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The 2025 Graduation Ceremony will be held on Saturday 17 May 2025 for 2024 graduates.
If you have any queries, please email graduation@bti.ac.nz
PICK UP REGALIA
Graduands please come to BTI to collect academic regalia on Friday May 16 12.00pm – 6.00pm.
If you have a genuine reason for not being able to attend during that designated time, please contact the Graduation team (graduation@bti.ac.nz) as soon as possible PRIOR TO THE DAY.
CLASS GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS, PROCESSION AND CEREMONY
Graduands need to meet on The Strand where it intersects with the bottom of Devonport Road at 12.20pm. Cross the road at the pedestrian crossing outside Starbucks and then make your way across the railway tracks to the area under the sailshades.
Official Photographs will be taken of each programme group. Once each photograph has been taken, graduands must remain in their programme groups to prepare for the parade.
Please note: Class group photographs will commence at 12.30pm. The expectation is that all graduands will be at the waterfront by this time. 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.
Family and friends who wish to walk up with the procession are asked to wait in Red Square until the parade begins.
12:20pm
Graduates congregate at the waterfront and prepare for formal photographs
12:30 – 1:15pm
Class photographs taken. The order of photographs is indicated below:
· NZ Certificate Graduands
· Master of Professional Practice and Leadership Graduands
· Social Work Graduands
· Counselling Graduands
· Secondary Teacher Education Graduands
· Primary Teacher Education Graduands
· ECE Teacher Education Graduands
12.20pm (If wet) Graduands meet in hall at Holy Trinity Church for procession briefing & Class Photo’s
1:15pm
Marshalling for parade begins whilst photos still in progress
1:20pm
Parade starts
1:50pm
All guests must be seated at Holy Trinity Church prior to the start of the procession into the auditorium
2:00pm
Ceremony starts
4:30pm
Afternoon tea for Graduands, family & friends and BTI staff
(Graduands to return regalia immediately, then join afternoon tea)
WET WEATHER
If
it is raining, the procession from Red Square will be cancelled. Graduands
will be asked to meet at the Holy Trinity Church to prepare for the ceremony
and class photos will be taken. 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.
If the procession is cancelled due to rain, we will meet at Holy Trinity at 12:20pm. Official photographs will be taken of class groups onsite at the Holy Trinity Church and we will prepare for the procession indoors.
