Wakatū tertiary education scholarships help our owners to develop their skills for the benefit of our collective future.

How Wakatū scholarships work

Tertiary education scholarships are for studies directly related to our business, in areas such as:

• Viticulture
• Marine Biology
• Aquaculture
• Horticulture
• Law
• General Management
• Property Development
• Marketing
• Finance

Each scholarship provides the successful applicant with financial support for fees and books, up to a maximum of three years. There are also bonus opportunities for studying te reo and achieving academic merit.

Study can be in New Zealand or overseas but must be through a recognised tertiary provider.

Who can apply

Applicants must be Wakatū shareholders or descendants of Wakatū shareholders and demonstrate a strong desire to get qualified. To gain a full outline of scholarship criteria and conditions, please email Ropata Taylor.

Current scholarships available 

Tertiary Education Scholarship
Applications for 2013 Tertiary Education Scholarships will open later in 2012.

Whenua Sector Scholarship
This is a targeted scholarship and applicants must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Property Management at the University of Auckland. The scholarship is followed by work-based training with Wakatū that will result in membership of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.  To find out more email Iain Sheves
 

2012 scholarship recipients

Rawiri Hemi - Engineering - Waikato Technical Institute
Marlon Kotua - Aquaculture - Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
Mariah Hori Te Pa - Law - Victoria University
Hakopa Pore - Māori / Design - University of Waikato
Adam Mitchell - Winemaking and Viticulture - Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology

Past scholarship recipients

The scholarship programme has been supporting Wakatū whānau since 2000 and we are enormously proud of what past recipients have achieved.  See past scholarship recipients

Other Scholarship Providers

Other organisations also provide scholarships for Māori students. See the Takoa website