I have had some really fine students. They include PhD students Guohua Wu, Catherine McCartin, Keng Meng (Selwyn) Ng and Adam Day. Here are their theses.
Adam, Guohua and Catherine each won the Hatherton Award of the New Zealand Royal Society for the best scientific paper by a student registered for the degree of PhD at any New Zealand University, published or accepted for publication either during their studies or within a year of the receipt of the PhD.
I have also had two very bright MSc students, Stephanie Reid and John Fouhy.