Parents are usually sitting proudly in the audience ad they watch their children graduate from university.
But it's less often that they watch from side of stage as they graduate themselves - let alone both parents.
That was the Clarke family's situation at this year's AUT University summer graduation.
Ashley Clarke, her mother Sharlene and father Russell joined the more than 4000 students graduating.
Ashley graduated from a three-year nursing degree, her mother from postgraduate studies in Advanced Nursing Practice, and her father from postgraduate studies in Paramedicine and Advanced Resuscitation.
