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NGATI TUWHARETOA ARE PROSPEROUS & INNOVATIVE education grants The Trust Board remains committed to supporting the learning and educational achievements of our people. We value education as a critical tool in the sound development of our future generations and our tribal development as a whole. Our Education Grants and Scholarships provide support to our whānau to unlock their individual potential and grow the leaders of tomorrow. During the reporting year, a total investment of $448,400 was distributed as education grants to 1,121 whānau. The Trust Board and Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable Trust have, for the fourth year running, collaborated to co-fund the Education Grants initiative. Working together increases the financial resources available to
NAME Robyn Richardson Iraia Bailey Mahonri Owen Lynette Walmsley Steve York
support the educational pursuits of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Education grants open in February and close in May of every year.
special needs grants This year 27 Special Needs Grants were provided to whānau. This grant is designed to support whānau with disabilities who require additional support in education.
education scholarships In an effort to promote education excellence during 2015/16, thirteen of our academic scholars were awarded $19,500 in scholarship grants. Each recipient received a $1,500 scholarship award to support their studies.
wepua tüwharetoa This year, the Trust Board partnered with the Ko Tūwharetoa te Iwi Charitable Trust, to support an exciting new initiative, Wepua Tūwharetoa. Wepua Tūwharetoa is aimed at raising the achievement of tamariki and rangatahi Māori (early learning, primary and secondary school learners) in our rohe, by working with and supporting whānau. This project has worked with whānau to provide skills and confidence and provide learning support to support educational achievement for learners. One outcome has been the development of whānau and individual education plans help whānau to understand and engage in the education of their tamariki so that they can better support them in meaningful and practical ways.
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
FIELD
Doctoral Programme (Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi)
Māori
PHD Te Reo Māori (University of Waikato)
Māori
PhD in Engineering (University of Waikato)
Engineering
Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge (Te Wānanga o Aotearoa)
Māori
Master of Health Science (AUT University)
Health-Medicine
Anderley Gordon
Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (University of Otago)
Health-Medicine
Pagan Tawhai
Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (University of Otago)
Health-Medicine
Reece Joseph
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (University of Auckland)
Health-Medicine
Bachelor of Applied Science (Open Polytechnic of New Zealand)
Science
Cheryl Marriner Pita Roycroft Brenda Hunter Emily McGuiness Kerrian Duff
LLB Hons/BA (Victoria University of Wellington)
Law
Poutuarongo Toiora Whānau-Social Services (Te Wānanga o Raukawa)
Health
Bachelor of Management (University of Waikato)
Commerce
Bachelor in Primary Education (University of Waikato)
Education