Mary Hancock

Mary has been a celebrant in Auckland for the past 25 years. During this time, she has focused on developing unique and personalised contemporary ceremonies. These include blessing and/or name-giving for children, civil union and marriage ceremonies, work and career transitions, house farewell and welcome, ceremonies after crisis and change, seasonal celebrations, marking eldership, funerals and wakes.

Mary Hancock is a registered marriage and civil union celebrant. She is a foundation member of the Celebrants Association of New Zealand (Inc). Mary has a background in education, research and teaching which she brings to this programme. Her qualifications include Master of Education, Bachelor of Education Honours (First Class), Diploma of Education, Diploma of Teaching, and Graduate Diploma in Celebrancy (Melbourne).

Mary Hancock
Celebrant School

The Celebrant School under the competent leadership of Mary Hancock, herself an experienced and well-regarded celebrant, offers a professional training certificate for those wishing to become civil celebrants. It provides as well, excellent on-going education for celebrants already working in the community. Such high calibre training is important as increasing numbers of people now want to use civil celebrants.

I am happy to give my support to Mary Hancock and wish the Celebrant School every success.

Hon. Dame Catherine Tizard
ONC, DCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO.

1 September, 2008

Private Bag 92006
Auckland 1020.NZ

T:+64 9 921 999
www.aut.ac.nz

To whom it may concern

This note is to support Mary Hancock who is establishing a qualification in Celebrant Studies at the Celebrant Shool. The AUT University has worked for many years with Mary with the AUT's Certificate in Celebrant Studies. Mary has contributed many years of excellent work in the development and teaching of the certificate. AUT is no longer offering this qualificatiion as it is primarily focusing on degree study.

Mary was very much the driving force behind the AUT Certificate and it is a qualification held in very high regard throughout New Zealand.
We wish Mary and the Celebrant School well with the future of the Celebrant Studies Certificate.


Dr Alan Cocker,

Acting Head Of School,

School of Communication Studies.

CELEBRANT SCHOOL
INAUGURAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

DR NICOLA DALY
HAMILTON

WARAHI PAKI JP
WAITAKERE CITY

KATHERINE FRASER
AUCKLAND

ROSEMARY TREDGOLD
CHRISTCHURCH