Māori graduates celebrated at Wellington

A ceremony to honour Māori graduates at the Wellington campus capped off the University’s Autumn graduation season as ten new graduates celebrated their achievement with friends and Whānau at Tokomaru, the Museum Building, on Friday.

From the College of Business, Mahanga Maru (Ngāti Porou), Whitney Nicholls-Potts (Ngāti Kurī) graduated with Bachelors of Business Studies and Communications respectively, and Stuart Barr (Ngāi Tahu) graduated with a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies.

From the College of Creative Arts, Montess Hughes (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi) graduated with a Diploma in Photography, and Priscilla McClintock (Ngāti Porou) with a Bachelor of Design.

From the New Zealand School of Music, Raymond Williams (Ngāi Tūhoe) graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz.

Jacqueline Brown (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Rangi), Annemarie Jordan (Te Āti Awa), Ana Mihaere (Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamatea, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga) graduated from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences with Bachelors of Midwifery, and Nikki Carrington (Ngāti Te Ngākau, Ngāti Whakaue, Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa ki Waikato) with a Bachelor of Nursing.

Ms Brown and Ms Carrington are also Te Rau Puawai (Māori Mental Health Workforce Development) Scholars.