Perrin Ag Consultants scholarship recipients overwhelmed

Braydon Schroder (left) and Rotorua's Emma Rauhala with their scholarship certificates. Photo/Supplied

Two university students are both excited and overwhelmed to be recipients of Rotorua's Perrin Ag Consultants' scholarships.

Emma Rauhala, from Rotorua, who is doing a Bachelor of AgriScience at Massey University, and Braydon Schroder, who studying a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Lincoln University, received the scholarships last week.

Perrin Ag Consultants offers two annual scholarships of up to $3000 each.

One is for a promising individual wishing to study agricultural or related science at undergraduate or honours level at either Lincoln or Massey Universities.

The other is for a promising individual with whakapapa to one of the incorporations, companies or trusts that Perrin Ag supervises farming operations, to start or continue agricultural or related science at undergraduate or honours level at either Lincoln or Massey universities.

The Whakapapa Scholarship has been offered since 2007 and the Perrin Ag Consultants Scholarship (for Massey or Lincoln University students studying agricultural or related science at undergraduate or Honours levels) has been offered for the past two years.

The scholarship recipients can decide how to use the money.

Emma found out about a month ago she was one of the recipients.

She says it was pretty exciting and she was not expecting it.

"I feel very privileged to have the scholarship and very grateful."

Last Friday their success was celebrated with a small function presenting their certificates, followed by a dinner at Urbano Restaurant.

The pair were also taken to one of the farms Perrin Ag Consultants supported to talk to them about the business.

Emma says the scholarship will help to pay for many study related costs.

She is in her third year of her degree which she is studying in Palmerston North.

Emma says she has always loved going out and helping her dad and granddad on the farm.

She enjoys being outside and doing something practical, she says.

Braydon says he was overwhelmed and stunned when he found out he was a scholarship recipient.

He says it has guaranteed him being able to afford a semester of agricultural study abroad in Canada.

The awards function and dinner was amazing, with the opportunity to learn more about the Perrin Ag Consultants business and to visit a sheep station, he says.

He was brought up on a dairy farm, and agriculture is what he is passionate about.

He says he enjoys the variety of different farms and loves seeing the different farming systems.

Braydon says he also enjoys nature and being outside.

The awarding of the scholarship is based around each applicant's academic performance, need for financial assistance, passion for the agricultural industry, and values and personal character.

Perrin Ag Consultants say the calibre of the scholarship applicants over the last two years has been of exceptional quality.

Perrin Ag Consultants have decided to offer an additional scholarship for Massey or Lincoln University students studying agricultural or related science at undergraduate or Honours levels.