Ngā karahipiScholarships and awards

Overview

There are a number of scholarships, prizes and awards available to students studying at Victoria University of Wellington. For more information please refer to the Scholarships page on the University website.

There are specific awards and scholarships offered to Māori Studies students. Some of these are listed below.

Ruka Broughton Memorial Award

Ruka Broughton was from Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāti Rauru. His knowledge was strong in Māori tradition. He studied under a  Ngā Rauru tohunga, and on his death took on the mantle of tohunga for Ngā Rauru.

He also studied and became a Anglican minister which caused some conflict that he was eventually able to overcome. He became a lecturer at Victoria University.  The construction of a whare whakairo for Victoria University, Te Tumu Herenga Waka, was a dream held by Ruka, but he did not live to see it opened. Ruka passed away in April 1986, only seven months before the house was finished, but his legacy lives on at Te Herenga Waka marae.

Awarded annually to a top student. The object of the award is to recognise and encourage students to pursue with excellence, determination, and proficiency any of the BA majors taught through Te Kawa a Māui. The final selection for the award will be made by the staff of Te Kawa a Māui, and presented at the Te Tini a Rehua ceremony.

Wiremu Parker Memorial Award

Wiremu Parker was from Ngāti Porou. He inherited a love of reading and writing from his father. Wīremu's spent his early life as a student, then working for Department of Education. He went on to become a renowned Māori speaker and writer and, in 1943, he became New Zealand’s first Māori news broadcaster. In 1950 he took up a tutor role in adult education at VUW and  went on to become a lecturer. He did not get to see the wharenui open as he passed away just before in 1986. One of Wīremu’s many koha to Te Tumu Herenga Waka was its name, ‘the hitching post of canoes’.

Awarded annually to a student in a Te Kawa a Māui BA major or who has completed Tohu Māoritanga, recognising outstanding academic achievement and contribution to the cultural life of Te Herenga Waka whānau. Students must also embody the values of Te Tumu Herenga Waka: whanaungatanga, mātauranga, manaakitanga, and tuakana/teina. The final selection for the award will be made by the staff of Te Kawa a Māui, and presented at the Te Tini a Rehua ceremony.

Scholarships

Taihonoa | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Taihonoa is Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Māori strategic partnership programme. We have relationships with over 70 Māori and public sector He Herenga Tangata Taihonoa partners including iwi, land trusts, consultancy businesses, and government departments.

Macarthy Trust Scholarship in Māori Studies

This scholarship is open to students who have completed an undergraduate degree in Māori Studies as their major subject and continuing on to postgraduate studies.

For eligibility, criteria and application process visit the Macarthy Trust Scholarship page on the Public Trust website.

Philippa and Morvyn Williams Scholarships for Māori and/or Māori Studies

The purpose of these scholarships is to:

1. encourage study and research which will sustain and promote guardianship by Māori of their cultural heritage, and particularly their language;
2. support and affirm Māori women in their role as teachers and leaders of future generations by encouraging them to proceed to graduate work.

One or two scholarships will be offered in any one year for female Māori students pursuing postgraduate study at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. For more information see the Philippa and Morvyn Williams Scholarships page on the University website.

Wellington Guaranteed Master's by Thesis Fees Scholarships

The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage postgraduate research by guaranteed paid fees to Māori and Pasifika students who will begin a full time, research-focused Master's degree.

For eligibility, criteria and application process visit the Māori Master's by Thesis or the Pasifika Master's by Thesis scholarship pages on the University website.

Guaranteed Māori and Pasifika Doctoral Scholarships

The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage Māori and Pasifika postgraduate students into doctoral study.

For eligibility, criteria and application process visit the Māori or Pasifika doctoral scholarship pages on the University website.

Māori Education Trust Scholarships

The purpose of these scholarships is to encourage Māori into tertiary education through the payments of grants and scholarships. The Māori Education Foundation was established under the Māori Education Foundation Act 1961, the 1961 Act was superseded by The Māori Education Trust Deed in 1993 when Toitū Kaupapa Māori Mātauranga (Māori Education Trust) came into being.

There are a number of undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships awarded each year. For more information and an application form see the Māori Education Trust website.

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence - for Grants and Awards and Internships see the NPM Futures page on their website.

Hardship Fund - Grants

Te Herenga Waka—Hardship Fund Equity Grants

These grants are to encourage students who are facing financial hardship to continue in their studies at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Apply here.

Pūtea Āwhina—Hardship Fund

The Hardship Fund is an emergency fund to help current students facing financial difficulties. Find out what the fund can support and how to apply here.