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Te Waiu O Aotearoa Trust Scholarships.
These scholarships were established to promote, develop and provide for the education, advancement and employment opportunities of Māori, with a preference in the general business, banking or finance industries.
About the Trust.
Te Waiu o Aotearoa Trust was established in 1994 in partnership with Māori and Iwi entities to promote, develop and provide for the education and advancement of Māori in the general business, banking, and finance industries.
Each year, at the trustees’ discretion, Māori recipients throughout Aotearoa are each awarded a $5,000 scholarship towards their tertiary study costs.
The Trust is administered by Westpac New Zealand Limited.
The 2025 scholarship applications are now closed. Applications for the 2026 scholarships will open during Matariki 2025.
2025 scholarship recipients.
The 2025 Te Waiu o Aotearoa Trust tertiary scholarships recipients were:
Eruera Delamere-Heap
Te Whānau a Apanui, Raukawa and Te Whakatōhea
Bachelor of Commerce, with a major in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, The University of Auckland.
Julia Newman
Ngāti Wai and Ngāti Ranginui
Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Commerce, with a major in International Business, The University of Otago.
Kody Ward
Taranaki and Ngāti Maniapoto
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), with a major in Māori Studies, Victoria University of Wellington.
Maia Kupai-Ashby
Ngāti Awa
Bachelor of Commerce and Science conjoint, with a major in International Business and Psychology, The University of Auckland.
Reia Harrison
Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata and Whakatōhea
Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts conjoint, with a major in Māori studies, The University of Auckland.
Shanel (Ngamahi) Reihana
Ngāti Tukoreha and Ngāti Wehiwehi
Bachelor of Bicultural Social Work, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
Taiawa Patuone Edwards
Ngāpuhi, Ngātiwai, Te Rarawa and Te Aupōuri
Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws conjoint, with a major in Finance, The University of Auckland.
Xavier Mihaere
Ngāi Tai
Bachelor of Commerce and Science, with a major in Accounting and Sports Management, University of Otago.
2024 scholarship recipients.
The 2024 Te Waiu o Aotearoa Trust tertiary scholarships recipients were:
Bree Davis
Ngāpuhi ki Whaingaroa, Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa
Executive Master of Business Administration, Massey University.
Breigh Lawson-Stanley
Ngāi Tahu
Master of Laws, majoring in biosecurity, The University of Canterbury.
Caleb Brothers
Waikato
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws conjoint, majoring in employment relations and organisation studies, The University of Auckland.
Cody Anderson
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata
Bachelor of Business Studies, majoring in business management and marketing, Eastern Institute of Technology, Te Pūkenga.
2023 scholarship recipients.
The 2023 Te Waiu o Aotearoa Trust tertiary scholarships recipients were:
Gladys Ihuwai Henderson
Te Arawa
Doctor of Māori Development and Advancement, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.
Alexander Hill
Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Conjoint Bachelor of Arts and Laws (Honours) majoring in Economics and Māori Studies, University of Auckland.
Michelle Austin
Ngāi Tahu
Bachelor of Business, majoring in Accounting, Massey University.
Te Iwitoa Kruger-Taylor
Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Maniapoto
Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Finance and Marketing, University of Auckland.
Dallin Lawrence
Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Otago.
Atakura Hunia
Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Awa
Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, minoring in Management and Marketing, University of Auckland.