Education Funding 2023

Scholarships are available to descendants of an original Wairarapa Moana owner. Criteria is applied to all funding.

Future Leaders Scholarships

Open Monday 20 February

Closing 12.00pm Thursday 30 March 2023

Ngà Kete o Te Wànanga – Tertiary Scholarships are targeted at students studying a diploma, degree, Masters or PhD.

Ngà Mahi À-Rehe – Trade Training & Apprenticeship Scholarships are provided to those studying and working towards a trade or an apprenticeship.

POUTAMA FUND GRANT

There is no closing date and applications are available until the annual funding is used. Particularly useful to Wairarapa Moana descendants wanting to "Bridge a Gap" towards pre-requisite study to get into a threeyear degree, or to complete a certificate, or a license for enhanced employment opportunities.

TE KETE URUURU TAU SCHOLARSHIPS l p l e 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 trust@wairarapamoana.org.nz

Two special scholarships available to various fields within agri-business.

Inquiries welcome, applications are available from the office.

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Education Grants and Scholarships

Wairarapa Moana are proud Taihonoa Partners of Victoria University of Wellington

Tertiary education grants and scholarships awarded by Wairarapa Moana are matched dollar-for-dollar by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington through the Taihonoa partnership programme.

Since the inception of the partnership four years ago, a total of 19 scholarship recipients have received a total $28,000.00

“I am honoured to be a recipient of the Taihonoa Wairarapa Moana Future Leaders Scholarship...it is a huge relief financially and I am able to focus more on university and learning.”

Scarlett Travers. BA student and Wairarapa Moana Future Leaders Taihonoa grant recipient 2019

When deciding about your tertiary journey and which university you want to attend, the Wairarapa Moana partnership with Victoria University may prompt you to consider studying at this prestigious institution.

To register your interest for a Wairarapa Moana 2023 application, contact the Masterton office on: l p l e 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 trust@wairarapamoana.org.nz

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Where are you?

The office is seeking to find the whereabouts of these shareholders, descendants, or trustees.

If you are able to provide any relevant information or contact details, please contact Amethyst on 06 370 2608 or 0800 662 624 or wmoffice@wairarapamoana.org.nz

Donna Maree Thompson

Michael Leslie Hugh Watson

Tami Varney

Doreen Mathews Junior

Te¯na¯ koutou e te huinga o Wairarapa Moana

Nei ra¯ te reo mihi e rere atu ki a koutou, i ta¯ koutou ha¯pai i ta¯ ma¯tou kaupapa kia tu¯hura ki whenua ke¯. Katahi te haerenga mīharo, harikoa, whakaohooho, ka tika he hararei heoi he nui hoki nga¯ akoranga. E whai ake nei ko nga¯ ko¯rero whakamihi a¯ nga¯ Tauira.

We wish to acknowledge the support we received in 2022 for our trip to Rarotonga. We departed Aotearoa on the 30th of November for a five-night stay in Rarotonga. Twelve of us departed together meeting up with another two of the whànau already over there. We loved the beautiful hot weather, which meant a lot of swimming, we also did some cool activities like swimming with big colourful fish and night-time stand-up paddle boarding. What made it more special though was how so many things in Rarotonga relate to Aotearoa and our Màori culture such as the language, the history, tikanga, marae and waka. Following are expressions of thanks from our students: Just want to give thanks to Wairarapa Moana for allowing us Wharekura students to take part on our wonderful journey to Rarotonga. Your koha helped us to take part in cool activities such as learning about the land and how us Māori voyaged from the Cook Islands to Aotearoa. The journey taught me heaps about the culture and people of the land and would love to look to travel back some time in the future.

Mihi nui, Kawana Rongonui

Tēnei au e mihi ana ki a kōutou mā nō Wairarapa Moana, me te whakaaro aroha ki te tautoko i a mātou te Wharekura o Wairarapa. Na mātou te waimaria kia whai wheako ki roto i ngā whenua o Rarotonga. Me te ako ano hoki i ngā whakapapa maha me ngā hononga katoa kia mātou. Hei whakakōpani ahau i ōku kōrero i konei e kore ngā mihi e mimiti mō kōutou.

Ngā mihi nui Judith Reiri

Nei rā ngā mihi nui ki a koutou o Wairarapa Moana, mō tō koutou kaha tautoko i a mātou ngā tauira wharekura ki te haere ki runga i tō mātou haerenga papai ki Rarotonga. Kaore i haere mo te hararei noa iho i ako mātou i te whakapapatanga tā Rarotonga me te hononga ki a mātou ngā Māori. No reira e mihi ana ki a kōutou mo te koha ki a mātou nā tō koutou koha i taea mātou te haere ki Rarotonga me te mahi i ngā mahi papai rawa nō reira tēna koutou.

Mihi nui, Kaia Mita

Nei rā te mihi matakuikui ki a koutou o Wairarapa Moana mō tā koutou manawa nui, whakaaro nui ki te tākoha mai he koha hei tautoko i a mātou me tā mātou haerenga ki te whenua ātaahua o Rarotonga. Tino Waimarie mātou ki te whiwhi i ta koutou tautoko, nā koutou i awhina i a mātou hei whiwhi wheako hou me te ako i ēnei momo matauranga mai i a Rarotonga. Nā reira tēnei mātou e tuku aroha ki a koutou, nā koutou hoki i hāpai i te kaupapa nei. E kore ngā mihi e mimiti noa. Mihi nui, Matariki Riwai-Couch

To briefly summarise the students’ personal thanks: They all express a lot of love and many thanks for your support to enable not only our travel to Rarotonga but to partake also in many fun activities. We honestly had the time of our lives. It wasn’t only fun in the sun but a lot of history as well including whakapapa and learning of our historical waka Màori stopping over in Rarotonga before continuing to Aotearoa. Specifically, Takitimu waka settling in Rarotonga for a long period of time. We at Te Kura Kaupapa Màori from the students to the teachers, the board and our wider whànau really appreciate the support that you have given us.