Kahotea Outstanding Achievement Scholarship

Applicants are automatically considered for a Kahotea Scholarship upon application for a Wellington Tangiwai, Totoweka and/or Raukaraka Scholarship.

Applicants will be considered based on their academic achievement as well as the areas of culture, community involvement, leadership, or equity, depending on the scholarship they applied for.

Recipients must meet all the criteria and regulations of either the Wellington Tangiwai, the Wellington Totoweka or the Wellington Raukaraka Scholarship.

• Applicants must be an international student who has completed at least two full years (i.e., their Year 12 and Year 13) at a New Zealand Secondary School at the time of application.
• Applicants must meet all the criteria and regulations of either the Tangiwai Excellence Scholarship, the Totoweka Equity Scholarship, the Raukaraka Leadership Scholarship, the Pakohe Sustainability Scholarship, the M?t?toa Sports Scholarship, the Kahurangi M?ori Student Scholarship or the Mana Pasifika Scholarship to be eligible.
• Applicants must be intending to enrol full time in the year following application in their first undergraduate degree at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington.
• Applicants must be in Year 13 or have completed Year 13 in the year prior and be taking a gap year at the time of application.

The scholarship package includes full accommodation costs for the first year in a Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington hall of residence, plus NZ $5,000 towards tuition fees in the first and second years of study, and a NZ $5,000 stipend in the third year. For students who are not in a hall, a NZ $15,000 fees contribution can be taken across the first and second years, and a NZ $5,000 stipend in the third year.

Tenure: Three years