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Open 4th February 2025 | Close 5th March 2025
We want all tauira Māori who are new to tertiary education or new to Unitec to apply along with tauira who have studied with Unitec in the past.
Eligibility for Whai Ake Māori Scholarship - Teina
To be eligible, you must:
- be a domestic student, i.e. a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident
- have enrolled, full-time or part-time, in a Semester 1 undergraduate certificate, diploma or degree, or a postgraduate certificate or diploma (Level 3 to 8) that takes at least one semester of fulltime study to complete
- be enrolled as a New Zealand Māori.
Please read the Scholarship Regulations for full details.
Selection Criteria
As part of our shortlisting process, we will give preference to tauira who are new to Unitec and aged between 18 - 25 years. However, your responses to the application questions and in interview, are important to our final decisions.
Need help or have more questions? Email the Whai ake i te Ara Tika Academic Co-ordinator Jonyne Mariu-Komene jkomene@unitec.ac.nz.
Still want more info? Find out more at Whai Ake Scholarship.
For help completing a scholarship application - book an appointment with our careers team - Unitec and MIT -
Te Pūkenga recognises that financial support is essential for our ākonga in managing their study goals. The scholarship provides financial support and the opportunity to participate in industry work placement opportunities.
Open 27th January 2025 | Closed 30 April 2025
To be eligible, you must:
- be Māori or Pacific descent, or
- be a woman (assigned female at birth and/or self-identify as female); and
- be a domestic student, i.e., a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident; and
- be in your first or second year of your Bachelor or Diploma level programme; and
- have applied/ or be enrolled at MIT or Unitec in one of the programmes listed below
Eligible Unitec programmes:
- New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Electrical) (Level 6)
- Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Electrical) (Level 7)
Eligible MIT Programmes:
- New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Electrical) (Level 6)
- Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Electrical) (Level 7)
Please read the regulations for further information:
- Unitec Regulations for Advanced Energy Technology Scholarship
- MIT Regulations for Advanced Energy Technology Scholarship
For help completing a scholarship application - book an appointment with our careers team - Okareka Charitable Trust -
Students who will be completing their final year of their degree in 2025 are encouraged to apply for this scholarship. The Okareka Charitable Trust especially welcomes applications from students in Building & Construction, Computing & Information Technology, Engineering, Business, and Healthcare programmes.
Key dates
Round 1: Opened 20 August 2024 | Closed 3 October 2024
Round 2: Opened 4 October 2024 | Closes 14th March 2025
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, you must:
- be a domestic student, i.e. a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident
- be completing the final semester or year of one of the below programmes:
- Healthcare
- Bachelor of Health Science (Medical Imaging)
- Bachelor of Nursing
- Engineering
- NZ Diploma in Engineering (Electrical)
- Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Electrical)
- Automotive Engineering
- Bachelor of Applied Technology – Transport Management
- Land Surveying
- NZ Diploma in Surveying
- Environmental and Animal Sciences
- Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing
- NZ Diploma in Veterinary Nursing
- NZ Certificate in Animal Technology (Veterinary Nursing Assistant)
- Construction
- Bachelor of Construction (Construction Management)
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New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying)
- Computing
- Graduate Diploma in Computing
- Business
- Bachelor of Accounting
- Healthcare
- have a GPA of 4.0 or above in your most recent semester of study, and passed all previous papers in your programme of study
- be facing financial challenges or difficult circumstances
The value of the scholarship varies dependent on the cost and length of programme for which the scholarship is awarded.
Please read the Okareka Charitable Trust Scholarship Regulations for more information on requirements.
2025 Application dates
Close 29 April 2025
Eligibility Criteria
To apply, you must be:
- a women;
- a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident
- enrolled full time in the third year or above of a Bachelor’s or Postgraduate Degree in Fine Arts, Visual Arts or Design and Contemporary Art
Each applicant for these awards must submit their application on the current prescribed application form, together with the following:
- a certified copy or statutory declaration of her academic record (this can be in the form of a certified digital document from the tertiary institution);
- a certified copy of evidence of status as a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident;
- confirmation that a confidential report has been sought from one referee
For more information and application forms, visit the Kate Edger Educational Foundation
Applications for 2025 are now Open
Open 1 June | Closes 1 August 2024
Keystone Trust offers students a hand-up into property-related tertiary studies. They have a limited number of scholarships each year for school leavers and tertiary students already studying property and construction-related degrees. Keystone look for motivated students from backgrounds where financial hardship may prevent them from following their tertiary goals. As well as financial support, they also provide mentoring as part of the Keystone Partner Scholarships.
Students from the following programmes are encouraged to apply:
- Bachelor of Construction
- Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
- Bachelor of Architecture
- Bachelor of Engineering
Find out more about the Keystone Key Partner Scholarships. Each of the Key Partner scholarships have their own criteria. Information and application processes are online for school leavers and tertiary students.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, you must:
- be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand
- have successfully completed at least one year of course work by the end of 2024
Each Scholarship includes:
- One year's financial assistance of $5,500 towards course costs/ accommodation/ travel costs/ living/ tuition costs
- the experience of being directly supported and mentored by a Key Scholarship Partner company team member
- site visits
- industry networking opportunities
- student workshops
- access to an engaged alumni
- plus all the benefits of being a part of the wider Keystone Whanau, family
The two scholarships listed below are both funded by the Zonta Club of South Auckland. Both awards have been set up to assist in financing a student to undertake a course of study towards a professional or vocational qualification of any sort.
Applications are currently open
2024 applications close 30 August 2024
Eligibility
You must be female and living in South Auckland and meet all other requirements, including age requirements, set out in the relevant award regulations.
Information Sheet for the Young Woman's Study Award - value, up to $1,000: Purpose - to assist in financing an under 25 years of age female student's first post-secondary course.
Information Sheet for the Study Award - value, up to $5,000: Purpose - to assist in financing study for a woman aged between 25 to 45 who is hoping to begin or to complete a course of study which she was unable to undertake immediately after leaving school.
