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Contents
Welcome                                                                       4

Order of proceedings                                                          6

Qualifications to be conferred at Claudelands Events Centre, Hamilton         8

Stay connected after you graduate                                           21

University of Waikato Academic Leaders                                      22

The University of Waikato
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato                                                  25

                                                               GRADUATION APRIL 2021   3
GRADUATION Claudelands Events Centre
Welcome

It is a privilege to share this very important day   And finally, today is a day to dream. Since I’ve
with you, our students, who have worked so           taken up the role of Chancellor, I’ve enjoyed
hard to reach this culmination point. Graduation     hearing the many stories of how University of
is the perfect time to reflect, celebrate and        Waikato graduates are changing the world around
                                                     them – whether that be in the smallest towns of
dream.
                                                     New Zealand, or the largest cities in the world,
Take the time today to think about where you’ve      our graduates do great things. And you will too.
come from and the knowledge and experiences          Congratulations and best wishes as you make
you’ve gained while at University. Many of you       your way in the world.
are different people than when you began this
journey. You are hopefully wiser, more mature        Rt Hon Sir Anand Satyanand
                                                     GNZM QSO KStJ
and more confident and you should feel proud
                                                     Chancellor
of what you’ve accomplished.
                                                     University of Waikato
Today is also about celebration. You deserve your
moment in the limelight. As you walk across the
stage today and receive your diploma, enjoy every
second of it.

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GRADUATION Claudelands Events Centre
Graduation is a wonderful part of the tradition     made sacrifices and played a part in making our
of universities. Our ceremony today combines        graduates’ education dreams come true.
elements that reflect 800 years of tradition
                                                    To our graduates, I hope your time today happily
since the first universities were established, as
                                                    concludes an unforgettable, fulfilling experience
well as elements that reflect the University of
                                                    and that you take away not only new-found
Waikato’s unique culture.
                                                    knowledge, but great friends and memories of
Today is about recognising the hard work and        your time at the University of Waikato.
scholarly achievements each of our graduates
                                                    After today, you don the new title of ‘University
has accomplished. Every assignment, every
                                                    of Waikato Alumni.’ You are now part of a
exam, every lab experiment and late-night study
                                                    special group of people and we look forward to
session has brought you to today’s important
                                                    staying connected with you through the years as
commemoration. And as Vice-Chancellor, it is
                                                    your career takes off.
an honour and pleasure to share it with you.

I also want to take the time to acknowledge
our students’ families and friends who are          Professor Neil Quigley
here supporting them today. We realise there        Vice-Chancellor
is a support network who journeys alongside         University of Waikato
our students through their studies. You have

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Order of proceedings
•   The assembly will be invited to stand as the
    academic procession enters the arena to the
    welcoming call of the karanga

•   The University Kaumātua will offer the
    opening karakia and mihi whakatau

•   The New Zealand national anthem will be
    sung (page 26)

•   The Chancellor will address the assembly

•   The Chancellor will confer the qualifications
    on graduates from each Division/Faculty

•   The student speaker will be introduced and
    address the assembly

•   The University Kaumātua will conclude
    proceedings with a closing karakia

•   The assembly will stand for Gaudeamus

•   Official procession from the arena

•   Graduates’ procession from the arena
    (please remain standing until the procession
    has left the arena)
Following the ceremony, an invitation is
extended to all graduates and guests to join
University staff for light refreshments.

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GRADUATION APRIL 2021   7
QUALIFICATIONS TO BE
CONFERRED AT
Claudelands Events Centre, Hamilton
WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL, 2021 10:00 AM
Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences

Doctor of Philosophy

Daniela Aguilar Abaunza, LLB Universidad Externado de Colombia Colombia, LLM University of
Dundee Scotland
Thesis Title: “The law for the emerging active role of electricity consumers”

Kar Hou Tan, BSc(Hons) Waikato
Thesis Title: “Mental Health of Transgender People in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Inequities, Minority Stress
and Protective Factors”

SCHOOL OF ARTS

Master of Arts

Raja Sofeya Azzaharah Raja            James Smith, with First Class
Azman, with Second Class              Honours
Honours (first division)

Master of Media and Creative Technologies

Xiaoyi Yang

Master of Professional Writing

Eefa Yasir Jauhary, with First        Olivia Frances Mead, with First       Heidi Lee Rogers, with First
Class Honours, also awarded           Class Honours                         Class Honours
Postgraduate Certificate in
Professional Writing

Bachelor of Music with Honours

Renjie Chen, with First Class         Mary Joanne Laing, with
Honours                               Second Class Honours (first
                                      division)

Bachelor of Arts

Nida Fiazi                            Yuntian Liu                           Timaio Nauto

Shannon Maree Hodge                   Shacola Ezra Marsters                 Joelle Hannah Norman

Ryan John Jacobson                    Cloudia May Matthews                  Gerrad Easen Pool

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Kelsey Helena Pugh                 Pippin Stubbs                    Ruoxi Wei

Devon Tobias Charles Rose          Zoya Vincent

Bachelor of Music

Emmanuel Gafatasi Fuimaono         Katherine Trigg

Postgraduate Diploma in Music

Maxine Caroline Anne               Madison April Cadon Nonoa-       Supinya Thonghong
Cunliffe, with Distinction         Horsefield

Graduate Diploma in Writing Studies

Kim Avon Frost

Certificate in Arts

Fiona Louise McIntyre

SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY

Master of Applied Psychology

Anna Ruve Victoria Romero,         Marika Annalise Watt, with
with First Class Honours           Second Class Honours (second
                                   division)

Master of Social Sciences

Lisa Kiriwai Nathan, with          Jordan May Tomkins, with First
Second Class Honours (first        Class Honours
division)

Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology

Meenal Milind Budukh               Alexandra Rose Knight, with      Bridget Lani Taylor
                                   Distinction
Jacob Daniel Du Toit                                                Tamati Roger Te Apatu
                                   Nasteho Mohamed Omar
Gregory Douglas Holt, with                                          Ngareta Michaelene Wairepo,
Distinction                        Janaki Priyadarshini             with Distinction
                                   Subramani Govindaswamy
Shradha Baburao Jojode

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Postgraduate Diploma in the Practice of Psychology

Satvir Kaur Singh

Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology

Zainab Kajiji

Graduate Diploma in Psychology

Raav Arama Kloosterman

Graduate Certificate in Psychology

Loreeza Nazmeen Nisha

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Master of Arts

Raja Sofeya Azzaharah Raja
Azman, with Second Class
Honours (first division)

Master of Environment and Society

Katherine Rose Edwards, with   Carolina Laukau Faka'Osi, with
First Class Honours            Second Class Honours (second
                               division)

Master of Social Sciences

Dayna Erin East, with First    Jedediah Warwick Greenwood,      Katherine Priscilla Gaye Hoek,
Class Honours                  with Second Class Honours        with First Class Honours
                               (second division)

Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours

James Patrick McManus, with
First Class Honours

Bachelor of Social Sciences

Leo Joseph Arnerich            Margaret Tracey Canning          Soliga Cherish Cowley

Chloe Simone Bruce             Adrian Michael Carter

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Warnakulasooriya Gayanika          Jesse Nathanael McKean         Aniketh Krishneel Prasad
Sheshani Fernando
                                   Samantha Rose Moran            Lorna Ellise Southerwood
Jayme Paige Godwin
                                   Johan Nel                      Whetu White
Chanelle Jennifer Clare
                                   Jaspreet Kaur Paul
Harrison
                                   Joryna Tiana Pokura
Brooke Nicole Madden

Bachelor of Social Work

Kimberley Ann Mitchell

Postgraduate Diploma in Political Science

Tetsuya Sam Michael

Graduate Diploma in Environmental Planning

Judith Anne Bogle, also
awarded Certificate in Arts

TE PIRINGA – FACULTY OF LAW

Master of Laws

Jennifer Susan Campion             Rashmi Arvind Sapkal, with
                                   Second Class Honours (second
Kalupathirannehelage Dona
                                   division)
Thilini Prathiba Karunaratne,
with First Class Honours

Bachelor of Laws with Honours

Kaylee Rochelle Bird, with         Maynard Lawson Scott,
First Class Honours, also          with First Class Honours,
conferred Bachelor of              also conferred Bachelor of
Management Studies with            Management Studies with
Honours with First Class           Honours with First Class
Honours                            Honours

Bachelor of Laws

Abdullah Abdulmohsin Alabd         Arlene Marie Bowers

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Georgia Lee Ellen, also              Hanaa Mohamed Khalif                  Emma Irene O'Keeffe
conferred Bachelor of Social
Sciences                             Filipine Laulu                        Craig Alan Singer

Rosie Essuah                         Maua James Malaki Malcolm
                                     Leifi-Toleafoa
Christina Anne Hunt
                                     Jake Dylan Mace
Ereana Kantei
                                     Luke Komene Miller

Diploma in Law

Steven Malloy                        Mere Wilson

 Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Science

Doctor of Philosophy

Gehan Anthonys, BTech The Open University of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, MSc University of Moratuwa
Sri Lanka, MSc University of Manitoba Canada
Thesis Title: “Investigation of jitter on full-field amplitude modulated continuous wave time-of-flight
range imaging cameras”

Khadija Bahiss, BCMS(Hons) Waikato
Thesis Title: “A serious game to provide social skills training for people with Asperger’s Syndrome/High-
Functioning Autism”

Merel Cornelie Janna Hoskens, BSc, MSc VU University Amsterdam The Netherlands
Thesis Title: “Disrupting working memory to reduce verbal-analytical engagement in motor performance:
Squeezing in a tiresome new approach to implicit motor learning!”

Nathan Jade Sanjay Lal, BE(Hons) Waikato
Thesis Title: “Automated Retrofit of Heat Exchanger Networks”

Thomas Peter Moore, BSc, MSc Canterbury
Thesis Title: “Interactions between freshwater mussels and non-native species”

Tom Sunny, BTech, MTech Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam India
Thesis Title: “Improving the Performance of Polypropylene Matrix Composite Materials using Engineered
Hemp Fibre Mats”

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Hayden Peter Thomas, BSc, BSc(Hons) Waikato
Thesis Title: “Synthesis and Reactivity of Iridium(lll) and Rhodium(lll)Piano-stool Complexes of NHC
Ligands Bearing Fluorinated Substituents”

Aaron Michael Wall, BSc, MSc Waikato
Thesis Title: “The impact of maize silage production and supplementary feed use on the carbon balance of
New Zealand dairy farms”

Anne Roswitha Wecking, BSc, MSc Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Germany
Thesis Title: “Paddock Scale Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Intensively Grazed Pasture: Quantification and
Mitigation”

Priyanwada Nimesha Wijesooriya, BTech(Hons) Uva Wellassa University Sri Lanka
Thesis Title: “Efficiency enhancements to a linear AC voltage regulator: Multi-transformer and multi-
winding designs”

Elham Yousefzadeh, BSc, MSc Azad University Iran
Thesis Title: “Eruption and emplacement of the 1.3-Ma Ongatiti Ignimbrite, New Zealand: Regional
pathways, particle processes, and pumice evolution associated with a large-volume pyroclastic flow
deposit”

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Master of Computer Graphic Design

Zhenghua Chen, with Second
Class Honours (second division)

Master of Information Technology

Harish Balachandar, with First      Saurav Singh Chikara, with           Charisse Camacho Hanson,
Class Honours                       Second Class Honours (second         with First Class Honours
                                    division)
Albert Bulmer Bannister, with                                            Gabrielle Susi Hodges, with
First Class Honours                 Ruslan Courtman, with Second         First Class Honours
                                    Class Honours (second division),
Ce Chen, with First Class           also conferred Bachelor of           Benjamin Alexander Theodore
Honours                             Science                              Hos, with First Class Honours,
                                                                         also conferred Bachelor of
Foxi Chen, with First Class         Ping Gao, with First Class           Science
Honours                             Honours

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Mingchao Jin, with Second Class    Utdom Suon, with Second Class       Hannah May Trebes, with First
Honours (second division)          Honours (second division), also     Class Honours, also conferred
                                   conferred Bachelor of Science       Bachelor of Science
Sanjaay Kishore Srinivasan,
with Second Class Honours (first                                       Heming Yu, with First Class
division)                                                              Honours

Master of Science

Dong Huang, with First Class       Jia Liu, with First Class Honours   Zac Llewelyn Ranaldo Isaac,
Honours                                                                with First Class Honours

Master of Science (Research)

Stephen Peter Burroughs,
with First Class Honours, also
conferred Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences with Honours

Curtis John Barnes, with First     Isaac Basil Romualdus               Adrien Kwan Yu Tan, with
Class Honours                      Subritzky-Count Zubrzycki           Second Class Honours (first
                                   Kusza with First Class Honours,     division)
                                   also conferred Bachelor of
                                   Business Analysis

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours

Zachary Isaac Eli Thompson,
with First Class Honours

Bachelor of Computer Graphic Design

Zhe Chen

Bachelor of Design

Matthew David Freebairn            Kamadev Ramasawmy                   Adam William Smart

Georgia Marie Hutchings-Addis      Amish Sharma                        Kirsten Maree White

Bachelor of Science

Annika Marie Bell                  Denzel Kyle Cabang Dacones          Ryan Thomas Good

Sam Francis Cole                   Kelvin Amiel Banzuela David         A K M Ishmamul Hoque

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Yusuke Kunishige                   Shashank Ravi Mylarapu            Suriyakrishnan Srinivasan

Zachary Kane Lawson                David Francis Neal, also          Caitlyn Elizabeth Thompson
                                   awarded Postgraduate
Phillip Lee                                                          Blake James Wyatt
                                   Certificate in Computer Science
Reef Te Ika Matson                                                   Zihao Xu
                                   Yug Patel
Blake McKeany                                                        Kevin Zhi Wen Zhou
                                   Tingzheng Ren
Shiu Him Mok
                                   Ye-Gon Ryoo
Revash Moodley

Bachelor of Science (Technology)

Jarod Daniel Govers

Postgraduate Certificate in Computer Science

Daniel John Bull                   Conor Sinclair

Postgraduate Certificate in Statistics

Kayla Rewa Jordan

Graduate Diploma in Computer Science

William Hugh Cosgrove IV           Vineet Kumar Tyagi

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Master of Engineering

Pranav Nandkishor Udas, with
Second Class Honours (second
division)

Master of Engineering Practice

Krishnakanth Adapa                 Duy Hai Tran

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours

Tafadzwa Innocent Chikono          Tharushi Ann Jayawardena          Xanthe Philippa Lee, with
                                   Danansuriya Arachchige, with      Second Class Honours (second
Catherine Emma Ngaire              Second Class Honours (first       division)
Downes, with Second Class          division)
Honours (first division)

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Zhong Qin Lim, with Second        Sharankumar Rajkumar, with         Michael Mckinnon Torrance,
Class Honours (second division)   Second Class Honours (second       with First Class Honours,
                                  division)                          also conferred Bachelor of
Airon Masaway, with Second
                                                                     Management Studies with
Class Honours (second division)   Nicolaas Jacobus Steynberg,
                                                                     Honours with First class
                                  with Second Class Honours (first
Teresa Angelina Poli, with                                           Honours
                                  division)
Second Class Honours (first
                                                                     Joshua Nkanyiso Tshuma, with
division)
                                                                     Second Class Honours (first
                                                                     division)

Postgraduate Diploma in Materials and Processing

Alagappan Palaniappan             Sheik Mahaboob Raja

Postgraduate Certificate in Electronics

Keshav Basnet

Graduate Diploma in Engineering

Jue Wang

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE

Master of Philosophy

Anthony Andrew Cecire

Master of Environmental Sciences

Farhat Khan, also awarded
Postgraduate Diploma in
Environmental Sciences

Master of Science

Kirstie-Lee May Nicole
Cochrane, with First Class
Honours

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Master of Science (Research)

Kaitlin Loren Button, with First    Holly Simone Sarah Harvey-       Emily Grace McKay, with First
Class Honours                       Wishart, with First Class        Class Honours
                                    Honours
James Aaron Cooper, with                                             Ariana Antoinette Moffatt, with
Second Class Honours (first         Nyssa Hewitt, with First Class   First Class Honours
division)                           Honours
                                                                     Lolita-Maria Dolores Vallyon,
Kelsey Margaret Ferris, with        Manawa Kokiri Huirama, with      with First Class Honours
First Class Honours                 First Class Honours

                                    Ingrid Isabella Lindeman, with
                                    First Class Honours

Bachelor of Science

Emily Jane Beever                   Tarin Aroha Handley-Copp         Talia Lorraine Moston

Jonathon Edward Bray                Seamus Theodore Heagren          Kevin Patel

Samantha Ashleigh Carter            Lilithe Pandora Lambert          Meghan Diane Rousseau

Tayla Hinekura Dawson               Simon John May                   Billie Joan Scott

Olivia Jennifer Larissa Evans       Samuel Peter McDowall

Tshienne Kristee Carpio Gabay       Briar Elise Mills

Bachelor of Science (Technology)

A Aysha Nusrath

Postgraduate Diploma in Biological Sciences

Kishlay Kumar

Certificate in Science

Liseti Uini Tolini Loni

Certificate in STEM

Jessica Lee Mahinerangi
Richmond

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TE HUATAKI WAIORA - SCHOOL OF HEALTH

Master of Health, Sport and Human Performance

Morgan Louise Haakma, with
Second Class Honours (first
division)

Bachelor of Health, Sport and Human Performance

Lauren Olivia Hall               Reo Sakurano               Olivia Jane Walden

Katherine Ellen Fellows Lush     Kendra Maxine Tate

Thomas Peter Medley              Samantha Jane Lloyd Voss

Postgraduate Diploma in Health, Sport and Human Performance

Vishal Vinodbhai Patel

Graduate Diploma in Human Performance Science

Camille Lesley Pruitt

Certificate in Health, Sport and Human Performance

Claire Kathryn Patterson

 Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies

Bachelor of Arts with Honours

Irah Karl Quinten Heyder, with
Third Class Honours

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Graduate Diploma in Māori Language/Te Reo Māori

Alana Deidre Waerata               Robert Bruce Moore
McDonald

Diploma in Te Tohu Paetahi

Teariki Tane Beattie               Truth Te Aotaihi Matangaro     Karena Te Awa Bird
                                   Ngata-Aerengamate
Lance David Murray                                                Nathaniel Anaru Walker
                                   Kasey Rautawhiri Te Awa Bird

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Stay connected after you
graduate
Congratulations on your graduation - you are now a member of the University of Waikato’s alumni
community, a special group of more than 84,000 people based in cities all around the world.

Waikato alumni are doing            While you may have finished         It’s important we have your
amazing things and they are         your studies, as alumni you         up-to-date contact details
connected by a common               can expect to hear from us          so we can get in touch with
thread – the time they spent        regularly as you move through       news, events and information
at the University of Waikato.       your lives after graduation.        that might be of benefit to
                                    We will keep in touch with          you. Visit alumni.waikato.
                                    updates from the University         ac.nz to update your details,
                                    and stories of inspiration          and join us on LinkedIn and
                                    and success from your fellow        Facebook to stay in touch
                                    alumni. We will also reach          online.
                                    out if we’re hosting a catch up
                                                                        Once again, congratulations
                                    in your area – alumni events
                                                                        on your graduation. We look
                                    are a great way to reconnect
                                                                        forward to staying in touch
                                    with your university, expand
                                                                        with you in the years to come.
                                    your networks and meet new
                                    people.

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University of Waikato
Academic Leaders

Vice-Chancellor                       Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor          Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic

Professor Neil Quigley                Professor Alister Jones                Professor Robyn Longhurst

BA MA (Hons) Canterbury               BSc Otago MSc PhD Waikato DipT MRSNZ   BSocSc MSocSc PhD Waikato
PhD Toronto

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research       Deputy Vice-Chancellor Māori           Pro Vice-Chancellor
                                                                             Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and
                                                                             Social Sciences

Professor Bryony James                Dr Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai                 Professor Patrick Leman

BEng(Hons) Bath, PhD Auckland         BA MA Auck PhD Waikato                 MA (Oxford), PhD (Cambridge), FBPsS

Pro Vice-Chancellor                   Pro Vice-Chancellor                    Pro Vice-Chancellor Management
Division of Health, Engineering,      Division of Education
Computing and Science

Professor Geoff Holmes                Professor Don Klinger                  Matt Bolger

BSc (Hons) PhD Southampton            BSc, B.Ed. British Columbia,           BSc(BusAdm)(Hons) Georgetown
                                      PhD Alberta

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Assistant Vice-Chancellor Pacific          Pro Vice-Chancellor Teaching and      Academic Director Tauranga Campus
                                           Learning

Dr Keakaokawai Hemi                        Dr Tracy Bowell                       Associate Professor Ken Perszyk

AA (Social Sciences) Citrus College, LLB   BA (Hons) Sussex                      BA MA Marquette PhD Victoria
(First Class Hons) Waikato PhD Waikato     MPhil Cambridge PhD Auck

Dean of Graduate Research                  Acting Dean of Māori and Indigenous   Dean of Law
                                           Studies

Professor C Kay Weaver                                                           Professor Alpana Roy
                                           Associate Professor Sandy Morrison
BA (Hons) PhD Stirling                                                           BA MA UTS, LLB PhD Sydney
                                           BA Waikato, PGDipMPD Waikato, MMPD
                                           Waikato, CertCrim Wellington

Dean of Engineering                        Dean of Science                       Dean of Health

Professor Mark Dyer                        Professor Margaret Barbour            Professor Sarah Strasser

BEng BSc MA DPhil Oxford FICE CEng         BSc MSc (Hons) Waikato,               AM MBBS Lond, FM W.Ont
FTCD                                       PhD Australian National University,
                                           GradCert(EdSt) University of Sydney

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Head, School of Computing and               Head, School of Social Sciences           Head, School of Arts
Mathematical Sciences

Associate Professor Annika Hinze            Professor Bruce Curtis                    Associate Professor Gareth Schott

Dipl Math Techn Tu Berlin, PhD FU Berlin,   PhD (Canterbury), BA Hons (Canterbury),   BSc (Hons), PhD Uni of Wales, Cardiff
PGCertTT Waikato                            BCom, DipTching

Head, School of Psychology                  Head, School of Education                 Head, School of Accounting, Finance and
                                                                                      Economics

Professor Vincent Reid                      Associate Professor Sally Peters          Professor Frank Scrimgeour

BA, MA (hons) Auckland, Ph.D. London,       BEd MEd PhD Waikato DipT                  BAgSc(Hons) Lincoln College, PhD
PGDip, Durham                                                                         Hawaii, BD Melbourne

Head, School of Management and
Marketing

Associate Professor Stuart Dillon

BSc, PGDipMgtSys, MMS, PhD Waikato

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The University of Waikato
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
The University of Waikato motto, Ko Te             Campus locations
Tangata, means 'For the People', and articulates
the University's philosophy that people are        Hamilton
central to our organisation, and are our most      Our Hamilton campus is situated on 65
valued resource.                                   hectares of stunning grounds complete with
It’s an appropriate maxim given the University     cafes, lakes, vibrant Boon Street artworks, and
was established ‘by the people, for the people’,   on-campus accommodation.
following many years of lobbying by a group of     Due to open mid-2022, the University is
Hamilton locals, who saw an opportunity for        currently building an innovative and versatile
the Waikato region to have its own university.     new facility at the Hamilton campus, The
The University opened in 1964 with 181             Pā, which will transform the on-campus
enrolments, and today we are proud to              experience for students, staff, visitors and the
welcome 11,800 students and employ 1,500           broader community.
staff across two vibrant campuses.                 Tauranga
The University is committed to academic            Our award-winning Tauranga campus, just
excellence, and provides academically              two years old, offers a modern learning
challenging programmes that reflect the            environment that is a stone’s throw from the
interests of students and the needs of the         beautiful Tauranga waterfront and downtown
employers, industries and communities.             shopping precinct.
Students at Waikato enjoy quality learning         The state-of the-art building was designed
experiences and smaller class sizes, flexible      with students in mind, and displays stunning
degree structures, work-integrated learning to     artworks that express a unique cultural
ensure they are industry ready, and supportive     narrative that reflects the relationship with
research supervision from internationally          mana whenua and, more broadly, with
acclaimed academics.                               Tauranga Moana and Bay of Plenty iwi. The
                                                   University also operates dedicated facilities in
                                                   Tauranga for coastal marine and aquaculture
                                                   research, as well as high performance sport.

                                                   China
                                                   The University has around 670 students at its
                                                   joint institute with Zhejiang University City
                                                   College (ZUCC) in China. The purpose-built
                                                   institute, designed with New Zealand design
                                                   principles, teaching approaches and standards
                                                   offers degrees in Finance, Computer Graphic
                                                   Design and Design Media.

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God Defend New Zealand
E Ihowā Atua,                      God of Nations at Thy feet

O ngā Iwi mātou rā                 In the bonds of love we meet

Āta whakarongona;                  Hear our voices we entreat

Me aroha noa                       God defend our free land

Kia hua ko te pai;                 Guard Pacific’s Triple Star

Kia tau tō atawhai;                From the shafts of strife and war

Manaakitia mai                     Make her praises heard afar

Aotearoa                           God defend New Zealand

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