The graduation ceremony celebrates your academic success and creates lifetime memories for you, your whānau, tamariki and mokopuna.
Your Info Pack contains all the important details you need to know about gown collection, signing in for the ceremony, how to collect guest tickets, the street parade and more. Please make sure you take a few minutes to read it through well in advance of the ceremony and feel free to forward it on to friends and whānau who might be attending.
12:15pm Street parade — Puke Ariki Landing. See the note and street map below.
1:30pm - 2:15pm Sign in opens — at TSB Stadium You must sign in by 2:15pm at the latest or you may not be able to take part in the ceremony. Preparing for the graduation ceremony You will be guided on the ceremony proceedings and graduands will be arranged into seating order. Students must remain in programme and alphabetical order (as it appears in the graduation booklet).
2:30pm Doors open Your whānau and friends can make their way into the stadium and be seated in the bleachers. There is no allocated seating. If your guest/s have mobility issues, please contact us about special seating.
3pm Graduation ceremony begins
5pm (approx.) Graduation ceremony concludes Light refreshments will be served. Individual and family photographs may be taken. All gowns must be returned to the gown collection area before 7pm.
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