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Find what scholarships are available
Careers New Zealand provides information and advice to help you make good decisions about work, study and training. It also provides information about scholarships.
Your tertiary education organisation may also have scholarships. This information may be on their website, or through a scholarships office on campus.
University scholarships
Universities New Zealand has information on scholarships for study in New Zealand's universities or overseas.
Apprenticeship scholarship for Māori and Pasifika students
If your child is Māori and Pasifika and over 16, they can apply for a scholarship for their apprenticeship.
Trainees – Māori and Pasifika Trades Training
Scholarships for Māori students
Toitū Kaupapa Māori Mātauranga
Toitū Kaupapa Māori Mātauranga | Māori Education Trust provides financial assistance for Māori students undertaking tertiary study.
Toitū Kaupapa Māori Mātauranga – Māori Education Trust
The Sir Apirana Ngata Memorial Scholarship
This is for Māori students studying in any field in any tertiary education institution. Preference is given to descendants of Māori World War One veterans.
The Sir Apirana Ngata Memorial Scholarship – Te Tumu Paeroa
Ngārimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarships
These are available for enterprising, innovative and influential Māori, who meet the criteria and possess characteristics that are identified as being consistent with those of the 28th Māori Battalion.
2024 Ngarimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarships
Pacific People
Toloa Tertiary Scholarships
The Ministry for Pacific Peoples offers Toloa Tertiary Scholarships for Pacific students to pursue studies in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) subjects.
Toloa Tertiary scholarships – Ministry for Pacific Peoples
Pacific Education Foundation
These scholarships provide financial assistance to Pacific students who are enrolled at tertiary education institutions in New Zealand.
Pacific Education Foundation scholarships
The Tulī Takes Flight (Tulī) Scholarship
Up to 15 Tulī scholarships will be available each year for new applicants. They are for Aotearoa Pacific families and communities. There are scholarships for both degree level study and vocational training like apprenticeships.
Tulī Takes Flight: Career changer scholarships
Tulī Takes Flight: Continuing study or training scholarships
Teacher training scholarship
Each year, Education Workforce, part of the Ministry of Education, offers scholarships to encourage people to train as teachers in the areas where there is greatest need.
Three of these scholarships are for school leavers to train as teachers.
Become teacher scholarships – Education Workforce
Applying for a scholarship
Most scholarships will have an application deadlines and documents you need to submit. You may need to supply personal documents such as:
- certified evidence of residency status
- evidence of a bank account in your name
- details of a referee
- a video of yourself.
