for the Faculty of Education. Very shortly, your students or graduands will be coming in. Please do feel free to take a photograph of them, but please be considerate of other people who may be around you also wanting to take photographs. After the students process in, they will be followed by our academics then our official party. Please remain standing during that time. Please now switch off your mobile phones or put them into airplane mode. At the end of the ceremony, we will all sing the national anthem with your graduates. Then when the official party leaves, the graduates will follow them. Please wait until all the graduates have left the auditorium before also then leaving. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for your graduands. Nekoto, Vice Chancellor, Pro Chancellor, council members, special guests, staff, graduands, family and friends of our graduands. As Chancellor of the University of Auckland, I extend a warm welcome to you all on behalf of university council members and staff of the university. In particular, I welcome our guest speaker, Mr. Patrick Schneiden. This is a meeting of the Council of the University of Auckland for the purpose of conferring degrees and awarding diplomas. This week, we will be conferring and awarding more than 7,000 qualifications on some 6,400 students, both in person and in absentia. At this ceremony, 568 students will graduate in person and 150 students will graduate in absentia. I will be assisted this afternoon by Mr. Peter Kiley, Pro Chancellor, in awarding diplomas and conferring degrees. This is a happy and memorable occasion for you, the graduands, as well as your families and friends who have supported you during your studies. We congratulate you all. Equally, your achievement brings pleasure and satisfaction to the academic and professional staff of the university who have played their part in your success. The graduation procession today brought academic flavor and color to the streets of Auckland and in this ceremony, you will experience the pomp and tradition befitting your well-deserved day of celebration. Over a period of 130 years, the University of Auckland has become a comprehensive, research-led university with a strong international reputation. Today, there are more than 40,000 students and 5,000 staff. Moreover, we are New Zealand's largest research organization with one-third of the country's externally-rated world-class academic researchers. Within New Zealand, only our university is ranked within the top 1% of the world's universities. We also have a strong commitment to Maori education. Of all the Maori degree graduates in New Zealand each year, 25% come from just one institution, the University of Auckland. The figure for Pacific graduates is 40%. We jealously guard our position amongst our competitor universities and are always looking to create new opportunities for all our undergraduate and postgraduate students. Last month, we confirmed the purchase of the 5.2 hectare former Lion Brewery site on Kaipa Pass. This purchase will provide the university with a site for expansion over the next 50 years. It is contiguous with the city and grafting campuses and with a major business area in Newmarket. We will occupy the first of our new facilities at Newmarket in November 2014. So as you graduate, please reflect on the ongoing learning opportunities and consider the wide range of postgraduate options available to you at Auckland. I ask you to consider that because we can never rest on our laurels, especially in a challenging and ever-changing world. Whatever path you follow, I urge you as the alumni of New Zealand's leading university to never forget your alma mater. We rely on our graduates for support, moral, political and financial. Funding constraints are a perennial problem for New Zealand universities who are being asked to do more and more with less and less each year. In fact, in these hard times, we should be spending more on universities, not less. But that is enough of the substantial issues facing us all as members of a 21st century university with high aspirations. Because today is your day with the focus on your achievement. At this ceremony, we honor 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. I am delighted to welcome as our guest speaker, Patrick Snedden. Patrick is an alumnus of our university and is currently business advisor at Snedden Publishing and Management Consultants Limited. He graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 and a Bachelor of Commerce in 1980. He has gone on to develop a distinguished career. He has extensive senior corporate governance experience in large New Zealand public entities in both housing and health. He was chair of Auckland District Health Board from 2007 to 2010 and Counties Monaco District Health Board from 2004 to 2007. He has governance experience in water and wastewater infrastructure and was chair of a community trust investment committee controlling $1 billion in philanthropic funds. Patrick has held chief crown negotiator roles in settling Treaty of Waitangi claims and has extensive experience in commercial not-for-profit enterprises at operational and government levels. He has had 20 years experience in the media industry, including senior executive management positions and ownership. Patrick is currently director of Ports of Auckland Limited, trustee of Recovery Solutions Trust, chair of Co-Overture Health Partnership and executive chair of the Manaya Kalani Education Trust, which he founded to improve educational outcomes for pupils of nine DSR1 schools in Tamaki. Please welcome with me, Patrick Snitney. Kia ora koutou katoa.  You only get one of these the first time and it is worth enjoying. I want to celebrate with you today what is in fact a superb achievement. Your choice to make your career in education is an investment of profound importance to our future citizens. It is an act of service for without your school and your moral commitment, you bring to this task our country's capability will founder in education. You are that important. It's also true that you haven't achieved success here as this on your own and your partners teach his friends and family here a testament to that. They also deserve our congratulations. Why don't you give them a huge round of applause. They are so often the hidden tonger of this process behind you supporting you, lifting you up when you are down and providing the necessary advice and sustenance to make it work. I want to also acknowledge this university which is one of the great universities of New Zealand and has provided you no doubt with some of the best and teacher training in this country. You've been encouraged to think, to question and critique. Perhaps you may well have even debated one of the biggest educational weaknesses we have as a nation. Why is it by every normal measure some of our citizens consistently fail to achieve in their educational experience? So I want to cheer you up with a story that suggests there's an answer to this question. It's a homegrown story, but it's profoundly challenging to the way you have been taught to teach. Be alert to have to meet this challenge because it's in your near future and it is inescapable. In 2010, I was in charge of a major urban development project in Glen Innes, Auckland called the Tamaki Transformation Program. And I was invited to the local primary school pointing to see what they were doing with technology in their school. Expecting to see the principal and the senior staff, I was somewhat surprised to be in a room with seven nine to 11 year olds who proceeded after an accomplished me, Fokato, to describe to me for the next 15 minutes, without adult support and with full control of audio visual aids, their expertise in technology and how it helped their understanding and grew their learning. It was a stunning performance, not least because all of these children were of Māori or Pasifika backgrounds and were living in one of Auckland's poorest state housing areas. Their school is a desile 1A school. As if to emphasize this overturning of expectation, youngest girl in the group, a Tongan and beautifully articulate, explained to me that their teacher had this year come to school pregnant. The principal seeking to find a replacement had advertised without success until her class made an unusual request. Would it be possible, they asked, if they could recruit for their replacement teacher? The answer was positive and they proceeded to create a movie advertisement describing who they were, what they were good at and what they were looking for in a teacher. These 10 to 11 year olds attracted huge numbers of applications, both national and international. As I sat with them in the classroom, they showed me the video of a woman addressing them at six o'clock in the morning, pitching to them her qualifications for the job and suggesting that if they liked her, they should recommend that the principal employ her. On the day of my visit, she was teaching in the classroom.  Yesterday, the Tamaki School cluster, now called the Manaya Kalani cluster, had a visit from Will I Am. To present us for a check for $100,000. Now, this wasn't in any response to any pitch made by us to him. This was a result of his own inquiry. Going online to see where the leading edge in digital education was interfacing with low income communities. He found Tamaki in New Zealand. The key point here is he found us, we didn't chase him. This happened because he was enthralled by the everyday working content provided by the students in the Tamaki cluster that is all online, viewable by anybody. He was gripped by the reality of these kids that by the age of 10 in the cluster, they can have literally thousands of hits on their blogs as people throughout the world want to respond to their content. No wonder their reading and writing results are soaring as they get feedback by breakfast from readers in different time zones on their blog posted from the previous evening. His point is that the student of tomorrow needs to be equipped with the skills of science, technology, engineering and mathematics because that is where content creation is coming from that will bring innovation, prosperity and sustainability in this world of ours. The threat to New Zealand is stark. If students in DSR1 communities are not content creators, do not understand that their voice will be heard, are not encouraged as authentic and valuable contributors than the pen and paper analogue divide that exists today that reduces rather than increases equity in our country will divide us even further as the digital revolution changes us all. What he saw yesterday is a confident and capable cohort of 21st century digital citizens and they were nearly all the children of Maori and Pacific appearance. We were able to tell him that Tamaki College had last year become the first state secondary school in New Zealand to go fully digital. Every one of the nearly 700 students is operating off the netbook for all their learning. In 2012, their first digital year, their NCA level two results doubled from 25% to 51%. We could also confirm that there is not a single family in Tamaki with a child in any of the Manaiakalani cluster schools who has declined to invest in their child's future. To buy the netbooks, they pay $40 deposit and $3.50 a week per netbook over three years. We have a wireless network that runs for the students of Tamaki which is delivered to their household for $4 a month per netbook. So I want to leave you with this thought. You have had two of the most precious of gifts, choice and opportunity. It is the same choice and opportunity that the students of Tamaki are experiencing for the first time. In the 20th century analog world, they were regarded as a failing cohort. In this 21st century digital world, they see themselves ahead of the learning curve and they get world recognition. This can be possible where you teach, but only if you go with it. As students from poor communities experience this liberation of self managing e-learning, they will be demanding a different kind of teaching from you. You will need to meet this challenge with intelligence, flexibility, humility and a sense of humor.  Go with confidence into this new world to be the best you can be. Every day I invite you to encourage all the kids you teach to be the success story you are. Good luck and thank you. Nō reirā, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou. Kia ora mai tātou koutou. Thank you, Pat, for most interesting and insightful and challenging address full of real life experience. Can I ask you to all join with me in thanking Patrick again. This is a meeting of council and convocation of the university at which the pro-chancellor, Peter Kiley 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 the ceremony. By the authority vested in me by resolution of the University Auckland Council, I, Peter Kiley, pro-chancellor, confer the degrees and award the diplomas stated upon those who within the faculty have satisfied the requirements of this university. I call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Associate Professor Aitken, 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 Education. Graduate Diploma in Education, Jane Shirley Eddington, Fiona Pauline Jones, Katrina Cezanne Mockett, Catherine Ann Newton, Graduate Diploma in Teaching, Secondary, Sarete Lyle Amu, Leslie Mae Allen, Laura Emily Amos, Richard Gary Anderson, Stoenia Valentinova-Angova, James William Olsford, Anavili Maria Aovar, Olivia Isabel Maibiti, Mark Andrew Bellum, Lydia Ann-Larie Murray-Binard, Keegan Alexander Black, Josephine Victoria Howard-Bauer, Richard Douglas Breed, Wynne Brewer, Stephen William Briscoe, Cameron Stuart Burns, Renee Elizabeth Bushby, Andrea Rachelle Butler, Andrew Graham Ross Campbell, Nancy Ann Campbell, Natalie Marie Cattel, Addison Jeffrey Koss, Matthew David Cumming, Lauren Elizabeth Davison, Melanie Louise Dingle, Brooke Emma Duncan, Jonathan Lloyd Dutton, Andrea Louise Edwards, Nicole Karen Jane Ikested, Roxythina Chloeanita Falepeua-Awa, Cecilia Nal Finau, Jonathan Richard Gabriel, Udruta Erunga Gulipathage, Jamie Patrick Gibson, Elizabeth Mary Gill, Alexandra Louise Gillett, Catherine Mae Gordon, Sarah Louise Graham, Hannah Nerily Grant, Clea Ann Guy, Gareth Paul Haddon, Aaron Campbell Hare, Elizabeth K. Harrison, Mark Harrison, Sarah Kitty Henare, Ilana Wilhelmina Shannon Hill, Hanna Hong, Yu Ting Hwang, Mark Anthony Hussie, for Iza Fadia Jalal, Raya Mae Jenner, Aaron James Kearney, Hannah Mary Kelly, Nicholas James Kelly, Jay Hong Kim, Katie Jane Kirkpatrick, Uti Aline Lange, Grace Sarah Laosel, Natasha Ann Layton, Kai Chung Lien, Hong Kiao Lim, Yun Sip Lim, Anod Lobo, Anna Lashima, Jessica Elizabeth McLean, Michael Mow, Malcolm John Marfeny, Alexander Stuart McEwing, Sophie Alexandra McLaughlin, Anna Teresa McCloud, Sheridan Rachel Mellow, Brooke Ali Miller, Christine Koshalia Mishra, Melody Sue Mobsfee, Fatima Mariam Baha Mohamed Baha, Ashley Lauren Morgan, Tressalia Joshua Montree, Tia Louise Murphy, Dara Jane Murphy, Jesse Sarah Nansen, Molly Ellen Nelson, Kate Elizabeth Newman, Jamie Louise Nicholas, Aaron James Nolan, Jessica Kate Nolan, Fluatino Nusavili, Shay Rebecca Allison O'Donnell, Penelope Elizabeth Olson, Frances Ellen Palmer Olcone, Nam Su Park, Fiona Pasene, Waimiri Rangi Mariah-Poe, Florence Michael Piety, Samantha Jane Palkington, Karen Olga Pinto, Maria Podscripaco, Cheryl Marie Pook, Janelle Leigh Poppata, Leanne Poppata, Eleanor Gwyneth Rattre, Benjamin Allen Rueck, Robert Matthew Thomas William Ryan, Fabian Sanchez Navarro, Amanda Elaine Saunders, Marcus Isaac Slagal, Hayden Hoidakso, Samantha Louise Steele, Mele Otofelenite Tayo Loa, Robson Aloale Tovita, Hatene Lakipa Tohe, Ipeka Dinakshi Unka, Courtney Kim Brunralta, Joseph Vito Sula, James Everard Wakelin, Heather Laura Walsh, Du Wang, Susan Carolyn Wells, Lea Margaret Williams, Matthew Stephen Williams, Megan Louise Wilson, Lauren Rebecca Standish Wing, Carla Gemma Wong, Sande Yuit Ying Wong, Emily Rose Woodfield, Jane Alexandra Wright, Ho Young Desi Yu, Graduate Diploma in Teaching English in Schools to Speakers of Other Languages. Movina Kanuma Ali, Bromyn Anne Dee, Rohita Ananda Heruth Denawada, Stephanie Joanne Enfield, Soretta Margalele Felisi, Lola Finote, Annette Marie Haywood, Penelope Ann Jensen, Shereen Junpath, Catherine Rabina Maloney, Saran Sanjani Prasad Nand, Myra Ellen Newton, Anna Prasad Pachigala, Laura Jane Rustin, Tuipua Shusta, Lavinia Mui Mui Sekona Vimahi, The Degree of Bachelor of Education Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Hashidi Hashem, Honey Hussein, Nirol Husna Aida Binti Jafar, Norfuzani Yumna Binti Kazali, Ahmad Farat Bin Maslan, Nazura Muhammad Daras, Kamala Vyoshini Nadarajan, Adrian Nengwing Yongning, Nirol Munirah Safian, Alex Tiong Kahwe, Muhammad Fahmi Bin Wanyusoff, Liang Chao Chiang, to the Degree of Bachelor of Education Teaching.  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. A flute ensemble directed by Dr. Melody Lynn will now perform Views from the Falls House by Gary Shoker. Thank you, Dr. Melody, for that delightful performance. Can I ask you all to join with me in thanking Dr. Lynn once again? By the authority vested in me by resolution of the University of Auckland Council, I, Ian Parton, Chancellor, award the diplomas and confer the degrees stated upon those who within the Faculty of Education have satisfied the requirements of this university. I call upon the Dean of the Faculty of Education, to present graduands in that faculty.  Linda Boertha, Alex Rene Funk, Rebecca Frances Gross, Duturu Iarome, Katrina Jeanie Winifred Knox, Christina Evelyn Nino, Lucy Angela Montgomery, Ashley Miana Pictor, Candida Leta Theobald, Senior Scholar Education, Alina Lee Tonga, Melody Louise Vosse, Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Theory, Paul Donald Campbell, Inda Dio, Christine Mary Chance, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership with Distinction, Catherine Guah Hughes, Kirsten Elizabeth Shaw, Susan Joy Smith, Bernadette Maria Stockman, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership with Merit, Christopher James Norton, Jane Emily Settle, Sophie Melissa Vieux-Ciope, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership, Darina Sophia Dior, Iarike Matarua-Johnson, Georgina Lucy Milford, Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Supervision with Merit, Michelle Anne Spain, to the degree of Bachelor of Education, Teaching Honours with First Class Honours, Lauren Bryn Clark, Catherine Joanne Hamilton, Joanne Louise Hanley, Theodore McClay, Thari Tapua Starrs, to the degree of Bachelor of Education, Teaching Honours with Second Class Honours, First Division, Brigitte Claire Canton Gilmour, to the degree of Bachelor of Social Work Honours with First Class Honours, Anne Michelle Hilbers, Senior Scholar Education, to the degree of Bachelor of Social Work Honours with Second Class Honours, First Division, by Al Kim, Magashwari Ramalingam, Rebecca Jane Rickard, to the degree of Bachelor of Social Work Honours with Second Class Honours, Second Division, Tamsen Anne West, to the degree of Master of Counselling with First Class Honours, Teresa Marie Martinovich, Rachal Zara Wilson, to the degree of Master of Education With First Class Honours, Sonja Cathriona Hunt, Korea Rose Cooper, Revena Devi, University Graduate Scholar, Lindsay Margaret Fish, Catherine Mae Garthwaite, Heather Marian Hardy, Daniel Lewis Heath, Pauline Jags, Tresi Denise Fullter, Poulter, Joanne Ruth Quick, University Graduate Scholar, Naomi Alexandra Rosedale, Patricia Ann Torre, Jacqueline Huia Hikitanga Tutabake, Genevieve Marie Underhill in counselling, to the degree of Master of Education with Second Class Honours First Division, Logan Michelle Burson, Catherine Ann Bussie, Emma Jane Cunningham, Slavitsa Jovanovic, Jane Lindsay Lellua, Rasheela Naika, Lynn Marie Savage, Michelle Leslie Witherall, to the degree of Master of Education with Second Class Honours Second Division, Kathleen Haafu-Fatukai, Anne Carol Latrobe, to the degree of Master of Professional Studies with First Class Honours, David Telfui, Makato Faravai in Education, Veronica Garcia-Lazo in Education, Eunice Gerlin Price in Education, Kitty Simone Tocchetto in Education, to the degree of Master of Professional Studies with Second Class Honours First Division, Brian James William Davie in Education, Rosemary Marion Moshi in Education, Annette Margaret Pettival in Education, Jacob Thomas Prisk in Education, Phillipa Grace Walter in Education, to the degree of Master of Professional Studies with Second Class Honours Second Division, Nicholas James Major in Education, Silesh Wah-Singh in Education, to the degree of Master of Professional Studies, Ruth Ann Palmer in Education. We've got some doctoral graduates. Chancellor, I have the honour of presenting to you the doctoral graduates. I call upon the Vice-Chancellor to present the doctoral graduates. Chancellor, I have the honour of presenting to you the doctoral graduate. To the degree of Doctor of Education, Camilla Phyllis Highfield. Camilla investigated the variation in academic outcomes of students in New Zealand secondary schools and the extent to which that variation can be attributed to the practices of middle leaders. And it absentia all those other persons named in the book of Convocation qualified for the conferment of a degree or the award of a diploma in the Faculty of Education. This concludes the formal part of the ceremony. On behalf of the university, I now invite all today's graduates to stand and receive the congratulations of us all. This would also be a good time for the graduates to show their appreciation of their families and supporters and the staff of the university who helped them as they achieved their qualifications. Would you please be seated? Chancellor, council members, distinguished guests, graduates, families and friends of the graduates and of the university colleagues. The celebration of graduation is a major event in the calendar of the university. It is also a minor miracle of organisation that we manage to repeat at least twice each year in Auckland. The university salutes all the graduates who make it possible for us to celebrate your success. A successful graduation means that we must ensure that all 10 ceremonies proceed smoothly. That means checking results, communicating with and marshalling some 5,000 students who, in total, receive over 7,000 degrees and diplomas. It is, as you can imagine, quite an exercise. On your behalf, I would therefore like to thank those who made graduation not only possible, but hopefully, an occasion you will remember. And so our thanks go to the following. The Auckland Grammar School pipe band, which provides the music for our procession to the Aotea Centre. The organist, Dr. John Wells, who has played at each ceremony. The musicians from the School of Music who have performed with distinction at each ceremony and three of whom also performed at the Graduation Concerto concert last night. The speakers, each with an appropriate message. Members of the University Council, all busy people who make time to join us for this special occasion. The Fire Karanga team who perform the karanga that welcomes everyone to each ceremony. The Kate Edgar Educational Trust, which provides many of the ceremonial caps, gowns and hoods. Any profits that they make from their high-reach are used to fund scholarships in the university. The staff of the Aotea Centre and the staff who taught you and made your graduation possible. The university staff who assemble the materials we use for graduation and ensure that nearly everything necessary arrives at the right place at the right time. The marshals who organise the various processions and ensure that almost everyone turns up in the right place at the right time. The mace bearers, Professor Louise Nicholson, Associate Professor Gary Barkhason and Dr. Douglas Carey. Their role is to escort and protect the official party. Behind the scenes are the staff of the graduation office led by Margaret Allen. They complete all the paperwork required for each student who graduates. They ensure that the ceremonies run to time. They slot in those of you who arrived late into your correct seats. And they have worked long hours over the last few weeks to make sure that everyone feels that graduation is a special day. And so we thank Margaret and the graduation office team for an excellent job. Now, it's normal at this point to present Margaret with flowers to recognise the effort which underlies graduation. However, tonight we want with Margaret's blessing to change that and instead make the presentation to someone who has organised and supported our graduation ceremonies for the last 21 years, in many cases and since some of you were infants. And so every graduation should have a surprise and grant wills, this is it. Please come forward. Finally we must thank our Chancellor Ian Parton and our Pro-Chancellor Peter Kiley. In this, their first year of their respective terms, they have together shaken over 5,000 hands this week. They have spoken to each graduate. They have been greeted and photographed and hugged in many ways. And the Chancellor has of course also prepared and delivered 10 welcome speeches. So can I close by thanking you all and thank you as always Chancellor. Thank you Vice-Chancellor and thank you all for your applause. 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 Maori then in English. The words are printed on the reverse of your programme.


Soez is the kind of place for those that are personally very driven to make a difference and make an impact. It was one of the few schools where every single person I talked to had nothing but great things to say. It's a completely different experience. It's a melting pot of ideas, people, cultures, and on a daily basis you see people fluctuating from two or three different languages. I thought that was really interesting. One of the great things about Soez is that the student body is from all over the world. In one of my smaller tutorial classes, there are 11 people and every single person, including the tutor, has a passport from a different country. London is really a part of the experience. The British Museum is five minutes away. British Library is very close. The coolest thing is that a lot of the professors have incorporated exhibitions at major museums. Being in a place that has so many different resources from all over the world, libraries and museums and art, it really puts me in a place where I can feel energized to focus on my studies. London makes me feel motivated to learn. It is a very multicultural city. It's very welcoming to all different walks of life and different cultures. It's a small campus full of not just diverse people, but diverse degree programs too. There's always something going on and there's a lot of support from the admin team. The school is very busy and very lively all the time. The UK schooling system is very rigorous and it's very comprehensive and you go straight into the actual material of the course. The flexibility of the Soez course module structure is really really important. I can explore specific interests of mine without having to take an entirely different degree program, which I think allows me to pull together a more competitive and diverse degree on my own. So you get a lecture style class one day and then the next day you're in a smaller group of students and you discuss your readings in depth. Tutorials were fundamental for the class because that's when you interact with the tutors as well as your fellow students. So you have a very small set of students inside each tutorial. The teachers give you a lot more individual attention. I feel like you get a lot more out of the courses that you take. There's so many opportunities all the time. Soez allows you to be a lot more independent in your studying, pursue your own passions. It's a great academic experience, but it's also a great social experience. Just the range of ideas allows me to open up my perspective and think about things from a different viewpoint. It allows me to learn a lot more. I mean, it's an easy choice to make. It's a very dynamic place. You can develop a global network. It's a place that very much fosters independent thinking. It's really helpful for those that are motivated to change the world but also make an impact. That's the kind of place Soez is.


No, I don't think is you know the end of the world but other than that my god. Does anyone see anything out there? I mean, I'm looking I mean, I don't really see that much, but tell me I mean I'm looking it's just like geez anything else out there, but anyway, let's let's talk about what moved yesterday We had a couple of pops yesterday. It looks like doughnut had a nice little move yesterday Doughnut took a nice little hit from like $13. It was been a good IPO I've been a big fan of Krispy Kreme, but I got out of it. You know, I got out of it right at around like $16 I lost money on I got out around like 15. It just wasn't going anywhere and You know, I might consider jumping back in but I just I hasn't I'll think it found its bottom yet that that that doughnut But yesterday's a day trade it actually had a really really nice move So that one moved pretty nicely another one that I knew you guys traded yesterday that we were trading was open Open also, you know, once again nice stock out of the gate at 10 o'clock went from like 1380 all the way up to about $15, but if you look at it, I mean Not a lot nothing Nothing like Monday and Tuesday like With some of the stocks that we traded, but you know what? It it's it's a beautiful day here in New York. I know a lot of people gonna go enjoy the weekend I know a lot of people going away starting next weekend. I'm actually gonna go away for a couple of days myself and You know what I want to get ready for September. I mean a September October November I'm gonna keep reminding you guys is actually some of the best days to trade but listen I went through my big percentage gainers and losers and I mean you had this GRNQ.  It's cheap.  It's up 63 percent But I'm like, I'm not really a fan of it. It really didn't do anything in pre-market. I Mean, I the only stocks I kind of thought it was pretty decent was SSY. I was like, I don't know 11% Maybe scratch that one too G.o.t.u. This is horrible. This is so bad G.o.v.x. I mean, I mean it something I'll put on the C list. I might have to go on the A list M.r.i.n Nice move after hours and it just came right back down. I mean Norman's calling Tiger Sometimes you get a push going into this, you know, you get a push Right at the nine o'clock time zone, but no, I don't know. I mean, I'm not really that impressed Norman I'm really impressed. I don't really see it that that that good of a stock right there. I Mean look I went through a New York stock exchange. Look the biggest percentage gain on the New York is SSI Look at it's gone. Nowhere FL I mean, I was gonna throw FL on there. It's called Florida Footlocker actually, but it's expensive.  I mean not a lot out there. So I don't know guys want to take off take off It's not a bad not a bad deal, but listen at 9 30 sometimes something pops up So I would stick it stick around until that time and then I don't see anything Maybe I'll cut my losses. I don't know you guys do you guys anyone else see anything that I'm missing Norma says I'm not impressed either Yeah, it's just it's just the name of the game even in the big percentage gainers Nothing really there. I mean it's the only thing that's got a little bit of a push. That's it All right guys, so listen, I'm sorry. I wish it could be a better day, but that's not a bad thing. That's not a bad thing You guys always want to take off on Friday, you know, like I gotta go to work This is great about this job, right?  I got a show up to work. I mean, I got a show up to work and trading your own boss Nothing there no big deal, but listen, we'll find something. I'm not worried about it We usually do sometimes days like this end up being sometimes be a great day Because sometimes they you find something that pops out of the open. All right, so in the meantime guys, I'll see you on I'll get ready to start doing some commentary. What's the market opens up? YouTube Facebook fans will be back here at 2 30 might find something, you know in the afternoon Make sure you follow us on Twitter because we will post something also if we see some action in there and You know and everyone else you see something say something good. Look everyone happy Be safe and if I don't see you this afternoon. Enjoy your weekend. We'll see you back here on Monday Have a great day


Yes, Herb, the next guest in studio for our last segment, that song that we just played for you, it featured in that song and it goes by the name Tati Nomi. Tati Nomi. Tati Nomi.  Yeah, Tati. Tati's cool. Tati Yao. Tati Yao. All right, where is this name from, Tati? It's actually an acronym. It means take time to know me. Take time to know me. Yeah, Tati Nomi. Wow. Hip-hop guys, every Thursday I interact with names and the reasons behind the names are always, always a blessing. All right, White Fife on Facebook, Twitter, White Fife on Instagram and White Fife on Facebook. Don't forget the hashtag hip-hop Thursday and White in the morning. We are with Tati Nomi in studio. So, Tati, you're born in Webuyo, yeah? Yeah, I was. Grew up a little bit in Kisumu. Yeah. Came to school in Nairobi. Yeah. Where does the music start? Webuyo Kisumu in Nairobi. The music started when I was born, I think. When you were born? I've always loved music. I don't remember. I heard everybody's a musician. If you have a heartbeat, that's a beat. Just move to it, just hear a beat and it's in you. I think it's just something you're born with, you know? All right. So, when did you start recording? I started recording in 2015. 2015? Yeah. Now actually 2014. 2014. All right, where was this? This was in Nakuru. In Nakuru? Yeah. You've lived in every county, my friend. I've lived everywhere, man. All right. Except the coastal area. You haven't been there. But now you're practicing your craft in Nairobi. Yeah. All right. Which studio are you working with currently? I'm in Black Market Records. Black Market Records. All right. You've got the march as well. Maybe you can show it out so people can get to know the label. Black Market Records. Are you signed to Black Market Records or are you a part of the label? Like the board? I'm signed. You're signed to Black Market Records. All right. When were you signed to the label? I was signed last year. Last year? Late last year, yeah. All right. So you've been an independent artist. Yeah. And then you've got into a deal. Exactly. All right. I'd like people to get to understand how getting into a deal is like you had to sign some documents, right? Yeah. You had to read the documents. Yeah. All right. So are you seeing any fruits after being signed? Let me just put Black Market on the spot first. I think everyone is seeing the fruits right there. Yeah. We've seen everywhere like Black Market is everywhere. Mm-hmm. When I was signed, I was already in a tight group. Mm-hmm. We were already making moves. Mm-hmm. If you check out, we've been doing things from way back. What is the name of the group? Now we're Republic. Mm-hmm. Republic Emperor. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So Republic is still alive? It is alive. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Because all of us, we are under Black Market Records. All right. So that song that we just played is by Republic. No. Mm-hmm. The song is by BMR. BMR? Yeah. Black Market Records. Black Market Records. Yeah. Who featured on the track? The song is Joe Face, featuring Tati Nomi and I Foolish. Yeah. You're featured in the song. I'm featured in the song. And these guys are not members of Republic, whatever. They were. They were members of Republic.  So basically, that is a song by Republic and a Black Market Records? Not really. It's a song. It's an individual song featuring Tati Nomi. We are all individuals signed under Labo. Under Labo? Yeah. But originally, Republic. Yeah. But still, under Republic were individuals But still, under Republic were individuals. But still under Republic. So under Republic you are collected? Like we are family. Yeah, you are family. And then all of you got signed. Yeah. As individuals, to Black Market. Yeah. Shout out to Black Market Records for making amazing stars right here in studio with us. So maybe you can share your social media handles with the people. It's Tati Nomi everywhere. Tati Nomi, BMR, Facebook, Tati Nomi, IG, Tati Nomi, Twitter, everywhere. Tati Nomi everywhere. So apart from this particular song that we have here, you have a YouTube channel of your own, yeah? Yeah. All right. Tati Nomi Vivo. Tati Nomi Vivo. You have a Vivo already. The best car after being signed on Vivo. Yeah, one, yeah. BMR, BMR, man. BMR, yeah. All right. So how many videos up on YouTube so far? So far, I have two. Yeah. The other is still cooking. And I am still having a lot of things coming up, a lot of materials, an album coming up, losing my balance. So it's a work in progress. Everything is coming. So you're strictly a rapper or you consider yourself an artist? I'm an artist, yeah. So you sing as well? As long as I feel the beat, I will do what the beat requires me to do.  Every rapper is singing nowadays. Yeah. It's a thing that's always been there. Yeah. You think so? Yeah, singing has always been there. Even before rap, like before rap became what rap it used to be. Yes, I know, singing has always been there even before rap. But not every rapper used to sing. No. Yeah. But nowadays every rapper tries to sing. You know, we have to get everyone on board, man. Play the game to change the game. Play the game? To change the game. Play the game to change the game. Yeah. All right, I like that about you, man. You're not denying anything, you're accepting and there's nothing new under the sun. There is nothing, man. You just take what is there and make it your own. Use everything you have everywhere, man. Use everything you have everywhere. All right, so Tati, know me. Through your musical journey, all the way from Webuye to Kisumutuna, Kuru, and now in Nairobi, do you think Nairobi is the best spot to be an artist? As a Kenyan? Not really. You can do it. I think from wherever you are, it's the best spot. It's just that some areas you have better chances than others. But Nairobi, it's my home, up and in Tanzan music. Up and in Meanza. So this is where I will blow up from, I'm sure, because you can't be famous outside when you're not even famous at home. I'm not talking about outside, I'm talking about this country right here. We have 47 counties, Nairobi being one county. So the rest of the 46 counties, considering you've been to say five or six or seven, you've lived at least for some period. Do you consider Nairobi the best place to be an artist? In Kenya, as it now, considering the resources, the media, the culture, the crowd, the ability to sell your music or sell tickets to your shows, do you think Nairobi is that spot? It is. It is better than the rest of them. In Kenya, it has everything you might need. Because right now, if I needed to come to an interview and I was in, let's say, Obuye, man, it would be a little bit hard to see. But when you're here, it just comes very fast. So you think people in Nairobi have it easier than the people? Yeah, yeah, that's obvious. In the rest of the country? That's obvious, even schooling and everything. So it's obvious, no debate about it. It's definite, man. All right, let's look to the other politics. That the same guys who you will send a link to, and they will watch it. But someone up country, man, it will take forever to watch that video. All right. So it's nice to know from somebody who has lived in different counties and is practicing his music in Nairobi right now, currently. All right, so as we come to the end of this, what next for you? Next? Everything. Everything is next for you. Music, videos, everything. Yeah, you just expect something. Just subscribe to Tatinomi Vivo. Tatinomi Vivo? Tatinomi Vivo. I create Tatinomi Vivo. Yeah, subscribe and you will see everything that is coming, man. I have an album. I have a mixtape. I have an EP. What is the name of the mixtape? The mixtape. It's Vini Vidi Vici. Vini Vidi Vici. Yeah. Wow. I came. You're good with the name. What language is that? That doesn't matter, man. I came. I saw a copy. I came. I saw a copy. Vini Vidi Vici. What is the name of the EP? The EP, Girls in Compass. Girls in Compass. You know we have to stop there, right? Girls in Compass. You know we have to stop there. All right, why girls in Compass? I think a lot of things go on in Compass, man. And we need to know them. As long as as much as we hear them, we don't know them. I was in school, I dropped out. But I got to know what happens in Compass. Yeah. I got to know what happens. So like a lot of people who have not been in Compass, they don't know. What goes on in Compass? Yeah, they just hear, oh, someone was killed. They was in Compass. They were doing something at night. But they don't know what happened. All right. Yeah. So I need to let people know. All right. So what happens in Compass does not stay in Compass. People get to know it through your EP. Yeah. Girls in Compass. So you've had experiences with girls in Compass. I have, yeah. You've had your own fair share of drama. Heartbroken. Heartbroken in the process. Learned in the process. And everything else. All right. What is the name of the album? Losing My Balance. Losing My Balance. Losing My Balance is the fourth coming album. It's the album that is coming. The album that you're going to be dropping. All right. What does this mean to you? What does this title mean to you? How does it relate to you? It's first and foremost, it's dedicated to my sister. She died in the Moigals fire. Many her soul recipes. This, recently? Yeah. The one that happened in 2018. She died in the fires and it was sad. So I dedicated the album to her. Losing My Balance of that. Losing My Balance of a relationship. Losing My Balance of addiction. Whatever makes you lose your balance. This album is for you. What is it coming up? So emotional. There's a lot of singing in there. Yeah. You'll see. I'll see you. A lot of acoustic guitars in there. A lot of keys. A lot of emotions. All right. Losing My Balance is the fourth coming album from Tati. Nomi. Tati Nomi is in studio with us for hip hop Thursday. Four white in the morning. I go by the name of Barry Moses or it's by one of the social media platform. So we're about to listen to some of his music but if you'd like to interact with him. Tati Nomi Vivo. Tati Nomi Vivo. That is the most important. The Vivo. One Vivo. Tati Nomi Vivo. Yeah. Tati Nomi on Instagram. Instagram. Facebook. Tati Nomi BMR. Tati Nomi BMR. Twitter. Tati Nomi. Representing for the hip hop culture right here in Kenya. Let's listen to his song then we'll be back with some more of Why In The Morning. So don't go nowhere. Don't touch that doll.