Triathlon world champion at UCOL graduation

Manawatu triathlon world champion and Maori academic to speak at UCOL graduation

Olympic athlete Kris Gemmell will share some of his success secrets with UCOL Health, Science and Technology graduates next week.

Kris is guest speaker is at this Wednesday’s Health, Science and Technology ceremony, for graduates in nursing, medical imaging technology, vet nursing, health science, exercise and sport science, and trades and industry programmes.

Palmerston North-born Kris is a successful athlete in the grueling triathlon multi-sport endurance event. He competed in the two person New Zealand team at the Beijing Olympics. He was aquathon World Champion winning the title in Cancún Mexico 2002 and competed in the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games finishing sixth and fifth respectively.

Kris is based in Germany during the New Zealand winter and races around Europe and North America. He is currently ranked fourth in the world on the International Triathlon Union World Cup circuit.

Maori academic and broadcaster Ella Henry is graduation speaker at the graduation ceremony for Humanities and Business graduates on Tuesday 23 March.
Ella (Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa, Ngati Kuri, Te Rarawa) is a Senior Lecturer with Te Ara Poutama, the Faculty of Māori Development, at AUT University. She has an academic background in Sociology, Maori Studies and Management Studies.
She has also been actively involved in Maori broadcasting, working as a radio announcer for urban Maori Radio Waatea, presenting Ask Your Auntie on Maori Television and taking a number of other acting and presenting roles.
She has been Manager of Māori Health Relationships for Plunket, Head of Puukenga School of Māori Education at UniTec and a lecturer in Management Employment Relations at Auckland University. She was also Executive Director of Greenpeace NZ for two years.
UCOL’s 2010 graduation ceremonies will be held at the Regent Theatre at 1 pm on Tuesday 23 March and Wednesday 24 March.

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