Scholarships
There's a common misconception that scholarships are only for ‘straight A’ students but this is absolutely not true. Read through the list below and you'll see they're for all kinds of students, from all walks of life.
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Value | Closing Date | |
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Toi Ohomai | Te Pūkenga Environmental Management (Terrestrial) Scholarship | $750 x2 | 01 Mar, 2024 |
Share 2 Care Single Parent Scholarship | $2,000 | 01 Mar, 2024 |
Value | Closing Date | |
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Toi Ohomai | Te Pūkenga Community Organisation Study Award | $500 | 01 Mar, 2024 |
Toi Ohomai | Te Pūkenga Study Award | $500-$1,000 | 01 Mar, 2024 |
Other Scholarships and Funding Opportunities
Value | Closing | |
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Te Ara Poutama – Maori and Pasifika Trade Training (MPTT) | Tuition fees (see course pages) | n/a |
Youth Guarantee | Please enquire | n/a |
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Previous Scholarship Winners
Kassidee Teu strives to be an inspirational wahine Māori.
Despite growing up through adversity, Kassidee is choosing to follow her dream of helping people and is studying a Bachelor of Nursing at Toi Ohomai.
She is one of six recipients of this year’s Whakapumau Pae Tawhiti Scholarships and says this will enable her to continue with her vocational education.
“I knew in my heart that I've always wanted to be someone who helps others. As a wahine Māori it's in my blood to look after others, it's what we are brought up to do.”
As well as studying, Kassidee has a young daughter and also works full-time. She admits balancing all her commitments is a struggle, but says giving up on her dream is not an option.
“When I…
Te Miringa Arlidge has a whanāu full of health professionals, so it’s no surprise she knew she wanted to help people.
She has aspirations of providing health services for Māori, by Māori and is determined enough to get there. She is one of six recipients of this year’s Toi Ohomai Whakapumau Pae Tawhiti Scholarship and is in her final year of her Bachelor of Nursing.
Te Miringa had moved to Rotorua to be with whanāu after the birth of her daughter, and it was whanāu who encouraged her to pursue an education in health.
“I have a lot of whanāu with a medical background,” she says.
“It was my aunty who encouraged me to look into nursing and suggested that it was a good degree to do.”
Te Miringa initially studied a Diploma in Health Science- at Toi…
Mahanawai Daniela is on track to become the first medical professional in her family but is already inspiring others to follow in her footsteps.
The 21-year-old is in her second year of the Bachelor of Nursing at Toi Ohomai and is one of the recipients of the inaugural Whakapumau Pae Tawhiti - Retention Scholarships.
Mahanawai is of Cook Island and Māori descent and hopes to inspire others to get into nursing, so they can help those in their communities.
“My mum is in social work, but we don’t have any doctors or nurses in our family. My cousins see me working towards my degree and they now want to be nurses.”
Mahanawai, a former Rotorua Girls’ High School student, was working at Rotorua Hospital as a receptionist in the Children’s Ward when she was…