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Thinking of studying at Whitireia or WelTec and need a helping hand? Perhaps a family member or friend is considering study in 2026 and facing financial challenges? A Whitireia Foundation Scholarship could be just the thing. You can read about our Foundation here.
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Scholarships2026have launched!
Applications for full-time domestic study are now OPEN.
Get your application in as soon as you can. The CLOSING DATE is 13 March 2026.
We’re here for you!
If you have enthusiasm and commitment for your chosen course of study, we’d love to help you succeed. Have a read through the Application Form and Guide and APPLY!
Whitireia– What’s in a name?
Whitireia is a name our people brought from Hawaiiki with them. They believe it came from ngā atua, from the gods. That name is very deep in the Māori world. There are two names in Māoridom that we say are from the gods, and Whitireia is one of them
As promised, we’ve confirmed more Sponsors committed to supporting our amazing Whitireia and Weltec students in 2025, through a Whitireia Foundation Scholarship.
If you know someone thinking of studying at a Whitireia / Weltec / Te Ahua campus in 2025, who may be struggling financially, and could really do with a helping hand, please let them know about our Scholarships. They can find out all about our criteria and our Sponsors here on our Application page.
General information on scholarships at Whitireia WelTec can be found here. See what courses are enrolling for 2025 here.
We love to award Scholarships!
Closing date is March 10. With grateful thanks to our incredible Sponsors.
The Whitireia Foundation is launching its scholarships for study in 2025.
Applications for Whitireia Foundation Scholarships will be open to domestic ākonga studying with Whitireia | WelTec in 2025.
Please ensure you submit your CV and any progress report (if you’re a returning student) in your application. The close down date for applications has been extended beyond our usual due date – to 10 March 2025.
We’re finalising some new Scholarships and expect to have our Application Form – and all the other information you need – uploaded by mid-December. Keep a look out – and spread the word!
STOP PRESS – If you’re reading this after Dec 18th, then our Scholarships are open! You can find more information and links to the 2025 Application Guide & Form – and Progress Report (needed if you are continuing study at Whitireia Weltec) on our Scholarship Application Page here.
If you’re thinking of studying in 2025 and could do with a helping hand, check out the criteria for making an Application. We love to award Scholarships and we make it as straightforward as we possibly can. If you think you meet our criteria, please take the time to read through the details on both the Application Guide and Application Form for 2025 and APPLY.
Thanks as always, to our amazing, generous Sponsors – local people who care deeply for our community – we can only do what we do as a Foundation because of you.
Mā tātou, mō tātou ko WelTec ki Te Āti Awa, ko Whitireia ki Ngāti Toa Rangatira. E haere kōtui nei me kura-takahi-puni tātou.
Together, we will lead and illuminate our communities through vocational education.
Thanks to our amazing Sponsors and congratulations to all of our hard working ākonga who have been awarded scholarships. We’ll have a ceremony to celebrate our Scholarship recipients’ achievements mid-year. In the meantime, if you didn’t apply and are keen to study, we’re here for you if you need financial support. Scholarships will be open for 2025 later in the year, around November. Spread the word!
Our students’ stories are often deeply moving and always inspiring, we’ll share some of them from time to time on these pages. The Whitireia Foundation is hugely grateful to our Sponsors in supporting more than 40 ākonga in 2024. Thank you!
Are you new to tertiary study, or coming back to it, and needing some extra financial support for the next academic year. Are you already studying at Whitireia WelTec and looking at options for further study in 2024? We’d love to help!
The Whitireia Foundation’s Scholarship Applications for 2024 are now OPEN.
With grateful thanks to all our amazing Sponsors – you can see them here.
Start preparing your Application today! We want to see you succeed! Do read through the 2024 Application Form and Guide first, and if you are already studying at Whitireia, Weltec or Te Auaha, feel free to seek any guidance you need from your tutors, department heads or Student Support Services. If you’re taking that first leap into tertiary study, prepare to be inspired by the student stories, guides and tutor bios here. Try the Study Search Tool if you’re still deciding your study pathway. If you’re a school leaver and would like a chat about future study and support options, fill in the form here to have one of the Pathways team contact you.
Take a look at the range of Whitireia / WelTec courses for 2024 here. Trimester 1 starts in the last week of February 2024.
We give you a few tips on how to make a winning Application here 🙂
If you – or someone you know – is struggling to finance study in 2024, a Whitireia Foundation Scholarship could be the thing that makes studying possible. Spread the word, we love to award scholarships and to see our ākonga succeed!
Applications for the Whitireia Foundation Scholarship are now open to domestic ākonga studying with Whitireia and WelTec | Te Pūkenga in 2024. Please ensure you submit your CV, and any progress report from current study, in your application. The closing date for applications is 29 February 2024.
Are you studying at Whitireia WelTec and looking at options for further study in 2024? Are you new to tertiary study, or coming back to it, needing some extra financial support for the next academic year. We can help!
The Whitireia Foundation is about to open its Scholarship Applications for 2024. With grateful thanks to all our amazing Sponsors – you can see them here.
Come back to these pages in mid October to check out the 2024 Application Form and Guide.
Take a look at the range of Whitireia / WelTec courses for 2024 here.
We give you a few tips on how to make a winning Application here 🙂
If you – or someone you know – is struggling to finance study in 2024, a Whitireia Foundation Scholarship could be just the thing. Spread the word, we love to award scholarships and to see our students succeed!
Get your application in as soon as you can. The CLOSING DATE is 28 January 2023.
We’re here for you!
If you have enthusiasm and commitment for your chosen course of study, we’d love to help you succeed. Have a read through the Application Form and Guide and APPLY!
Thanks, as always, to our amazing sponsors – they’re local businesses, families and individuals who demonstrate unwavering generosity and faith in our ākonga (learners).
Becoming Te Pūkenga
From the first day of September (Mahuru) in 2022, Whitireia and WelTec joined together to become part of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology.
Te Pūkenga brings together the existing Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) and Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) as one organisation. The aim is to develop capabilities that underpin work-based, campus-based, and online learning, as a successful, unified system. A comprehensive network of studying opportunities for ākonga and increased collaboration between programmes are key objectives. Career focused learning, reflecting and meeting the needs of learners, businesses and communities, and evolving to meet new and rapidly changing demands like Covid-19, are three capability-building workstreams that the new entity is entrusted to deliver. Read more in our September Newsletter.
Since 2012, Whitireia and Weltec have been allied in a strategic partnership, with both now part of Te Pūkenga, alongside all other institutes of technologies and polytechnics in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Whitireia is a name our people brought from Hawaiiki with them. They believe it came from ngā atua, from the gods. That name is very deep in the Māori world. There are two names in Māoridom that we say are from the gods, and Whitireia is one of them – Ihakara Arthur, Ngāti Toa kaumātua
Tohu – Kaitiakitanga and Ākonga
Two Tohu, Kaitiakitanga and Ākonga, have been crafted by Māori visual artist Manukorihi Winiata (Ngāti Raukawa, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) for Whitireia and WelTec.
Watch this video to hear from Manukorihi Winiata on the elements and concepts intrinsic to the crafting of the two Tohu (kaitiakitanga – guardianship and ākonga – learners) for Whitireia and WelTec.
If financing your study is a challenge, and you need a helping hand for study at Whitireia or WelTec in 2023, keep an eye out for the launch of our Whitireia Foundation Scholarships 2023.
If you have enthusiasm and commitment for your chosen course of study, we’d love to help you succeed. Check out the Application Form and Guide on this website. If you’re already studying with Whitireia WelTec, you’ll also need to complete a Progress Report (see our example below). You can complete everything online by heading over to the scholarships pages on the Whitireia Weltec website – links above.
Thanks, as always, to our amazing sponsors – they’re local businesses, families and individuals who demonstrate unwavering generosity and faith in our ākonga (learners).
Becoming Te Pūkenga
From the first day of September (Mahuru) in 2022, Whitireia and WelTec join together and form part of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology.
Te Pūkenga brings together the existing Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) and Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) as one organisation. The aim is to develop capabilities that underpin work-based, campus-based, and online learning, as a successful, unified system. A comprehensive network of studying opportunities for ākonga and increased collaboration between programmes are key objectives. Career focused learning, reflecting and meeting the needs of learners, businesses and communities, and evolving to meet new and rapidly changing demands like Covid-19, are three capability-building workstreams that the new entity is entrusted to deliver on. Read more in our September Newsletter.
Since 2012, Whitireia and Weltec have been allied in a strategic partnership, with both now part of Te Pūkenga, alongside all other institutes of technologies and polytechnics in Aotearoa New Zealand.
One crisp dawn in 1985, in a groundbreaking ceremony, the role was given to Whitireia (or Parumoana as it was for a brief time) to provide Porirua and its surrounding communities with life changing tertiary education opportunities, where prior to this historic moment, there were none.
Whitireia is a name our people brought from Hawaiiki with them. They believe it came from ngā atua, from the gods. That name is very deep in the Māori world. There are two names in Māoridom that we say are from the gods, and Whitireia is one of them – Ihakara Arthur, Ngāti Toa kaumātua
WelTec began life as the Petone Technical School in 1904, teaching classes in the evenings from rented accommodation, and as such, is one of the oldest tertiary education entities in New Zealand. Until 2001, when it became the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec), it was known under various titles, including, Petone Technical College, Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College, Petone Technical Institute and Hutt Valley Polytechnic. WelTec came into being with the combining of the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) – based in Heretaunga, and once part of the original institute in Petone – with Hutt Valley Polytechnic.
Tohu – Kaitiakitanga and Ākonga
Two Tohu, Kaitiakitanga and Ākonga, have been crafted by Māori visual artist Manukorihi Winiata (Ngāti Raukawa, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) for Whitireia and WelTec.
Watch this video to hear from Manukorihi Winiata on the elements and concepts intrinsic to the crafting of the two Tohu (kaitiakitanga – guardianship and ākonga – learners) for Whitireia and WelTec.
It’s time! Whitireia Foundation Scholarships for 2022 are open to all domestic students studying at Whitireia Polytechnic Campuses. Apply before 25th February!
Please ensure you read and complete the Application Guide and Form. If you are currently studying at Whitireia and are returning in 2022, please ensure your Tutor or Programme Manager completes the Progress Report.
Great news! We’ve extended the closing date – please do get your applications in, as there will be no extensions beyond the closing date – 25th February 2022.
If you’ve been thinking of studying in 2022 and wondering how to make it work financially, then a scholarship could be just the thing. Have a read over the Application Guide and if you think you meet the criteria, go ahead – apply! We love to see you succeed 🙂
March is the month we introduce our Whitireia scholarship recipients to their incredible sponsors in a moving ceremony, also attended by proud whānau. This year has been all the more special, given the Alert Level events of 2020 meant we had no opportunity to gather to celebrate our recipients in the previous year.
2020 was a challenging year for students everywhere. With the various Covid Alert Levels, and much study moved online, it is significant that many of our 2020 recipients have again been awarded a scholarship in 2021 – those students met their challenges and they excelled. We salute their enthusiasm and their commitment. To all our recipients for 2021 – gaining a scholarship is no small achievement – we’re proud of you!
Who are our recipients and their sponsors in 2021?
Alpha NZ Ltd Scholarship
Salma Abdi Gurey – Bachelor of Nursing (Year 3)
Atareira Scholarship
Lyana Ross – Bachelor of Social Work (Year 3)
Nicole Tildesley – Bachelor of Social Work (Year 3)
Compass Health Scholarship
Petelo Alosio – Bachelor of Nursing (Pacific) Year 3
Daley Foaese – Bachelor of Nursing (Pacific) Year 2
Lucinda Solomon – Bachelor of Nursing (Māori) Year 3
Belinda Whare – Bachelor of Nursing (Māori) Year 2
Controlled Building Services Scholarship
Jamie Laupama – Bachelor of Social Work (Year 3)
EFTPOS Vending Scholarship
Jonathan Kortens – Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic) Year 2
Elite Services Scholarship
Natalya Berkland – Bachelor of Social Work (Year 1)
Ford Sumner Lawyers Scholarship
Luke Morgan – Bachelor of Social Work (Year 3)
Foster + Melville Architects Scholarship
Luci McDougall – Bachelor of Creativity (Performing Arts) Year 3
Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Scholarship
Courtney-Lee Russell – Bachelor of Nursing (Pacific) Year 1
Graduate Women Wellington
Rongomaiwahine Diahnn Higgins-Herewini – Bachelor of Information Technology (Year 3)
Kirk-Burnnand Family Scholarship
Chyenne Katu – Bachelor of Information Technology (Year 3)
Precious Williams-Judkins – Bachelor of Social Work (Year 3)
Maude Miller
Amy McBride – Bachelor of Nursing (Year 3)
Nikau Foundation
Jude Campbell – Bachelor of Nursing (Year 1)
Cathy Chen – Bachelor of Information Technology (Level 2)
Bianca Gray – Bachelor of Nursing (Pacific) Year 3
Isla Graham – Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic) Year 2
Ashween Kumar – Bachelor of Nursing (Year 2)
Kylie Moeahu – Bachelor of Social Work (Year 1)
Amy O’Grady – Bachelor of Nursing (Year 1)
Ngarangikapitiao Riddell – Bachelor of Nursing (Māori) Year 2
Shayna Turua – Bachelor of Nursing (Year 3)
Jenny Yu – Bachelor of Nursing (Year 3)
OCS
Mahina Aiono – Bachelor of Nursing (Māori) Year 1
Jasmine Fitness – NZ Certificate in Business Administration & Technology (Level 3)
Porirua City Council Scholarship
Ocean Teare – NZ Diploma in Screen Production (Level 5)
Red Wolf Security Scholarship
Aretaiki Pokoati – NZ Diploma in Information Technology (Level 5)
Whitireia Foundation/Ngati Toa Scholarship
Grierwyn Taitua – Bachelor of Nursing (Maori) Year 3
Whitireia Foundation Scholarship
Samantha Pratt – Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic) Year 2
Tyla Cavanagh – Bachelor of Nursing (Year 1)
Leena Prasad – Bachelor of Nursing (Pacific) Year 3
William Campbell Memorial Scholarship
Rahat Arif – Bachelor of Nursing (Year 2)
The Whitireia Foundation would like to acknowledge the generous support of our sponsors named above – you’re amazing!
We’ll add some more pics from our 2021 ceremony as soon as we can. In the meantime, here are a few from earlier years.
Another awesome group of students were awarded their Whitireia Foundation scholarships for 2020. In other years, our scholarship recipients would be surrounded by proud whānau at a very special Awards ceremony, where they would meet their sponsors.
2020 was different. Awards night was set to take place the week New Zealand went into Alert Level 4 lockdown. It is a tribute to our recipients for 2020 that they stayed the course through some seriously challenging times. New priorities and challenges once New Zealand moved to stem the community spread of Covid-19, has meant a couple of students pick up their scholarships in 2021 or will defer study until later. To all of our recipients, winning a scholarship is a significant achievement – we’re proud of you!
Who are our recipients in 2020?
Alpha NZ Ltd Scholarship
Olivia ColumbBachelor of Nursing (Year 1)
Britton Housemovers Scholarship
Stuart HallamNZ Certificate in Electrical Engineering (Theory) Level 3
Compass Health Scholarship
Jessie RenataBachelor of Nursing (Maori) Year 2
Shrishma SinghBachelor of Nursing (Pacific) Year 2
Wiki RogersBachelor of Nursing (Maori) Year 3
Frances Maleta LealofiBachelor of Nursing (Pacific) Year 3
Controlled Building Services Scholarship
Agilau GaualofaNZ Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Carpentry) Level 3
EFTPOS Vending Scholarship
Debbie KeatingBachelor of Social Work (Year 1)
Elite Services Scholarship
Melanie McCarthyBachelor of Nursing (Year 3)
Ford Sumner Lawyers Scholarship
Lyana RossBachelor of Social Work (Year 2)
Foster + Melville Architects Scholarship
Macarena Fernanda TiezziNZ Diploma in Dance (Year 2)
Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Scholarship
Delilah Amituanai SevesiBachelor of Nursing (Pacific) Year 3
Graduate Women Wellington
Savelina vika Feaomoengalu Tautua’aBachelor of Information Technology (Year 3)
Kirk-Burnnand Family Scholarship
Precious Williams-JudkinsBachelor of Social Work – 2021
Tu Kauae Taufiti-MosesNZ Diploma in Performing Arts (Maori & Pacific Dance) – 2021
Nikau Foundation
Mozhgan SharifiNZ Certificate in Business Administration (Level 3)
Summer NehoDiploma in Enrolled Nursing
Kate StewartBachelor of Health Science (Paramedic) Year 2
Lucas ZanerBachelor of Creativity (Music) Year 2
Tiara Gillespie-PeniataBachelor of Nursing (Pacific) Year 1
Ja Hta Pan N-HkumBachelor of Nursing (Year 1)
Porirua City Council Scholarship
La Mu HlaBachelor of Social Work (Year 4)
Red Wolf Security Scholarship
Liqing (Cathy) ChenBachelor of Information Technology (Year 1)
Whitireia Foundation/Ngati Toa Scholarship
Ailish KellyBachelor of Nursing (Maori) Year 3
Whitireia Foundation Scholarship
Philisita Mii-Ana TangatataiaBachelor of Nursing (Pacific) Year 2
Patolo PatelesioBachelor of Information Technology (Year 3)
Oliver SmythNZ Diploma in Performing Arts (Musical Theatre)
William Campbell Memorial Scholarship
Deferred
The Whitireia Foundation would like to acknowledge the generous support of our sponsors:
Thinking of studying in 2021? Take a look at the material in this post and check out our 2021 applications for scholarships opening in October 2020. Big thanks to our amazing Sponsors, who together support near 50 students every year.
Whitireia Foundation scholarships are for domestic students planning to study at Whitireia New Zealand. Most provide financial assistance for tuition fees, while some will cover materials like computers and other work tools. Some have an optional work experience component.
If you don’t meet the Free Fees criteria, we’re here for you! Take a look at the Scholarship Guide and Form and if you have questions, feel free to call or email Whitireia for more information.
Applications for 2020 closed 3 January 2020. Scholarships for 2021 are open from October.
The information below has been updated for scholarships in 2021 with a number of new sponsors, and a new application form. The closing date for applications is 10 January 2021.
You can also find out about our eligibility criteria in the Guide.
If you are currently studying with Whitireia and are returning in 2021, your Tutor or Programme Manager can complete this Progress Report to be submitted with your application.
Fill in the form online or print it. Drop your completed application off at the Whitireia Information & Enrolment Centre, post to Whitireia at the address below, or email scholarships@whitireia.ac.nz
Check out this page for tips on filling in your application.
Give it a go – we love to see you succeed – Good luck!
If you’d like to join us in 2020, keep an eye out for our2020 scholarships application, launching in early October.
Have you studied before and don’t qualify for Free Domestic Fees? If you need a helping hand to pay fees or buy materials, a scholarship might be just the thing. You’ll find Whitireia scholarship applications at the admin office or student hub, at Whitireia NZ’s Wellington and Porirua campuses, and you can download everything you need at whitireia.ac.nz.
Think your grades aren’t good enough? Give Whitireia a call on 0800 944 847 before completing your application – they can give you the best advice about your course selection. Our mission is about ensuring that cost is not stopping you from studying with Whitireia. So for us, it’s not all about grades. If you’re the first in your family to undertake tertiary study, let us know, we want to support you. If you want a great new job and need a qualification and some financial support to do it, we’re interested in hearing from you.
Check out the 2020 course prospectus, it’ll be out soon.
Let your enthusiasm and commitment to a programme of study shine through on your application, and take that step. We love to see you succeed.
Scholarships for 2019 are now OPEN. Whitireia Foundation Scholarships are for students planning to study at Whitireia New Zealand in 2019 and provide financial assistance for tuition fees, unless otherwise specified.
Some scholarships are for materials like computers and other work tools. Some also have an optional work experience component.
Take a look at the Scholarship Guidebefore you complete the Scholarship Form and feel free to call or email Whitireia for more information.
Be sure to check out this page for tips on filling in your application.
Earlier this month, this awesome bunch of students were awarded their Whitireia Foundation scholarships for 2018, surrounded by proud friends and whānau. Thanks to all who attended the Awards night, and special thanks to our wonderful sponsors.
Special thanks also to Virtuoso Strings who delighted us all with their beautiful sounds. The junior and senior orchestras of Virtuoso Strings are made up of more than 160 students from Porirua’s decile 1 and 2 schools.
Good news – The Whitireia Foundation scholarships for 2018 are now OPEN. Scholarships are for students planning to study at Whitireia New Zealand in 2018 and provide financial assistance for tuition fees, unless otherwise specified.
We have some scholarships for materials like computers and other work tools, and some with an optional work experience component. Take a look at the Scholarship Guide and Form below and feel free to call or email Whitireia for more information.
Here are some happy snaps from our scholarship awards on 22 March this year.
If you’d like to join us in 2018, keep an eye out for our2018 application, launching in early October.
In October, you’ll find applications at the admin office or student hub, at Whitireia NZ’s Wellington and Porirua campuses, and you can download everything you need here or at whitireia.ac.nz.
Think your grades aren’t good enough? Give Whitireia a call on 0800 944 847 before completing your application – they can give you the best advice about your course selection.
Have you always wanted to work in health or IT, to be a qualified builder, a plumber, or auto-electrician? Maybe you’d like a career in fine art or performance, broadcasting, music or early-childhood teaching?
Our mission is about ensuring that cost is not stopping you from studying with Whitireia. So for us, it’s not all about grades. If you’re the first in your family to undertake tertiary study, let us know, we want to support you. If you want a great new job and need a qualification and some financial support to do it, we’re interested in hearing from you.
Check out the 2018 course prospectus, it’ll be out soon.
If you need a helping hand to pay fees or buy materials, a scholarship might be just the thing.
Let your enthusiasm and commitment to a programme of study shine through on your application, and take that step. We would love to see you in next year’s pics 🙂
A record number of students were awarded Whitireia Foundation scholarships for study in 2017. For this, we are grateful to our amazing sponsors, a good number who have been supporting Whitireia students for a decade or more. Take a look at our sponsors here. The families, trusts and businesses that are our sponsors, have all made a meaningful commitment to their community by supporting a student. A number of sponsors also provide mentoring and work placement opportunities.
Our students tell us they see this investment in them and their future as hugely significant. We know from their feedback that a scholarship is worth so much more than the money. Students respond to the faith shown in them by their sponsors and they commit themselves to doing their absolute best. We hear from our sponsors that they are motivated by seeing their student reach their potential, and they will support them in many ways to do that – from commissioning artworks, as in the case of one of our carving students, to regularly opening their business up to students to experience the workplace for themselves. We look forward to tracking the future achievements of students participating in mentorship and work experience, and to grow this part of our scholarship programme, based on the evidence we gather.
The Foundation extends grateful thanks to all our sponsors and to the students who have joined the Whitireia Foundation family, through being awarded scholarships this year. See photos from the Ceremony on Whitireia’s Facebook page here.
Reaching 50 scholarships for 2017 is a milestone for us. We also had a record number of applicants. We would love to be able to recognise more students, so fewer miss out. Our scholarships have grown from $70,000 awarded in 2011 to $120,000 in 2017. Our Trustees are committed to fostering enduring partnerships with our sponsors that will result in the continued growth of the scholarship fund, and most of all, in the attainment of student – and community – success.
If you are thinking about making a difference by sponsoring a student, please get in touch. You can use the comments section below to make an inquiry – your details will be kept confidential.
Awards Ceremony 22 March 2017 – Foundation Chair, Kelvin Irvine, congratulates students, welcoming them to the Whitireia Foundation family
Porirua Mayor, Mike Tana, was along to present a scholarship to Samrawit Abraham (B Nursing) on behalf of the Council. Carla Uncles (B Teaching Early Childhood) is to the left. On the right are Jasmine Haley (B Social Work) and Foundation Trustee Robyn Moore
Trust Porirua sponsor ten scholarships. Here is Trust Chair, Tim Sheppard, presenting Performing Arts student, Erebuka Bwauro, with her award.
Applications have closed, with a record number of scholarship applications – 172 – eclipsing the 132 received last year. Our moderators are in the final stages of review and selection and we will announce the recipients in the new year. If you have applied for a Whitireia Scholarship for 2017, a big thank you for your efforts. As usual, we had an incredibly high standard of applicants. Congratulations to all our recipients who will go on to study with Whitireia in 2017.
The Foundation thanks all our amazing sponsors – with your support, more than 50 students are getting helping hand with their studies, with resulting benefits to their families and the wider community for years to come.
Wishing you all the best for the holiday season. Keep safe and well – Arohanui.
Being motivated costs you nothing, but can get you everything – Murray Newlands
Looking to study in 2017? Applications for Whitireia Foundation scholarships are now open!
Through the generous support of organisations, individuals and Whitireia suppliers, the Foundation is pleased to offer up to 50 scholarships to a value of $120,000. See our sponsors for 2017.
Whitireia Foundation scholarships are for domestic students studying full-time at Whitireia in 2017.
Save the date – get your application in by 11 November 2016.
The Application Form and accompanying Guide can be picked up from all Whitireia campuses, or download your copy from this site – also available at www.whitireia.ac.nz.
Scholarships for 2019 are now OPEN. Whitireia Foundation Scholarships are for students planning to study at Whitireia New Zealand in 2019 and provide financial assistance for tuition fees, unless otherwise specified.
A record number of students were awarded Whitireia Foundation scholarships for study in 2017. For this, we are grateful to our amazing sponsors, a good number who have been supporting Whitireia students for a decade or more. Take a look at our sponsors 
The Whitireia Foundation Scholarships 