Below is the list of the scholarships and awards that are currently available. More information will be made available closer to Application opening dates. Please note that any information on this page is subject to change and updates will be posted on our Facebook page.
Although we have many scholarships available, they can be categorised into three main groups (click on category name to jump to this section).
● ARTS ● EDUCATION ● FAMILY/WHANAU SUPPORT ●
Geyser Community Foundation also offers grants for organisations for Arts and Environmental projects. You can find more information here 🠢
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ARTS
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The Bushman’s Son
Applications Open: 1 July 2022
2022 Value: tba
The Bushman’s Son Fund supports talented, emerging artists and writers, who live or have family links in the Rotorua District community to study, engage with or participate in visual or written arts, such as drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, graphics, architecture, writing and poetry.
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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Michael Pilaar Memorial Music
Applications Open: July 2022 – date tbc
2022 Value: tba
Five scholarships are available to assist the development of young musicians’ skills.
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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EDUCATION
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Beverley Anaru Memorial Scholarship Fund
Applications Open: 1 July 2022
2022 Value: tba
Scholarships aim to assist full-time students who whakapapa to Te Arawa to complete a recognised tertiary qualification that will enrich their own life experience, community and ultimately, Aotearoa New Zealand as a whole.
Applicants must be full-time students who whakapapa to Te Arawa and who are enrolled at a New Zealand tertiary institute in a NZQA recognised course.*
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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Bannan Science Award
Applications Open: 1 July 2022
2022 Value: tba
The Bannan Science Award is available for students (including adults) residing or having family links in disadvantaged areas of the Central Plateau Region, who could not otherwise afford to continue their education.
The Award is for educational purposes for people who have completed their secondary school education or who are in their final year of secondary school to study Science – Pure or Applied, including (but not limited to) medicine, veterinary, agriculture, forestry, engineering, astronomy, botany, chemistry, zoology, mathematics, physics and seismology.
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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Robert and Jacqueline Mowbray Fund
Applications Open: 1 July 2022
2022 Value: tba
Funding assistance is provided to students of any age, who would not normally have an opportunity to get the most out of their education.
Recipients must live within the Rotorua District and surrounding rural areas, and be attending, or have attended schools in the Rotorua District.
Applicants must not have opportunities to access funding from other grants.*
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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Kaingaroa Roading Scholarship
Applications Open: 1 July 2022
2022 Value: tba
Residents of Kaingaroa, Minginui, Ruatahuna, Te Whaiti, Murupara and the immediate surrounding areas can apply for assistance from the this Fund.
The scholarship is for educational purposes for people who have completed their secondary school education or who are in their final year of secondary school. The scholarship can be used, for example, for study at a university, polytechnic or private training provider located in New Zealand, or for the study costs associated with an apprenticeship.
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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Margriet Theron (formerly known as Speech NZ)
Applications Open: 1 September 2022
2022 Value: tba
Up to four Scholarships are available to residents in the Rotorua and Taupo District communities for the Associate of Speech NZ examination fees.
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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Norman Steele Memorial Scholarship
Applications Open: 1 July 2022
2022 Value: tba
One scholarship is available to a student who can whakapapa to Te Arawa, and who is studying medicine full-time at one of the two registered Medical Schools in New Zealand. Applicants must have completed one year of full-time study at the Medical School at either Auckland University or Otago University. More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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FAMILY/WHANAU SUPPORT
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Ngatuku Farms Fund
Applications Open: 1 July 2022
2022 Value: tba
The Ngatuku Farms Fund provides assistance to individuals (children and adults) who have special needs or who are physically or intellectually disabled, or to an organisation which supports special needs or disabled clients. Applicants must live within the Rotorua District.*
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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The John Chadwick Rangatahi Fund
Applications Open: 1 July 2022
2022 Value: tba
Organisations or groups which support youth initiatives that assist young people from all cultures to reach their full potential in the Rotorua District can apply for assistance from this Fund.
Youth initiatives are to include (but are not limited to), sport, recreation and musical talent.*
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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Ross Bohm Fund
Applications Open: 1 July 2022
2022 Value: tba
Disabled sportspeople in the Rotorua and Taupo District communities benefit from the Ross Bohm Fund.
Applicants must currently reside in the Rotorua or Taupo District communities.*
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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Cockburn Fund
Applications Open: 1 July 2022
2022 Value: tba
Individuals with chronic long-term disability who live in the Taupo District community receive assistance from this Fund. Gifts are made for the provision of specialised disability equipment, including vehicle modifications and associated home modifications, and disability costs which are not covered by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). Members of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of New Zealand residing in the greater Lake Taupo area have priority access to the annual gift.*
* More information including specific criteria will be available closer to the opening date.
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