Applications to Graduate for 2025 are now open.

Applications are now open for Graduation and will close at midnight on Wednesday 23 April. 

If you are eligible to graduate, you will receive an email inviting you to submit your 'Apply to Graduate' form online (form below).  It will be sent to your personal email address between 01 and 11 April 2025

Registration of attendance for those attending the ceremony in person

Once your application to graduate has been accepted it is very important that you also register your arrival at the Whakatāne campus during Graduation week. Here you will pick up your gown/regalia and kai wristbands.  Details around this can be found on the 'key information' webpage.

Graduating in absentia
  • If you wish to graduate in absentia and receive your certificate in the mail, you will still need to complete this online application.
  • You will be posted your certificate following the graduation ceremony.
  • You must ensure your address details are correct both in Urutauira and on your application form.

Apply to Graduate

You will need the following information to complete this form:

  • Your person code (this can be found a the top of your invitation email)
  • Name of the qualification you are graduating from (please select your highest/latest if graduating from multiple qualifications)
  • Measurements in centimetres (cms) for your height, chest width (distance between shoulders), and head circumference (PhD, Masters, and undergraduate degree graduands only)

This is written at the top of your invitation email
Provide a maximum of 3 iwi
Contact Details

Not Attending Graduation in Person?

If for any reason you are unable to attend in person your tohu will be mailed to the postal address we have on file for you.

Qualification and Academic Regalia
Due to limited catering and seating purposes, tickets are restricted to 2 whānau or supporters per graduate/graduand.
This must be your full height i.e., measure from your head to your toes
This is the width from left shoulder to right across the front of your chest, which determines the width of the gown
Measure your head around your forehead where your hat (trencher) will sit.
Costs and Payment Instructions

Graduating with a PhD, Masters, or undergraduate degree will cost $50. If you are graduating with a certificate the cost is $25.

Cash and EFTPOS payments must be made before graduation to the cashier on campus or online.

Please make your payment into the following bank account

Payee Name: Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

Account No: 123253 0067389 02 

Bank: ASB, Whakatāne

Reference: Student ID

Particulars: Graduation

Applicant Declaration

I agree to return all issued academic regalia, in good order, and to the required return location by the specified time. If I fail to return all regalia items by the specified time, I accept liability for any costs incurred in collecting, recovering, or replacing the academic regalia.

Whakapā mai

If you need to contact us regarding your application or you need any other assistance, please email: graduation@wananga.ac.nz  

Graduation
Graduation Contact