking on the doorsteps has in fact reinforced my belief in that it has strongly reinforced my belief in that we can the country is still sane it really is but the media manipulation the social media manipulation would have us believe that that's not the case it's not nearly as bad as you might think it is when you get out there and talk to people on the doorstep okay i'm getting some answers in so Essex Andy says there were between 750 000 to 1 million people uh James says that son was going down and the police wanted to go home so they thought they could clear the park using their buttons uh and again i've had i've had a couple of people now saying 750 000 to a million and i've seen that consistently across across various posts um and people showing videos taken at the time okay so it seems to me it seems to me having not been there it seems to me that the likelihood is that this was quite a large march the bbc not even attempting to give a number tells me that that's that's possibly possibly likely um and it's it's good to see it's good to know i saw i think it was i think it might have been uh no it was Hugo talks i think he he said uh on a video last week that there has been a toning down of stories about coronavirus and i i can see that myself i can see that myself this evening and he wondered and suspected that this is because of marches and that if we tone it down a little bit people will perhaps with it not being in their face every five minutes every day the likelihood is that numbers on marches will be lower uh and that's his suspicion as to why the rhetoric on covid has been toned down in the press and it really really has it really has i'm genuinely surprised when i come onto the bbc tonight to see that the top story is funding of p.m's flat refurbishment to be reviewed the top five coronavirus stories that i i usually give you on here this sort of little top five that's been put together every night every night since this began by the bbc isn't there for the first time since this started no it's not it's not that top five coronavirus stories isn't there and there is a noticeable noticeable injection of other stories covering the front page now let's have a look at the india story so a coronavirus variant identified in india is being investigated by scientists across the world however it is not yet known how far it has spread or whether it is driving the deadly second wave of covid in india itself so viruses mutate all the time producing different versions or variants of themselves most of these mutations are insignificant and some may even make the virus less dangerous but others make it more contagious and harder to vaccinate against this variant officially known as b1617 was first detected in india in october simple testing is not widespread enough across india to determine how far or quickly it is spreading but there have been over the last week and it goes on to say that the little very little is actually known about it but there have been the stories about and you've seen i've seen images of and stories showing us that bodies are piling up on the streets in india and you've got mass cremations and so this has been really ramped up and all of a sudden now it's simply it's dying down again another story on the bbc about from yesterday a headline india covid patients dying without oxygen amid deli surge for the fourth day in a row india has set an unwelcome world record for new coronavirus infections with 349,691 more cases in the 24 hours to sunday morning and another 2,767 lives lost hospitals are overwhelmed in deli and there's been another lockdown and speaking of another lockdown reuters reports that germany's coronavirus infection rate rose at the weekend despite stricter restrictions as finance minister olaf schultz cautioned he did not expect moves to ease co-ops before the end of may germany is struggling to contain a third wave of infections with efforts complicated by the more contagious b117 variant which first emerged in the uk and a relatively slow start to its national vaccination campaign there's been a theme to this stream this evening and there's been a theme that i noticed more and more over recent weeks and months and i'm going to repeat myself again and that is absolute luck of clarity absolute chaos in the news absolute inconsistency changes in language a hyping up of an issue only for it to be dialed down the next day i saw someone say a few days ago on on twitter that 250,000 people die a year from diarrhea in india and yet this has never made a headline but here we have and i'm not downplaying the deaths of 2,767 people but india is a country of over well over a billion people and relatively speaking 2,700 deaths is not when you consider that 250,000 seeming that figure is accurate die from diarrhea every year or they're about 2,000 deaths in a country like india is not a statistic that warrants the media coverage it has had over the last few days which now we see is dying down a little bit just like media coverage of covered full stop is dying down a little bit and this is the first night the first night since this started in over a year that the bbc is not doing its collection of coronavirus uh it's not at least it's not on the front page something very very odd going on there really is and a complete complete lack of again i've just just confusion we're confused i'm confused the country is confused james again it was a massive demonstration probably the biggest one i've ever been on and i've been on dozens okay tell me a question about something else what are your thoughts on the justifiable shooting of a 16 year old girl in america who's about to stab another teenager here we go again policing i mean i wrote my sunday column yesterday about how joe biden is throwing police has thrown every police officer in america under the boss and he really really has it is shocking jury sequestered or not it is shocking to read of a u.s president saying i hope we get the right verdict i'm praying for the right verdict it is shocking to hear members of the american political machine say that black lives matter need to be if the verdict doesn't go the right way then they need to be perhaps even a little bit louder in their protests next time remember black lives matter we're looting and destroying and people died all over america and their last time they got angry about something and this is absolutely encouraged not only by members of congress but by the u.s president and this is a repeated pattern it is entirely expected for police to use lethal force in a scenario like this if not lethal force then certainly force in a scenario like this to prevent serious harm or death to a member a member of the public it is expected that the police would use force to bring that to prevent that from happening to prevent that harm or death to a member of the public from from happening every time now i don't know why police people join the police force in america these days it cannot cannot be a recruiting tool for the police in america for any of their forces and this consistent demonization of police for false reasons so the police deserve to be criticized for things like rutherham for example they deserve many of them deserve to be sacked and prosecuted for things like rutherham but in this instance in these back lives matter cases it's a demonization based upon a lie it is a demonization pushed by radical neo-communist groups violent radical neo-communist groups and it's an absolute pylon on the police a pylon that is encouraged and assisted by members of congress and even the u.s president it's a demonstration of and all of this all of this to me all of the vague language all of the inconsistencies all of the hypocrisies the extraordinary scenario where a u.s president phones up the family a phone up george floyd's family is saying he's praying for the right verdict this is an extraordinary scenario all of this together it's a it's it's that science fiction film that i talk about it's a complete breakdown of order a complete breakdown of normality a complete breakdown of the justice system that we used to know all bets seem to be off everything seems to go out the window and we don't know what's going to happen next we don't know whether we're facing another lockdown a lot of people assume that we are we're in a very very very strange very alarming extraordinary time when nothing is quite what it seems we're in a even in a world of smoke and mirrors people are confused but they are still sane people do know that there's something very very wrong there's something very wrong with the what's happened for the last year and a half are politicians there's something very wrong with the messages coming from politicians something very wrong with the press there's something very wrong with the notion that members of congress in america should be advocating and encouraging and and agreeing with violent mobs in the streets people do know that there's something wrong people are still sane but the top are those who govern us the elite the media elite the government elite it's smoke and mirrors but people do know that they do know that and that's why i say if we can get some clarity back if we can get consistency if we can get honesty we can turn this around there's just one more thing i want to do before i go and then i said last week i was asked about russia and ukraine and just to give a quick up to date as up to date a because we know that troops have been russia has been has been placing troops in and around uh okay i'll i'll read you the the latest just very quickly later story on this because this is the up to date on this because russia has started pulling back troops so russia announces from reuters russia announced on thursday was ordering troops back to base from the area near the border with ukraine calling an end to a build-up of tens of thousands of soldiers that had alarmed the west the currencies of russia and ukraine rose sharply after the announcement signaling relief among investors that just hours after russia also ended war games in Crimea the peninsula it occupied and annexed from ukraine a confirmed pullout of troops brought in on top of the permanent contingent will likely be welcomed by western countries that had been expressing alarm at the prospect of further russian intervention in eastern ukraine russian backed separatists have been fighting the ukrainian government in the region since 2014 the ukrainian president spokeswoman said that russia had more than 40 000 troops deployed on ukraine's eastern border and over 40 000 in Crimea around 50 000 of them were new deployments Moscow has not provided any troop numbers okay but in short russia has now started to pull back troops from the region okay so what is my view on it my view on it is we stay out of it let's worry about our own people we have enough to worry about inside this country and my priority is that i'm glad just nobody wants outright war on the eastern edges of europe if if if russia is pulling back troops and tensions have been eased that's obviously good news but to be honest with you i've no strong feelings on it one way or the other we should stay out of it and sort out our own country and fix our own country that's about us as much of it i promise i'd come back on that and that's as brief and as clear as i can be on it okay well five minutes over let me see if i've got any other question that i can answer nice and quickly how do you write john kane how do you think they would feel if we had for a britain went on a march but i see me mean the press and the police well i think john we know how that would be portrayed first of all they would if there were thousands of us they would say there was 20 of us then they would say far right protesters stop trouble cause countless levels of fear and damage and oh look at them look at these far right protesters spreading coronavirus in the cities even though there's only 20 of them you get the idea um somehow i think we'd get more of a we'd get a rather more negative coverage than black lives matter have gotten okay thanks everyone for joining me just to finish it's we are we are in the absolute final stretch of this election and again i want to sincerely thank everyone who was standing i want to sincerely thank everyone who helped this weekend in my ward we got the whole ward leaf littered in two days an amazing incredible thing people really have been coming out to help and i know that they have all over the country this is the final push please please do help where you can we are already we've already made a major impact in standing more candidates than we have before we're standing candidates in every region of england new places at places we haven't stood before we are standing now so that job is already done now our final push is to get as many of you out supporting particularly our target seats that get all energies we can into those if you're around the northeast if you can make it to the northeast please do help if you can make it to target seats in the south please do help but any support you can offer to any of our brave and wonderful candidates all over the country please do it's hard work it's tiring and energizing in equal measure but this is the home straight now so please do all you can to help out for these last how many days have we got so Thursday week 10 days or so now i will be doing all i can in this final push and we can do it we can make a really really good impact if we try thank you very much everyone um thanks for joining me this evening i'll be back in two weeks time but i will be back on wednesday morning i'll be back here in two weeks time i'll be back on wednesday morning with my hotly pool based live stream on facebook at 10 o'clock following wednesday i will go through my last live stream on facebook before the election where i'll be going through our policies and the leaflets that we've put out or that i have put out and i would encourage i would absolutely encourage other candidates to do the same set up and i why not do your own live streams on facebook why not put out have a little discussion about your leaflets that you're putting out and talk to the voters if you're not canvassing or if you are uh canvassing i must tell you is incredibly incredibly valuable do as much of it as you can you will be encouraged by it because you'll see what i've but i said throughout this live stream that people are still saying social media is not an accurate reflection of what people are thinking and you will win people over you really really will to do as much canvassing as you can work as hard as you can thank you for all you were doing you've done an incredible job already by getting this party to where it already is and the job the achievements the incredible things we've achieved against all the odds is outstanding and you should all be very very very proud of yourselves thanks everyone i'll see you once in the morning on facebook at 10 o'clock take care work hard thank you well good night thank you for watching if you agree with what you hear on four britain videos remember to like them share them and subscribe to our channel and why not follow us on social media as well the relevant links are below thank you


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Ko horuhia te whāri te mana i runga i te mara e Ohtera, i mai ka ke mai. Ina mana i na re'u i na hui wha i te ne kouto, i te ne kouto, i te ne kouto katoa. Vice-Chancellor, Pro Chancellor, Council Members, members of the university special guests, graduands, families and friends. I extend a warm welcome to this, the second spring graduation ceremony for 2012 of the University of Auckland. Today the university is bestowing a total of 3,074 qualifications on some 2,984 students. At this ceremony, degrees will be conferred and diplomas awarded in the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Law. A total of 587 in person plus a further 245 in absentia. I am privileged as Chancellor to preside at spring graduation for a fourth year. The regularity of graduation ceremonies makes them no less special for the university and me personally than for those of you being capped here today, many for the first time. Graduation is a festive event rich in history, pomp and colour with a lively array of contemporary touches. Here in Auckland, our rich mix of cultures and ethnicities can be seen in the striking variety of dress and adornments worn by graduands. Today is one of hard-earned celebration by you, the graduands, and diplomats on your academic accomplishments. And by your family and friends who have encouraged and supported you and who are here to share in your success. The university, represented by the council and academic staff members seated behind me, and those many staff who control proceedings with remarkable precision, takes equal pleasure at this hugely significant day for each and every one of you. The University of Auckland is the only New Zealand university ranked in the top 1% of the world. Your qualifications will always serve you well in this country and abroad. Whether in qualifying you for a satisfying career or in leading to more advanced study, will simply as a route to personal and intellectual enrichment. In today's ever-changing workforce you cannot afford to stop learning. So please keep in mind our enormous range of postgraduate opportunities. For its part, the council and the members of the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Law of this university willingly accept our obligation to preserve and enhance the high standing of the degrees we confer. We have an unequivocal and unebashed objective to be a world-class university in New Zealand. The recent announcement that we've entered into a conditional agreement to purchase the 5.2 hectare property in Newmarket, owned by Lion Nathan, is a hugely significant and relevant illustration of our commitment to this objective. I urge you as alumni of New Zealand's leading university always to remember your alma mater. We depend increasingly on our graduates for support. Your advocacy and influence are vital in encouraging government and the community at large to fund universities so they can generate the knowledge needed to drive a productive and competitive economy and to create full and satisfying lives for all New Zealanders. At the same time, philanthropy has become critically important to our university, funding major capital projects, scholarships and professorial chairs. The crucial contribution of major research universities such as ours is not well understood. Our innovative research is vital for long-term sustainable economic growth and social cohesion, and never more so than in the testing economic times we face in the wake of the global recession. Universities equip graduates like you not simply for the jobs of today, but for future careers not yet imagined. Universities need greater investment by government, the commercial sector and private philanthropy, if not less. But that's sufficient for me on the challenges facing this institution. For today is unquestionably your day. I congratulate you and trust that you will long cherish the memories of your graduation in October 2012. I am now very pleased to introduce our speaker this afternoon, Cecilia Tarrant, a university alumna and the current executive in residence at our business school. Cecilia brings to this role powerful academic achievement and extensive business experience at the highest level. She holds a BA and an LOB with honours from the University of Auckland and a Master of Laws from the University of California at Berkeley. During over 20 years international experience in capital markets, banking and finance, she worked as a lawyer and then as an investment banker in San Francisco, New York and London. Her final position prior to returning to New Zealand was managing director at Morgan Stanley in London. There she was head of European agency CMBS and consumer asset securitisation. Cecilia is the director of Fletcher Building Ltd, a member of the Board of the Government's Superannuation Fund Authority, a trustee of the University of Auckland Foundation and chair of its investment committee. As the executive in residence at the University of Auckland Business School, she sponsors a women's mentoring programme that is now in its second year. Please welcome Cecilia Tarrant. Vice-Chancellor, members of the University, graduands, families and friends, I'm honoured to have been invited to speak to you today. Firstly, let me congratulate all of those graduating. Today is the culmination of many years of hard work and sacrifice. I want to also congratulate all of the families, friends, teachers and others who have supported you and through their support and encouragement congratulated to your success. You have received a fantastic education at a world-class institution. I can personally attest to the quality of that education. As the Chancellor said, sometime after graduating from Auckland University, I went into the master's degree at Berkeley. Berkeley is regularly rated in the top 10 of universities in the US and I found that the education I had received at Auckland stood up well at Berkeley. When I was asked to speak to you today, I thought about what advice I wish someone had given me when I was leaving university. And I decided that the most important advice I could have been given was the key role that mentoring and networking can play in your success. When I look back on my career to date, I can see how many mentors I have had and how fortunate I was to have those people to guide me in my career. Mentors come in all shapes and sizes and this is not a one-size-fits-all deal. No one mentor will provide you with all the mentoring that you need. I believe in seeking out a variety of people to be your mentors. Mentors do not have to be in the same area, the same business or even the same company as you. People who work with you directly can be invaluable as mentors but that does not mean you can't have mentors outside of your job. You never grow out of needing mentors. I have mentors I go to today in my current career. So seek advice, listen to that advice, but ultimately trust your instincts. Trust yourself and learn from others' mistakes. Don't do what I did the first time I was headhunted. It was 1984 and I was a newly qualified solicitor at one of the big Auckland law firms when I was approached by the other then big Auckland law firm. No one particularly headhunted junior solicitors then but that's what they did with an offer to change my work and to pay me more. I went around the firm asking people for advice and if somebody said I'll stay, I said alright I'll stay. If somebody said I'll go, I said alright I'll go. Ultimately decided that I really knew what I wanted to do so I plucked up my courage, I went into my boss and I said I want to change what I do. I want to change the work I do and if you do that and pay me some more, I'll stay. His answer to that was yes I could change the work that I did but he didn't believe in giving in to wage demands but he would speak to his other partners. They solved the problem by giving our entire class a pay rise much to the delight of my male colleagues. The second problem I mentioned is networking, making connections. Academic success alone is not enough to take away from university. Some of your most valuable connections will be the people that you have met at university and you need to keep those connections. Keep a connection too to the university. The university alumni are a powerful group of people that can open many doors for you. The university too can provide you with a lot of fantastic networking opportunities. I would not be in the position I am in today if it had not been through the contacts I have made through the university. Networking at work is key to your success. The more people you know, the better and the better they know you, the better for your success. Your bosses need to be invested in your success. Take an interest in what your workmates and bosses are interested in even if it isn't of great interest to you. I've worked in New Zealand, the US and the UK and I'm not particularly sporty but I can have a conversation about any sport, including American football. Even though the first time I went to an American football game I couldn't understand why they were subbing on in awful time. It was fortunate that I had an American flatmate when I discovered that my San Francisco boss was a rabid 49ers fan. It was a lot easier in the UK because they are used to New Zealanders. Ignorance of soccer or football is fine because everybody knows we are a rugby nation. Right now what job you take may seem like a crucial decision. My advice is don't agonise too much over that first job. No decision is irreversible. The most valuable thing you can do now is to get a job and to get experience. Even if it's not your ideal job and then seize your opportunities. I started off my working life as a general litigation lawyer and then specialised in construction law. I chose Berkeley because the foremost expert in construction law was a professor there. I haven't done any construction law since I left Berkeley. After stunning at Berkeley I went in a completely different direction. I offered a job working in a law firm doing real estate finance. Even though they knew I knew nothing about real estate or finance at the time. I accepted the job because it gave me a chance to work in a completely different direction and to stay in San Francisco. The alternative was a litigation firm in LA and the firm had had me meet the firm's psychologist before they offered me a position so it didn't really seem right for me. It turned out to be a great decision because I loved the real estate finance work and it later gave me the opportunity to move into investment banking and I had 17 great years in investment banking working in New York and London before returning to New Zealand. So embrace change, take risks and learn from your experiences. Regret no experience. Always look for the positive in every experience and don't be afraid to admit that something isn't working and needs to be changed. I feel like I've been spouting a collection of cliches but the world is truly your oyster. You've received a fantastic education from a world-class institution and this is an extremely exciting time to be entering the world of business. The world is truly global and your opportunities are unlimited. So once again, congratulations on your accomplishment and I wish you all the best for the future. Kia ora. Well thank you Cecilia. I don't think it's any surprise for those of us who know Cecilia to know that someone who is so good at mentoring would have more than one, so good at networking would have a wide range of mentories and I think that is very, very wise advice and I urge you to take it on board. Can I ask you to show your appreciation again to Cecilia? This is a meeting of council and Convocation of the University at which the Pro-Chancellor, Dr Ian Parton and I will be conferring degrees and awarding diplomas. I invite the Pro-Chancellor to award the diplomas and confer the degrees in the first half of this ceremony. Thank you Chancellor. By the authority vested in me by resolution of the University of Auckland Council I, Ian Parton, Pro-Chancellor award the diplomas and confer the degrees stated upon those who within the Faculty of Arts have satisfied the requirements of this University. I call upon the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics Professor Wong to present graduands in that faculty. Pro-Chancellor As Deputy Dean, I have the honour of presenting to you the students qualified for the award of a diploma or conferrement of a degree in the Faculty of Business and Economics. Graduate Diploma in Commerce Dong Hoon Kim Krishnita Lal Year Yoon Park Mihai Virgil Zimmer to the degree of Bachelor of Business and Information Management. Y. E. Chow Kan Chiang Chien Yu Yu Ko Yi Ching Lin Du Mi Ma Ritchie Sillipas Estabi Rivet Jacqueline Louisa Robbins Meiline Viti to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce Tom Adney Hussain Elmashat Ahmad Jamal Abdul Rashim Hassan Ali El-Rama Ali El-Saudi Ronald Osora Amosa Jessica Hannah-Marie Anderson Corey Joel Andrews Merriam Arabi James Kingsley Baker Clayton Samuel Bore Orapan Benjonk Likit Tiz Anthony Boma Michael John Blanchard Madison Kate Boone Danielle Bosch Morgan Pasco Omar Brewster Stephanie Joy Bright Terry Matthew Bright Lauren Jenny Brock James William Brown and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce Forrest John Philip Brownlee Sean Leslie Donald Brownlee Alan Buciewicz and a Graduate Diploma in Commerce Glen Chino Avila Burka Brooke Liam Burrows McFarlane Hui Hui Chai Jun Ling Chai Gordon Yu An Chan Yik Lam Chan Aishi Anuragni Lata Chan Sandip Chandra Li Lei Chan Shaolin Chan Shao Ni Chan Chan Yeun Yi Qian Chan Herbert Chang Jing Chang Elliot Cheung Taoyang Joyce Cho Fang Ching Xiao Ting Hu Brian Kok Ting Choy Gareth Chota Jeffrey Tony Chow Sulji Chong Kenneth Ko Benjamin James Cooper Anthony Stipe Kovic Jie Chui Alexander Francis Cole Paul Brian Cusack Charles Jonathan Rakesh Denes Akesh Jason Desai Ruby Dunn Dryfus Dane Albrecht D'Souza Shanaid Ashash Aisling O'Brien Dunn Amy Dulu Lisa Amy Erickson Bartolomu Marcos Atcheverry Ying Yi Fan Meng Fei Adam Carl Fuhrman Sarah Jean Fitzgerald Hannah Marquerie Lydia Foley Nicholas Joe Fong Nicholas Michael France Qi Hen Fung Fudong Gao Rachel L. Mark Tristan Yap Dylan Andrew Stewart Arunhuti Goswami Christopher James Gracie Esther Florence Kevelin Gunpot Shruti Goop Pavan Gumal Irene Halim Balsim Halub Tay Hoon Han Saeed Ali Hassan Matthew Graham Halpan He Jia Qi He Qi Wing Ho Yu Ho Paul George Halsham Fanching Xiao Ting Hu Yan Hao Wang Lily Min Chauhun Dawid Ibram Vikash Jass Daniel Russell Jackson Kieran Michael Jones Andrew Jiwon Jung Bonnie Patricia Jung Sahun Kang Kelavati Kamji Ashling Rebecca Kennedy In Cho Kim Vanak Kit Hannah Klein Ko Ling Yong Bavisha Sonam Kumar Sonam Swastaki Swastika Kumari Yu Dien Ko Leon Wing Chuk Kin Li Jason Li Jason Li Michael Li Xiang Wu Li Angela Wei Yan Li Li Qian Chen Guo Qing Li Ji Li Lin Yuan Li Li Xin Mei Yi Duol Li Yu Li Liang Bing Xiang Qin Lim Ling Lin Steve Lin Yu Chi O Lin Matthew Gerard Ling Sin Chi Ling Shivnita Shamar Lingam Damping Liu Julia Jun Liu Yi Miolau Tony Lowe and a graduate diploma in commerce Fan Lu Ting Ting Lu Steven Jaylin Mack Senaya Kushro Masta Te Manisa Matiali Lucille Averal-Bethius Shyam Janti Megji Raymond Francis Menzies Jade Theresa Miliona Charlotte Louise Miller Nikhil Chandra Mokopati Bryce David Alexander Morgan Kunal Anup Motwani Andy Mui Youngmin Man Michendri Naika Seshini Naika Ruth Renita Naigam Marina Borisova Niemchelko Samuel Michael Keith Osborne Alexandra Rose Ovens Julia Margaret Owen Samuel William Allen Page Shenkaran Pillai Peramanaitan Unseng Park Queng Min Park Alicia Mary Pesco Anish Prakash Patel Davina Patel Tepelban Patel and a graduate diploma in commerce Jaimina Patel Suan Nathan Buvinasen Paromethan Elsie Georgina Kathleen Peary April Marie Picknell Ana Pasotova Ashnil Shivnash Prasad Louis Jordan Prima Minhao Chiang Emma Margaret Rainsbury Dinesha Raman Dinesha Raman Dinesha Raman Dinesha Raman Neil Wrenchaud Jasmine Elise Rickson Roman Serkiewicz Zankarn James Edward David Sandel Reghoof Saxena S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega S.C. Shura Pakrassega Ssiging Situ Stefanie Georgina Socolic Estari Solisul Haydi Kiran Pashan Soissar Robert Morris Steele Adam Hugh Delzeal Stott Heng Soo Cecilia Francesca Susanto Boris Sweatly Boris Sweatley, Daniel Wayming Tan, Yichen Tan, Bianca Ho-Pak Tang, John Arehena Thorpe, Tiong Siu Lin, Isabel Mary Irene Tollidge, Jen Tong, Ba-Tren Hopp, Elizabeth Nungthi Kim Tran, Joshua Wayne Turner, Alyssa Yuyama, Nicholas Anthony Yukovitch, Naga Yathe Vadiraju in a graduate diploma in commerce, Atili Yunisveilahai, Melissa Grace Van Dipen, Deanna Marie Aimee Ek Chiat-Vun, Timothy James Wackrow, Mengmeng Wang, Yi-Tian Wang, Xiao-Chi Wei, Hel-Wen Wang, Adam Huw Westwood, Time Harry Wickman, Kylian Aimee Whitten, Martin Patrick Wong, Zhong-Gao Tom Wu in a graduate diploma in commerce, Man Li Shi, Anthony Yan, Dejun Yang, Jia Yu Yang, Zhu Sik Yang, Li Hui Yao, Yun-Yun Yao, Kevin Zhu Kai-Yin, Wesley Wai-Hin-Yu, Yung-Hin-Yu, Zhong Ji-Zhan, De-Xin Zhang, Min Zhang, Rong Song Zhang, Xi Zhang, Xu Yu Zhang, Xing Yi Zhang, Yanning Zhao, Yu Zhao, Dong Xiu Zhang, Jia Cheng Zhou, Yu-Eu Zhou, Xi Yong Zhu, Xiao Dong Zhu, Dai Wei Jua, to the degree of Bachelor of Property, James Christopher Kane Braithwaite, Shauntel Anna Butler, Stevie Lee Dawson, Simon Malcolm Felton, Xiong Hun Li, Sam Aston O'Connor, Jordan Lucas Palmer, Hannah Alice Robertson, Haley Ann Thompson, Jessica Wong, Tanyi Xu. Thank you, Pro-Chancellor, for conferring the degrees and awarding the diplomas 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. Callum Pasell's on saxophone and Cameron MacArthur on bass will now perform Pizandu by Clifford Brown. The graduation ceremony is now for 11 years and we've heard some fantastic performances but I don't think we've ever heard anything as truly cool as that. Can I ask you to show your appreciation again to Callum and Cameron for the resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Roger Frans Chancellor, award the diplomas and confer the degrees stated upon those who, within the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Law, have satisfied the requirements of this university. I call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, Professor Wittred, to present further graduands in that faculty. To the degree of Bachelor of Property losing. To the degree of Bachelor of Property conjoined, Sarah Emily Alexander and a Bachelor of Commerce, Andrew James Borden and a Bachelor of Commerce, Thalia Bornman and a Bachelor of Commerce, Ryan James Clinch and a Bachelor of Commerce, Jacinta Louise Donnelly, Bachelor of Commerce, Hannah Elizabeth Gibson and a Bachelor of Commerce, Pritesh Ishvalal and a Bachelor of Commerce, Azin McLeish and a Bachelor of Commerce, Ranesh Parma and a Bachelor of Commerce, David Edward Whitford Stewart and a Bachelor of Commerce. To the degree of Bachelor of Commerce conjoined, Daniel Luke McCaffrey Adams and a Bachelor of Science, Rose Jean Ellison and a Bachelor of Arts, Elena Yurevna Asiva, a Bachelor of Arts, Tanya Ataman and a Bachelor of Arts, Cody Nicholas Banks and a Bachelor of Property, Thomas Bachelor and a Bachelor of Arts, Rand B and a Bachelor of Arts, Samuel Rex Boniface and a Bachelor of Arts, Joshua Mark Brett and a Bachelor of Property, Timothy Patrick Brown and a Bachelor of Property, David Anthony Cedwick and a Bachelor of Arts, Francis Kwokfung Chan and a Bachelor of Science, Huiching Chen and a Bachelor of Arts, Kevin Sui Yangchou and a Bachelor of Science, Julia Hee Jung Chung and a Bachelor of Arts, Laura Jane Coffey, a Bachelor of Arts, Fiona Rachel Cromey and a Bachelor of Property, Kara Lisa Dantas and a Bachelor of Arts, Amy Frances Del Grosso and a Bachelor of Arts, Anna Djokovic and a Bachelor of Science, Samuel Alexander Graham and a Bachelor of Arts, Jacinta Victoria Harries a Bachelor of Engineering Honours with Second Class Honours, Second Division and Civil Engineering, Thalia Elizabeth Harris and a Bachelor of Arts, Humphrey Rubit Hart and a Bachelor of Science, Craig Jordan Hassell and a Bachelor of Property, Fing Joanne He, Bachelor of Arts, Erin Renee Jackson and a Bachelor of Arts, Caroline Ann Jerecivic and a Bachelor of Science, Logan Nicholas Jessup and a Bachelor of Arts, Sophie Rachel Jessup and a Bachelor of Arts, Wenyang Ji, Bachelor of Science, Ji Lian Jiang and a Bachelor of Arts, Sunam Koa, Bachelor of Arts, Samantha Koo and a Bachelor of Arts, Gawang Kong and a Bachelor of Arts, Jonathan Vance Kyle and a Bachelor of Science, Chanel Ashley Xiaomin Lim and a Bachelor of Science, Nicholas Visal Lim, a Bachelor of Laws, Tony Sampson Lemako and a Bachelor of Arts, Genevieve Leatt Marsh and a Bachelor of Arts, Alexander Roy Martin and a Bachelor of Property, Bronwyn Mary MacDonald and a Bachelor of Arts, Alexander Lorenzo Rupert Mignaca and a Bachelor of Arts, Xiaoxin Mo and a Bachelor of Arts, Kelly Lee Morgan and a Bachelor of Science, Sheetal Naidu and a Bachelor of Science, James Gray Nicholl and a Bachelor of Arts, Robert John Norrie and a Bachelor of Arts, Tamara Nicole Pinto and a Bachelor of Arts, Grace Ann Preston and a Bachelor of Health Sciences, Xin Yue Xiao and a Bachelor of Science, Kamalpreet Kaur Singh and a Bachelor of Property, Kelly Soh and a Bachelor of Science, David McLeod Steel and a Bachelor of Arts, Senior Scholar, Commerce, Caroline Alexandra Stevens and a Bachelor of Science, Xiamen Subhan and a Bachelor of Arts, Wing Yi Tum and a Bachelor of Science, Edward Nicholas Tanjong and a Bachelor of Science, Gwen Lingte and a Bachelor of Arts, Elisa Jazwin-Week and a Bachelor of Arts, Matthew John Williams and a Bachelor of Laws, Anthony John Craig Wood and a Bachelor of Science, Rachel Ashley Yi and a Bachelor of Arts, Ying Yu and a Bachelor of Arts, Vanessa Huiching Yong and a Bachelor of Arts, Tian Tian Zhang and a Bachelor of Property, Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, Caroline Elizabeth Adams, Sonique Hachadri Barot, Yi Tong Chan, Nicola Jane Cheesman, Joanne Yu Chen, Philip E. Teo Del Rosario, Donald Ernest Flintoff, Narech Kumar Ganti, Umesh Datatreia Gita, Nellie Vanda Hazak Colley, Gregory Reese Holland, Jonathan Robert Hunt, Mark James Irwin, Dean Hinare Kid, Sana Ur-Raman Kidwai, Narenda Kumar Kohli, Alexander Charles Larsen, Yasmitha Manilal, Fahana Saman Mohamed, Sean William Morrison, Yogita Ragini Naand, Gainesh Anand Narayan, Jill Patricia Parfit, Diane Margaret Parry Ernest, Postgraduate Diploma in Business, Marketing, Erin Leslie Pavoismith, Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, Andrea Claire Penman, Ruvinda Sharron Rajanathan, Grant Roberts, Natalie Elizabeth Russell, Blair Michael Sinclair, Erin Marcellan Celio Solomon, Sharma Sukul, Matthew James Telfer, David Mekki Vaalulu, Phillip John Viver, Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce with Distinction, Mikael Dietschenko, Information Systems, Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce, Marwan Fati al-Sik Hassan in Information Systems, and Mar-Yasa Fahamed Elsaif Rafi in Management, to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce Honours with First Class Honours, Emerita Lal, Marketing, Leon Lee, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Joanne Faith North, Marketing, Joshua Jeffery Wilkinson in Information Systems, to the degrees of Bachelor of Commerce Honours with Second Class Honours First Division, Ruvinda Jot, Marketing, Druvnad Dhamishmeta, Commercial Law, Stephen Collin Wright, Information Systems, Rui Rijou in Accounting and a Bachelor of Commerce, to the degree of Bachelor of Commerce Honours with Second Class Honours Second Division, Unni Op Yuh Management, Wei Ching-Jeng Economics, to the degree of Master of Business Administration, Sarah Allison Ballantyne, Christopher Patrick Breen, Kirsten Jody Brown, Allison Rongchuan Chu, Raymond Anthony Conner, David Jeffrey Early, Luke Valentine Futter, Kok Hoigo, Samala Gray, Stuart Ralph Harrington, Verity Jade, Sue Hongli, Katya Leeds, Janet Lauren McBain, Vadam Aturavik Mishon, David William Nash, Jonathan Mark Rickard, Isaac Rohit Seyal, Samuel Harris Steele, Tyrone Vanu'u Tapusoa, Herena Elizabeth Tuwanau, Raghurum Vidyapurapu, Eduardo Pwydan Viturbo, Ross Penwell-Wilson, to the degree of Master of Commerce with First Class Honours, Jian Nan-Li, Accounting, Maria Alejandra Munoz Granados, Marketing, Valeria Sadovic, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Sherry Ferdosh Sigan-Poria, Marketing, to the degree of Master of Commerce with Second Class Honours First Division, Amandip Singh Chahal in Finance, Siyungun Ko in Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce Honours, Andrew Bogung Park Finance, John Daniel Polkinghorn, Economics, to the degree of Master of Commerce with Second Class Honours Second Division, Miriam Benito, Management, Julia Burtsever, Operations and Supply Chain Management, to the degree of Master of Management, Peter Gregory Foot, Andrea Margaret Lee, to the degree of Master of Taxation Studies with Second Class Honours First Division, Megan Ellen Mills, to the degree of Master of Taxation Studies with Second Class Honours Second Division, Caroline Sheila Giles, Frances Wayne Stowers, to the degree of Master of Taxation Studies, Jia Ziye, and, in absentia, all those other persons named in the Book of Convocation, qualified for the award of a diploma or confirmed of a degree in the Faculty of Business and Economics. I now call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Dr Stockley, to present graduands in that faculty. Chancellor, as Dean, I have the honour of presenting to you the students qualified for the award of a diploma or confirmed of a degree in the Faculty of Law, to the degree of Bachelor of Laws, Tarina Seraclark, Mark Iver-Gelvin, Paul Anthony Griffiths, Liao Laiota, Victor Aleksavic-Meckoff, Dugel John Rowland, Roxanne Cruz-Sabaron, Kayan Hum Sheen, Raniera Aniru Raffiota-Fata, Katrina Senaka-Wulfgram, Jing Yua-Jung, to the degree of Bachelor of Laws Conjoint, Rowan Harry Ashton, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Victoria Muldrid Bailey, and a Bachelor of Arts, Ju Chun, and a Bachelor of Arts, Q-Yian Choi, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Margaret Mun-Mun Choi, and a Bachelor of Arts, Gavin Daniel Correia, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Jade Tapaheb Bial Cummins, and a Bachelor of Arts, Jessica Andre, and a Bachelor of Arts, Shane Nielsen-Jubb, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Rachel Anastasia Duncan, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Helen Margaret Diamond, and a Bachelor of Arts, Harry Fattu Toliafoa, and a Bachelor of Arts, Chelsea Clare Fulton, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Esther Elizabeth Shirlingan, and a Bachelor of Science, Tiaki Hana Grant-Mechey, and a Bachelor of Arts, Joseph Andrew Harrop, and a Bachelor of Arts, Manawarangi Laura Isabel Johnson, and a Bachelor of Arts, Wo Jin-Jung, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Maureen Christina Leonei, and a Bachelor of Arts, Jin Yong Lee, and a Bachelor of Arts, Stella Pakwai Lee, and a Bachelor of Arts, Jamie Alexander Lunt, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Ching Ching Loa, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Ross Keith Riddie, and a Bachelor of Arts, Johan Afaroka, and a Bachelor of Arts, Ramya Satyanadan, and a Bachelor of Arts, Samuel Tsu, and a Bachelor of Property, Ashleen Ann Sidhu, and a Bachelor of Arts, Brendan Rodgestine, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Yuri Klaresu, and a Bachelor of Arts, Rhys Matthew Thompson, and a Bachelor of Arts, Wing Luentong, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Natty Elizabeth Town, and a Bachelor of Arts, Anita Melody One, and a Bachelor of Arts, Chulai Wong, and a Bachelor of Arts, to the degree of Bachelor of Laws with Honours, Amin Chandra Dutt, Shanaid Patterson Dennis, Angela Jane Dimmery, Beth Josephine Murphy, Victoria Kate Nicholson, to the degree of Bachelor of Laws with Honours Conjoint, Francesca Annalisa Baca, and a Bachelor of Arts, Rebecca Kathleen Scanlon Bergen, and a Bachelor of Health Sciences, Emily Rose Bolton, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Isabel Sophie Brears, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Helen Frances Brown, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Charlotte Frances Campbell, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Senior Scholar in Law, Huw Tong Elizabeth Chan, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Hoi Ling Chan, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Nicole Elizabeth Copeland, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Caroline Maria Essys, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Huw Lan Fung, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Ritja Solachana Gechi, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Rajita Yasas Gurusinga, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Corina Louise Himmela, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Stephanie Kelly Irons, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Iluan Jiang, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Vanessa Catherine Jones, and a Bachelor of Arts, Emily Ni Ching Le, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Sha Li, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Himee Ping, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Shijia Luo, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Rory Valentine-McDonald, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Lockheedn Mao, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Thomas Giffrey McGarry, and a Bachelor of Property, James Hugh McGeorge, and a Bachelor of Science, Phoebe Louise Morley, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Apeeta Motwani, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Lawrence Neil Norton, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Thomas Joseph O'Flauhty, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Senior Scholar-in-Law, Olga Leonidovna Ofstrosky, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Lisa Rachel Paz, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Emily Jane Sterrett Wright, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Amanda Elise Stoltz, and a Bachelor of Science, Rebecca Nadja Tomash Thompson, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Senior Scholar-in-Law, Benedict Arthur Tompkins, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Mark Henry Tushingham, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Bradley John Ward, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Matthew Robert Wentz, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Scott Dean Winard, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Li Lon Wong, and a Bachelor of Commerce, Meiline Young, and a Bachelor of Health Sciences, Ellen Daining Chong, and a Bachelor of Commerce, to the degree of Master of Laws with First Class Honours, Susan Elizabeth Charmers, Christina Julie Cooper in Commercial Law, University Graduate Scholar, Martin Timothy Deuce, Jane Megan Glover, Alexander Zachary Kenneth Hedefin, Ezekiel James Hudspiff in Environmental Law, Carly Francis Peacock, to the degree of Master of Laws with Second Class Honours First Division, Gregory James Edward Buchanan Farwick-Syprian, Manatū Lamasi Kaio Iyuli in Public Law, University Graduate Scholar, Helena Roseveer Kaho in Public Law, Winston Patrick McAfee in Public Law, to the degree of Master of Laws with Second Class Honours Second Division, He Su Park, to the degree of Master of Laws, Horish Ching Chayong Lok, to the degree of Master of Legal Studies with First Class Honours, Maria Martin in Corporate and Commercial Law, and in absentia, all those other persons named in the Book of Convocation qualified for the award of a diploma or the conferment of a degree in the Faculty of Law. I now call upon the Vice-Chancellor to present the doctoral graduands. Chancellor, I have the honour of presenting to you the doctoral graduands, to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Christof Friedrich Breitbach in Management. By collaborating with consulting firms and their customers in Australasia, Europe and North America, Christof investigated how the proliferation of information and communications technology has changed interactions between human service providers and their customers. His findings explain the relative importance of ICTs and human relationships for the success of service interactions and could help to guide government and practitioners in transforming New Zealand into a weightless economy that focuses on exporting high value services by means of ICT, Christof. Ann Carline Martin-Hertigan in Law. Uninvestigated how existing international law needs to be interpreted in order to create a legal system that both ensures coexistence and cooperation in a pluralistic society of states and enables more effective legal responses to global problems such as climate change and macro-financial instability. Linda Desiree Holbeck in Marketing. Linda investigated how consumer engagement with social media brands affected their purchase behaviour. She also developed a scale which permits the measurement of consumers brand engagement. Sasha Louise Ma and Management and Anthropology. Sasha investigated how free trade agreements were made in order to understand who is involved and why they have become a popular policy option for successive New Zealand governments. Charlene Sheetal Narayan in Accounting. Charlene used institutional theory to examine how management controls were used in an innovation setting. Her research showed that management controls influence organisation members, which helps to explain different innovation types found in practice. Louise Nicholson in Management. University Doctoral Scholar. Helen explored how participants involved in leadership development programmes can experience moments when their identity is unravelled, threatened and deconstructed in order to offer a more nuanced and multi-faceted view of the leadership development journey. Hendrick Refka in Operations and Supply Chain Management. Hendrick's research was motivated by the growing requirement for sustainable supply chain practices, which are especially relevant in the New Zealand context. His research enhances the necessary theoretical understanding, providing practical support mechanisms. Peter Smith in Management and Employment Relations. Peter's thesis enhanced our understanding of how strategies are formed in professional service firms and how engineering professionals in particular can become more successful strategists. Paul Jonathan Woodfield in Management. Paul's research highlighted ways in which entrepreneurial family businesses can be sustained across generations through the promotion of knowledge sharing, adoption of an appropriate entrepreneurial orientation and explicit awareness of their resource capabilities. He focused on what works well in entrepreneurial family businesses across generations and in doing so, the importance of family influence over the business was highlighted. In absentia, all those other persons named in the Book of Convocation qualified for the conferment of a doctoral degree. On behalf of the university, I now invite all today's graduates to stand and receive the congratulations of us all. This would be an ideal 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 today. This concludes this meeting of council and Convocation of the university for the conferment of degrees and the award of diplomas. I now invite you to sing the first verse of God, Defend New Zealand in Māori and then in English. The words are printed on the reverse of your programmes.