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Otago University graduation - 1pm

More than 360 people will graduate in person from the University of Otago with qualifications in arts, law, music and theology, in a ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall at 1pm today.

More than 120 other people will graduate in absentia.

DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED AND DIPLOMAS TO BE AWARDED IN PERSON

Doctor of philosophy
Peter Alexander Barton, Hui Yun Chan, Simon Hugh Connell, Janine Maree Joyce, Rebecca Mary Kambuta, Buvanis Karuppiah, Andrea Vicki Elizabeth McDougall, Cameron Ross Surrey, Bridgette Ailsa Toy-Cronin.

Doctor of musical arts
Heleen Du Plessis: performance.

Master of arts and postgraduate diploma in clinical psychology
Elle Rachel Black: master of arts: psychology, distinction; postgraduate diploma in clinical psychology, distinction, Hannah Jane Macgregor-Wolken: master of arts: psychology, distinction, Brodie Esther McKinlay: master of arts: psychology, distinction.

Master of arts
Tama Te Puea Braithwaite-Westoby: German, credit, Sandra Noeline Crawshaw: music, distinction, Charles Reuben Gibson: philosophy, distinction, Malia Ellen Mamele Lameta: Pacific Islands studies, Andrew Yi Ming Lim: history, distinction, Benjamin Jesse Paul Loughrey-Webb: politics, distinction, Jacob Rei Myhre: Maori studies, credit, Katherine Barbara Taine: geography, distinction, Marcelle Rene Te Rangimarie Wharerau: indigenous development/he kura matanui, distinction, Sarah Elizabeth Mary Williamson: music, credit.
Bachelor ofarts withhonours and bachelor of arts
Campbell John Lawrence Calverley: bachelor of arts honours: classics, first class, Angharad Louise Gladding: bachelor of arts honours: film and media studies, second class (division 1), Ngarangi Joseph Haerewa: bachelor of arts honours: film and media studies, first class, Gabrielle Rose Mulder: bachelor of arts honours: communication studies, first class, Imogen Katharine Van Pierce: bachelor of arts honours: art history and theory, first class.

Bachelor of arts with honours
Rebecca Morgan Adam: anthropology, first class, Emma Leigh Bauer: communication studies, first class, Nicola Kate Beedie: film and media studies, first class, Lisa Jayne Blakie: communication studies, second class (division 1), Laura Carole Bowers: anthropology, first class, Zara Paryssa de Montgomery: gender studies, second class (division 1), Emily Anne Falloon: classical studies and English (combined), first class, Lana Jane Govenlock: English, first class, Katie Ellen Greene: classical studies and English (combined), first class, Bridget Mary Harris: art history and theory and gender studies (combined), second class (division 1), Jamie-lee Hearfield: anthropology, second class (division 1), Therese Grace Hilton-Ludwig: anthropology, first class, Khalisah Binte Ishak: English, first class, Lucy Mabel Jeffs: psychology, first class, Tristan Thomas Keillor: philosophy, first class, Kate Mary Knox: history, first class, Marie-Christin Ursula Chantal Kuepper: linguistics, first class, Edana Jean Lord: anthropology, first class, Millicent Ellen Lovelock: English, first class, Claire Louise Macindoe: history, first class, Kate Erin McGaw: psychology, first class, Katrina Anne Monaghan: linguistics, first class, Lucy Heather Northwood: anthropology, first class, Zara Anne Overton: film and media studies, first class, Georgia Madeleine Chilton Phillips: art history and theory, first class, Charles Radclyffe: anthropology, first class, Lewis William Dean Rarm: film and media studies, first class, Sarah Annabel Garvan Rayner: communication studies, first class, Edmund Smith: film and media studies, first class, Laura Rose Starling: sociology, first class, Ruth Silivia Tae'iloa: classics, second class (division 1), Ane Finau Sivoki Tatu: indigenous development/he kura matanui, second class (division 1), Amie Barbara Lose Taua: film and media studies, first class, Emily Nicola Thomas: film and media studies, first class, James Edward Treloar Tregonning: English, first class, Alta Vermaak: sociology, second class (division 1), Anna Kristina Welch: English, first class, Stephanie Jane White: art history and theory, first class.

Bachelor of arts and bachelor of music
Alice Mary Cammock.

Bachelor of arts and bachelor of social work
Hazel Sylvia Cunliffe, Charlotte Gwen Ila McCorkindale.

Bachelor of arts and bachelor of teaching
Shannon Louise Brawley: bachelor of teaching (endorsed primary education).

Bachelor of arts, bachelor of science and diploma in language
Shalini Akila Sugathapala: diploma in language (endorsed Spanish).

Bachelor of arts and bachelor of science
Grace Lily Black, Allyn Mitran Robins.

Bachelor of arts and bachelor of commerce
Erin Auchterlonie.

Bachelor of arts and diploma in language
Gareth Finn Beren McMullen: diploma in language (endorsed French).

Bachelor of arts and diploma for graduates
Johnathon Peter Geoffrey Appleby: diploma for graduates (endorsed marketing management), Katie Rose Baddock: diploma for graduates (endorsed English), Sarah Catherine Bayly: diploma for graduates (endorsed marketing management), Carl Nathan Bekker: diploma for graduates (endorsed human resource management), Samuel Matthew Cuming: diploma for graduates (endorsed religious studies).

Bachelor of arts
Hannah Claire Adamson, Luke Brian Agnew, Brook Charles Allen-Sutton, Alexa Rose Anderson, Cheryl Marie Anderson, Tegan Peta Anderson, Elyse Georgia Louise Angelou, Isaac James Atley, Anita Marie Bainbridge, Mayce Rose Ballantyne, Chloe Anne Banks, Jeremy Lachlan Barnes, Jeremy Patrick McIlroy Barnes, Amy Therese Beeby, Catherine Anne Bell, Briony Blackmore, Benjamin Boss, Nicola Colleen Bowden, Lenette Breytenbach, Kate Elizabeth Brinsdon, Hannah Margaret Brocket, Amy Sarah Brosnan, Erin Rosheen Broughton, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Brown, Saxon Haldane Bruce, Samantha Maree Buckby, Katherine May Burgess, Melissa Jayne Carey, Saara Serene Leslie Cavanagh, Emma Celia Checketts, Wenluan Chi, Wen Ting Chow, Hayleigh Jane Clarkson, Jessica Alice Cochrane, Louise Mary Cody, Andrew William Coshan, Alex Jessie Cuff, Georgia Elizabeth Dolan Davenport, Hannah May Davis, Florence Elizabeth Northcott Dean, Jordan Michael Dickson, Alexander James Dooley, Imogen Kathryn Duncan, Helene Jeanette Lisa Dupres, Nicole Rose Eastwick, Phoebe Grace Eden-Mann, Chen-Yu Fan, Peita Kate Ferens-Green, Jessie May Flannery, Chanelle Blair Folwell, Amelia Rose Foster, Connor McIntyre Fry, Hebe Azure Freya Gibson, Bonnie Louise Golding, Olivia Kristina Lord Gonzales, Kirsty Louise Gordge, Elisha Hannah Gordon, Megan Johanna Grace, Jordan Inia Grant-Hopa, Amanda Lee Gray, Ruth Groffman, Hollie Grace Guyton, Gene Murray Haggie, Ryan Campbell Hakkaart, Matthew David Halcrow, Jonathan James Jennings Hampton, Timothy Edwin Hancock, Gillian May Ellen Harbrow, Alesha Harley, Caitlyn Emma Hart, Charlotte Kate Hayward, Aimee Rose Hazlett, Olivia Rose Healey, Charlotta Delphi Juliette Heyd, Isaac Zebedee Hickey, Gregory James Hil, Katelyn Courtney Hill, Ashley Louise Hodges, Samara Grace Hodges, Monique Johanna Hodgkinson, Brent Gregory Holmes, Nicole Kerry Hunt, Dayle Micheal Ingram, Amy Patricia Irvine, Rui Ishikawa, Antonio Sebastiano Izzo, Tiffany Elizabeth Jenks, Sophea Louise Jennings, Oscar Paul Wallis Johns, Luka George Johnson, Joseph Paul Kemp, Emily Laura Kerr, Caitlin Alice Kippenberger, Katarina Joy Konings, Meghan Sian Astrid Kruskopf, William Latta, Rosa May Leahy, Constance Anne Legge, Merlissa Leslie, Jiaying Li, Jui-Mei Lin, Olivia-Rose Lomas, Emily Louisa Lough, Sai Prathima Machiraju, Hayley Rose Johnson Marriott, Jessica Emily Cecelia Massey, Rhiana McKay-Stewart, Erana Rose McKinlay, Juliet Sian McLachlan, Arleen Dakato McLaren, Aleisha Rose McMurray, Bojana Meduric, Michaela Meiring, Benedict Jon Mintaro Menkes, Rose Elizabeth Young Moffat, Joshua David Morgan, Liberty Frances Neumann, Rowan Mary-Ellen Newton, Christy Ana Nicholls, Maddison Nola Northcott, Alice Mairead O'Neill, Caitlin Georgina O'Reilly, Anthea Kelly O'Sullivan, Mica Rain Paewai, Josie Colleen Parker, Nicole Marie Parry, Hester Ali Philip, Emily Alexandra Phillips, Lisa Kate Potter, Ella Joan Pringle, Joshua Connor Redmond, Briar Emily Renwick, Emma Kerry Richardson, Stephanie Ellen Robilliard, Hebe Jane Robinson, Sophie Maree Reinds Rogers, Tania Maree Roxborogh, Teina Moana-Lee Ruri, Kahurangi Stacey Deverell Salu, Marama Pipepe Currie Schlebach, Keely Marie Shaw, Josiah Mathew Slade, Colin Alexander Smillie, Padraic Duignan Smith, Giles Zephyr Smith Bollinger, Sarfia Anna Sparks, Monthathip Srisomnuk, Amberleigh Grace Stenhouse, David Henry Stock, Callum James Sutherland, Iain David Sutherland, Olivia Grace Sutherland, Apineru Siaosi Palauni Tavita, Anna Louise Taylor, Mandy Te, Catherine Shoemack Thomas, Mitchell John Thompson-Holloway, Sophie Louise Thomsen, Jordan Joseph Tua, Sarina Puanani O Isileli Ua Tuihalangingie, Helen Eurydice Tuitavake, Hannah Charlotte Eden Van Alphen-Fyfe, Lynda Joanne van Barneveld, Macmillan Oliver Veitch, Kate Eleanor Waterman, Renae Elizabeth Wharehinga, Sarah Catherine White, Phoebe Alexander Williams, Chloe Elizabeth Mary Wilson, Jessica Kate Wilson, Megan Gwylan Woodman, Belinda Sue Woodward, Zara Elizabeth Wright, Qiong Wu, Wenhua Wu, Li Zhang.

Master of international studies
Miles William Feil Jones, distinction, Victoria Nicole Martin, credit, Gene Teo, distinction, Leo Finn Vanderlaan, credit, Paul Francis Carlton Winter, distinction.

Bachelor of music with honours and bachelor of music
Hannah Elise Gibson: bachelor of music honours: musical performance, first class, Rona Claire Wignall: bachelor of music honours: musical performance, first class.

Bachelor of music with honours
Tessa Marie Ballinger: music research, first class, Greta Louise Bull-Crossan: musical performance, first class, David Coleclough: composition, second class (division 1), Danielle Emma Carolyn Erickson: musical performance, second class (division 1), Meri Ashleigh Haami: music research, second class (division 1), Jordan Felipe Wilson: composition, second class (division 1).

Bachelor of music and bachelor of commerce
Adam Stewart Moir Spencer.

Bachelor of music
Metitilani Aoroveine Alo, Samuel Frazer Butter, Merlin Quaid James Callister, Barnabas Douglas Cook, Vincent James Criglington, Joel Matthew Dalloway, Pita Rhys Haami, Amelia Dorothy Hay, Melinda Marie Ishikawa, Erin Olivia Lee, Sean Pierre Railton, Diana Helen Esdaile Samuelson, Andrew Huriwai Stewart, Patrick Mark Wilkes.

Bachelor of performing arts
Megan Cerise Wilson.

Bachelor of social work with honours
Victoria Emma Ereckson, first class.

Bachelor of social work
Kim Aperloo, Indira Chhiba, Anna-Leah Cody, Sarah Jan Corbett, Omea Bishop Crombie-McCormack, Natasha Elizabeth Zena Filmer, Alice Jessie Joan Gee, Nikita Danielle Hackett, Samara Lee Henry, Sara Kuzmanovic, Sophie Anne Ailsa Nicholson, Angela Grace Pule, Madhu Lata Redman, Gardenia Upulasi Tupai.

Bachelor of social and community work
Leona Agnes Notoa.

Master of social welfare
Kaye Marie McKean, distinction.

Bachelor of theology and bachelor of science
Joel Mason Zane Bartlett.

Bachelor of theology
Fay Christine Allport, Lisa Anne Barlow, Gareth David Bruce, John Michael Edward Graveston, April Sarah Nunn.

Master of ministry
Joshua David Taylor, distinction.

Master of indigenous studies
Lois Aburi Kusilifu.

Bachelor of laws with honours and bachelor of arts
Tom Ryan Alexander Gilchrist: bachelor of laws honours, second class (division 1), Oliver Francis Gibson Hailes: bachelor of laws honours, first class, Laura Valerie MacKay: bachelor of laws honours, first class, Yasmin Helena Olsen: bachelor of laws honours, first class, James Brownlee Watson: bachelor of laws honours, first class.

Bachelor of laws with honours
Kirsten Pamela Allan, first class, Amanda Jane Brosnan, first class, Jessie Wilcox Lenagh-Glue, first class, Stephen Francis Parry, second class (division 1), Megan Amelia Paterson, first class, Erwin Rafols Ricketts, second class (division 1), Kesia Ngaire Sherwood, first class.

Bachelor of laws and bachelor of arts
Brittany Jane Barton, Ryan Noel Benic, Ellen Kathleen Domigan, Zipporah Christina Gloria Lagaluga, Gregory Stuart Gordon Low, Ruth Elizabeth Madden, Jonathan Andrew Martin, Peter John McCall, Georgina Ann McCullough, Kate Victoria Morgan, Sarah Jean Reese, Alicia Claire Rosevear, David Wesley Simpson, Aliina Sini Annikki Vegar.

Bachelor of laws and bachelor of science
Jessica Catherine Ashley, Alexander Thomas Carroll, Monique Diana Rijnberg.

Bachelor of laws and bachelor of commerce
Gregory Thomas Cowley, Seamus George Ryder, Brendan Paul Stephenson.

Bachelor of laws
Curtis Reid Barnes, Irina Jane Boraman, Liesl Eichholz, Christian Alexander Hardy, Kiri Elizabeth Harmer, Kylie Dawn Hope, Kristine Chartres Macdonald, Anne Sophia McKibben-Singh, Roxanne June Stevenson, Holly Malia Weston.

Bachelor of science and bachelor of commerce
Vivienne Elisa Rijnberg.

Bachelor of science
Matthew Prosser Sutherland.

Bachelor of commerce
Dayne Charles Johnson.

Master of bioethics and health law
Calum George Barrett, distinction.

Postgraduate diploma in arts subjects
Anna Grace Cannon: music, credit, Jessica Katherine Rebekah Jack: music, credit, Chloe Jane Mackenzie: Spanish, distinction, Jacqueline Wendy McMillan: English, distinction, Maeve Annabel Platts: anthropology, credit, Lucia Rozenberg: art history and theory, distinction.

Diploma in language
Laura Molly Graham (endorsed Spanish).

Diploma for graduates
Nicholas James Goodwin (endorsed Christian thought and history), Kathryn Ngaire Harris (endorsed sociology), David Michael Kruszewski (endorsed music).

DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED AND DIPLOMAS TO BE AWARDED IN ABSENTIA

Doctor of philosophy
Amir Bastani, Polly Jennifer Camber, Johannah Mary Cook, Aaron Christopher Manby, Cinzia Piatti, Jessie Mallory Smart, Neil Daniel Joseph Vallelly, Juan Zhang.

Master of arts and postgraduate diploma in clinical psychology
Shinayd Noeline van Rooy: master of arts: psychology, distinction.

Master of arts
Marita Ruth Leask: gender studies, distinction, Sarah Elizabeth Paterson: English, credit, Jane Catherine Ross: film and media studies, distinction, Sandeep Singh: politics, credit, Natasha Jeanette Stillman: German, distinction, Te Ao Marama Anna Maria Tawhara: Maori studies, distinction.

Bachelor of arts with honours
Catrona Alexena Ming Chi Anderson: psychology, first class, Nicholas Raymond John Beynon: anthropology, second class (division 1), Lee Ellen Doughty: history, first class, Jessica Elizabeth Barrie Gordon: French and politics (combined), first class, Beth Alexia Govan Henderson: classics, first class, Ashley Elise Hinten: psychology, first class, Thejaswini Jagannath: geography, second class (division 1), Georgia Tallulah Kerby: anthropology, first class, Sarah Kate McDonald: anthropology, first class, Shahne Derham Rodgers: computer science, first class, Sarah Jane Rouse: psychology, first class, Casey Alana Scott-Campbell: psychology, second class (division 1), Sarah Katherine Vanier: psychology, first class.

Bachelor of arts and bachelor of science
William Patrick Tait-Jamieson.

Bachelor of arts and bachelor of commerce
Philippa Helen Mary Benson.

Bachelor of arts and bachelor of biomedical sciences
Yiwei Fu.

Bachelor of arts
Joel Ashley Berryman, Leon Geoffrey Billows, Briar Bradfield-Watson, Hannah May Broadbent, Kelly Esther Brown, Natasha Catherine Cameron, Eleanor Rose Curl, James Alexander Davy, Lucas Passos Deschamps, Hazel Louise Dickie, Pofitu Chanel Vainuupo Fesili, Georgina Elisabeth Frude, Natasha Ruby Elizabeth Goodwin, Madison Ruth Hamill, Seong Young Her, Emma Adrianne Jordan, Zara Maree Lastovicka, Laura Ann Lawson, Daniel Joshua Lormans, Jannah Marie Matheson, Alastair William McDowell, Jessica Louise McKenzie, Amir Bin Mohd Yunos, Deborah Ellen Paton, Isabel Sarah Powell, Hayley Louise Riddington, Conor Patrick Rourke, Byron Travis Sanders, Malcolm Schwantler, Aaron Joseph Sharma, Imogen Standring-Bellugue, Samuel Jacob Timms, Jayson Bailiss Trent, Luka Velebit, Jarrod Brooks Max Wallace, Edward William Wiley.

Master of peace and conflict studies
Jordan Ramzi Bey Dosch, distinction.

Master of planning
Bridget Michelle Spence, credit.

Bachelor of music with honours
Jedidiah Stuart Bensemann: composition, first class.

Bachelor of music
David Ingram Binnie, Joseph Amiries Corban-Banks, Christopher Lawrence William Glover, Samuel James Madden, Liam McDonnell-Edmunds, Jacob Pieter West.

Bachelor of social work with honours
Angela Helen Jackson, first class, Gina Cherie Tompkins, first class.

Bachelor of social work
Anna Kristy Munro.

Bachelor of social and community work
Angela Maree Barwick, Rachael Mae Ferguson, Glenda Jean Sadlier.

Master of social welfare
Jane Elizabeth George (endorsed supervision and social services management)

Bachelor of theology
Sage Blade James Kenneth Burke, Joanne Clare Crosse, Stephan Derek Leadbetter, Stephen George Trebilco.

Master of ministry
Max Anthony Gerritsen, distinction.

Master of indigenous studies
Reginald Taiawhio Raihania Waititi, credit.

Bachelor of laws with honours and bachelor of arts
Elisha Anne Margaret Watson: bachelor of laws honours, first class.

Bachelor of laws and bachelor of arts
Jack James Parkin McCaw.

Bachelor of laws and bachelor of commerce
Angus Aylmer Rattray.

Postgraduate diploma in arts subjects
Kirsten Michelle Koch: anthropology, credit, Jovan James Mokaraka-Harris: geography, distinction, Maxwell John Dalzell Reeves: art history and theory, distinction, Christopher Jordan Voice: anthropology, credit, Rachel Anne Wesley: anthropology, distinction.

Postgraduate diploma in music
Seth Joel Clement: performance, credit.

Postgraduate diploma in social welfare
Merle Ann Petersen, distinction.

Postgraduate diploma in child›-centred practice
Natasha Mary Munro, distinction, Danelle Hope Walker, distinction.

Postgraduate diploma in theology
Geoffrey John Aimers: biblical studies, credit, James Brent Goodwin: Christian thought and history, Blake Edward Wassell: biblical studies, distinction.

Postgraduate diploma in ministry
Tau Lasi.

Graduate diploma in second language teaching
Xiaoming Ji, distinction, Loan Thanh Nguyen, credit, Ke Wang, distinction.

Diploma in language and culture
Bridget Frances Malcolm (endorsed Chinese).

Diploma for graduates
Hannah Louise Batt (endorsed psychology), Kara Thea Blair (endorsed advertising), Lisa Marie Ford, Sarah Lynette Healey (endorsed biblical studies), Tui Lorraine Qauqau, Brett John Roberts (endorsed Christian thought and history), Moya Patricia Smith (endorsed art history and theory), Robbie James Wood Sykes (endorsed philosophy), Brita Leigh Theewis (endorsed language and linguistics), Tracey Louise Tims, Nikole Aimee Wills (endorsed anthropology).

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