Now that Aotearoa is moving into Orange traffic light settings, we will be allowing more guests to graduation – get tickets for guests at Eventbrite.

Graduands will need to arrive at Holy Trinity Church at the times outlined below.

Please ensure that you turn up within the allocated time-frame.

You will need to come to the hall at the front of Holy Trinity – off Fourth Avenue. There are carparks on the roadside of Devonport Road, and usually on Third or Fourth Avenue also.

• 8:15 am – 9:15 am Counselling and Social Work graduands
• 9:15am – 9:45am Secondary Teacher Education graduands
• 9:45am – 10:15am Primary Teacher Education graduands
• 10:15am – 10:45am ECE Teacher Education, NZ Certificate, Master of Professional Practice graduands

If you have a genuine reason for not being able to attend your designated time slot, please contact Jo as soon as possible before graduation day: j.barnes@bti.ac.nz

There will be an area set up with a plain backdrop for those who would like to take photographs. We recommend that you come fully dressed, with hair and any makeup completed if you would like to make use of this area.

Graduands will need to meet at Memorial Park (by the Rowing Club) at 12.20 pm.

There is limited parking available, but it might be better for you to park up by Holy Trinity and walk back down to meet at Memorial Park. 

Official photographs will be taken of each class group prior to the procession.

Family and friends who wish to walk up with the procession are asked to wait along Devonport Road until the procession begins.

Procession will begin at 1:25pm

Class group photographs will begin at 12.30 pm.

Groups will be called up in the order indicated below and if you are not there, you will miss out on being in the group photograph.

Order:

1. Master of Professional Practice Graduands
2. Social Work Graduands
3. Counselling Graduands
4. Secondary Teacher Education Graduands
5. Primary Teacher Education Graduands
6. ECE Teacher Education Graduands
7. NZ Certificate Graduands

Once each photograph has been taken, graduands must remain in their programme groups to prepare for the procession.

Graduands will proceed in programme groups as part of BTI’s procession. 

After the procession, graduands will proceed into Holy Trinity Church for the ceremony.

The ceremony takes place at the Holy Trinity Church auditorium on the corner of Third Avenue and Devonport Road in Tauranga.

The ceremony starts at 2:00pm for all programmes. 

Guests will need to be seated in the auditorium by 1:50pm. 

Please ask guests to allow enough time to get a car park as there is limited parking at the venue so it may be necessary to park further away and walk.

The ceremony will last approximately 2½ hours.

Graduation is a formal ceremony but it is also a celebration. Our ceremonies often have spontaneous outbursts of singing or cultural displays as family and friends provide encouragement for graduands as they walk across the stage to receive their well-earned qualifications. This adds uniqueness and warmth to our ceremonies.

As a sign of respect to other students who are graduating, please ensure that you and your guest(s) remain until the end of the ceremony.

As the weather can be unpredictable, it is very important that we have your mobile number so that we can contact you in the event of cancellation of the procession.

If it is raining, graduands will be asked to meet in the hall at Holy Trinity (where regalia was picked up) at 12:20 pm.

Official photographs will be taken of class groups onsite at Holy Trinity Church before we assemble for entry into the auditorium.

BTI will email you a link to a graduate survey – this survey is a way for you to provide us with feedback about your experience as a BTI student.

The information will be used to help us improve our services and assist BTI in fulfilling certain requirements of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). The data collected will remain confidential to BTI and will not be disclosed except as required by TEC and NZQA.

Complete this survey by Friday, 10 June 2022.