Northland Age
  • Northland Age home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Rural
  • Opinion
  • Kaitaia weather

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Far North
  • Kaitaia
  • Kaikohe
  • Bay of Islands
  • Whangārei

Weather

  • Kaitaia
  • Whangārei
  • Dargaville

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Northland Age

Scholarships for top students

By Peter Jackson
Northland Age·
6 Jan, 2020 07:30 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Twelve of the Te Rarawa 2019 scholarship recipients at the awards ceremony at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Pukemiro - Renee Murray (left), Nadine Houia-Ashwell, Faye Mendes-Underwood, Brooklyn Kaipo, Nichola Bell, Meremere Paitai, Cynthia Otene, Hotene Ngaropo-Tuia, Te Reinga Patu, Manaakitia Hoepo, Taimania Nepia-Hill, Maria Mclean. Picture / Supplied

Twelve of the Te Rarawa 2019 scholarship recipients at the awards ceremony at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Pukemiro - Renee Murray (left), Nadine Houia-Ashwell, Faye Mendes-Underwood, Brooklyn Kaipo, Nichola Bell, Meremere Paitai, Cynthia Otene, Hotene Ngaropo-Tuia, Te Reinga Patu, Manaakitia Hoepo, Taimania Nepia-Hill, Maria Mclean. Picture / Supplied

Sixteen outstanding Te Rarawa students have been awarded scholarships worth a total of $42,000.

The Te Rarawa scholarships funding panel chose the recipients after a three-month application process, including one-on-one interviews with short-listed applicants, and it wasn't easy according to panel member Joanne Murray.

"We wanted to hear more about the applicants' aspirations, what drives them, and where they see themselves investing professionally in the future," she said.

"We had such a high calibre of applicants, it was incredibly difficult to choose."

In selecting the recipients, the panel had set out to invest across a wide range of professional study areas, the students' chosen fields including medicine, engineering, health, law, science, computing and the arts.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Ms Murray said the scholarships programme was designed to develop skills relevant to the rohe that would benefit the iwi in the future.

"We're always interested in supporting students whose area of study aligns with long-term iwi plans. Particularly those who are committed to contributing to their marae, hapū or iwi, with intention to return to the rohe after study."

This year's funding was more than ever before, the value of the scholarships increasing year on year, by 38 per cent since 2015.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"It was particularly important for us this year to increase not only the amount, but also the number of awards distributed," Ms Murray added.

Two students, Te Aroha Pawa (Panguru) and Mana Wihongi (Mitimiti), received the prestigious Tarutaru Ruapounamu awards, named after the founding Te Rarawa tūpuna, while Cynthia Otene received the Dame Joan Metge award, which she will use to complete her PhD in health science at Auckland University of Technology.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Northland Age

Northland Age

On The Up: 'We were very humbled': Rural country store wins business hero award

04 Jun 11:00 PM
Northland Age

Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Ninety Mile Beach work criticised for lack of mandate

04 Jun 03:00 AM
Northland Age

'Significant loss of history': Paihia fire devastates Kelly Tarlton's old ship

04 Jun 12:51 AM

Why Cambridge is the new home of future-focused design

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Northland Age

On The Up: 'We were very humbled': Rural country store wins business hero award

On The Up: 'We were very humbled': Rural country store wins business hero award

04 Jun 11:00 PM

SettlerS Way Country Store won the regional 2025 Prospa Local Business Hero Award.

Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Ninety Mile Beach work criticised for lack of mandate

Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Ninety Mile Beach work criticised for lack of mandate

04 Jun 03:00 AM
'Significant loss of history': Paihia fire devastates Kelly Tarlton's old ship

'Significant loss of history': Paihia fire devastates Kelly Tarlton's old ship

04 Jun 12:51 AM
On the Up: High demand for new sports hub

On the Up: High demand for new sports hub

04 Jun 12:00 AM
Clean water fuelling Pacific futures
sponsored

Clean water fuelling Pacific futures

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • The Northland Age e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to The Northland Age
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The Northland Age
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • What the Actual
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven CarGuide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP