Tauranga students will don their graduation caps and gowns this week as they celebrate the end of their studies.
About 1800 Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology students from Tauranga and Rotorua will take part in the end of year graduation ceremonies which began on December 10 and finish on December 14.
This year, dedicated ceremonies are being held throughout the region, giving graduates the opportunity to celebrate at the location in which they studied.
Today's graduation ceremonies were for Tauranga students who had completed diplomas in community wellbeing and development, education, health, nursing and social services, the hospitality, tourism and service industries, as well as other industries, science and environment trades and logistics.
Students graduating with diplomas in engineering, creative industries, technology and infrastructure and business management and legal studies will be graduating this afternoon.