Previous graduation ceremonies
View footage from previous graduation ceremonies on YouTube.
May 2024 graduation ceremonies
![A graduate walking across the stage to receive their degree.](
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Ceremony—16 May 2024, 2.30 pm
Graduates from the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
![A group of colourfully dressed academics on the stage](
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Ceremony—16 May 2024, 9.30 am
Graduates from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
![A group of Māori performers onstage](
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Ceremony—15 May 2024, 2.30 pm
Graduates from the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science.
![A woman dancing on stage after graduating.](
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Ceremony—15 May 2024, 9.30 am
Graduates from the Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation and the Faculty of Health.
![A woman dressed in academic robes reaching up toward the Chancellor](
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Ceremony—14 May 2024, 2.30 pm
Graduates from the Faculty of Law and Wellington School of Business and Government.
![A women performing a dance on the stage.](
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Ceremony—14 May 2024, 9.30 am
Graduates from the Wellington School of Business and Government.
December 2023 graduation ceremonies
![Nic Smith flanked by academics and performers at the ceremony.](
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Te Hui Whakapūmau–8 December 2023
Te Hui Whakapūmau is an official university graduation ceremony based on tikanga Māori (Māori cultural practices). It was held in the Kelburn Campus hub.
![Professor Rawinia Higgins dressed in academic gown, speaking at the graduation ceremony.](
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Ceremony—7 December 2023, 2.30 pm
Graduates from the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Wellington Faculty of Education.
![A smiling graduate wearing academic robes speaking at the ceremony.](
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Ceremony—7 December 2023, 9.30 am
Graduates from the Wellington School of Business and Government and the Faculty of Law.
May 2023 graduation ceremonies
![Students performing a traditional Māori dance at the beginning of the ceremony.](
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Te Hui Whakapūmau—18 May 2023
Te Hui Whakapūmau is an official university graduation ceremony based on tikanga Māori (Māori cultural practices). It was held in the Kelburn Campus hub.
![Three musicians open the graduation ceremony in front of a dimmed crowd.](
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Ceremony—18 May 2023, 6.30 pm
Graduates from the Wellington Faculty of Education and the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
![A colourfully dressed assortment of academics at the graduation ceremony.](
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Ceremony—18 May 2023, 2 pm
Graduates from the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
![A performer at the graduation ceremony.](
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Ceremony—17 May 2023, 6.30 pm
Graduates from the Wellington Faculty of Engineering and the Wellington Faculty of Science.
![A graduate walking off the stage smiling.](
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Ceremony—17 May 2023, 2 pm
Graduates from the Wellington Faculty of Health and the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation.
![Pasifika performers at the evening graduation ceremony.](
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Ceremony—16 May 2023, 6.30 pm
Graduates from the Faculty of Law and the Wellington School of Business and Government.