PAST SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Te Kete Whakairo
Tā Hemi Henare - PhD Scholarship

Kahurangi Tipene: Te Kōhanga Reo o Tahuri Mai
Doctor of Philosophy – Māori Studies
The University of Otago

Ngā Kete Pīngao
Masters Scholarship

Ngahuia Kawau: Te Kohinga Aroha Te Kōhanga Reo
Tāhūhū Whakaoranga
Te Wānanga o Raukawa

Te Maiora Rurehe: Minginui Te Kōhanga Reo
Master’s in environmental law
Pace University, New York

Atareta Savae: Te Kōhanga Reo o Poukawa ki Kahuranaki
Tāhūhū Whakaoranga & Tāhūhū Mātauranga Māori
Te Wānanga o Raukawa

Rodney Whanga: Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Kauri
He Waka Hiringa, Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

Ngā Kete Kiekie
Postgraduate Scholarship

Emma Te Rangi Haami-Jones: Te Kōhanga Reo o Tangata Rite
Te Aho Paerewa Postgraduate Diploma Teaching and Learning in Māori Medium
Massey University – Te Kūnenga ki Pūrehuroa

Miria Haora: Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngapeke
Poutahu Whakahaere and Heke Kawa Oranga
Te Wānanga o Raukawa

Jesse Huriwai: Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngā Kawai/Waikato Tairawhiti
Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching – Te Korowai Mokopuna
Massey University

Ngā Kete Kōnae – Ngā Ringa Raupā
Trades Training Scholarship

Shawnee Cook-Lawrence: Te Kōhanga Reo o Okaihau
Automotive Engineering Level 3
Wintec

Johnlees Ihaka: Te Matapihi Te Kōhanga Reo
Building Apprenticeship
Asset Homes

Mosiah Patuwai: Te Timatanga Kōhanga Reo
New Zealand Certificate in Automotive Engineering
Unitec Mt Albert

Te Kirimaia Wanoa: Kokiri Marae Te Kōhanga Reo
Carpentry Apprenticeship
Five Star Construction/BCITO

Ngā Kete Harakeke
Undergraduate Scholarship

Haereata Berryman: Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Kauri  Marae
Paetahi Ako Kura Kaupapa Māori
Te Wānanga Takiura o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa

Andee Bristow: Te Kōhanga Reo o Whirinaki
Te Tohu Matauranga Whakapakari Tino Rangatiratanga
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust

Wairere Cook-Lawrence: Te Kōhanga Reo o Okaihau
Bachelor of Law and Business
Auckland University of Technology

Veava-Mei Hammond: Te Kāhui Kōhanga Reo
Māori and Indigenous Studies, Kaupapa Māori Psychology
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato

Luteisha Hema: Te Kōhanga Reo o Mataatua ki Mangere
Te Tohu Matauranga Whakapakari Tino Rangatiratanga
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust

Maringi James: Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Koutu
Conjoint in Law and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Māori Studies and History
Auckland University

Kororia-Melody Koia: Ruru Te Tupuna Kōhanga Reo
Te Tohu Matauranga Whakapakari Tino Rangatiratanga
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust

Te Ao Leach: Te Kōhanga Reo o Rongopai
Conjoint Bachelor of Law and Commerce
Auckland University

Katarina Mahutoto: Te Wiri Kōhanga Reo
Bachelor of Arts – Māori Development and NZSL
Auckland University of Technology

Te Aorangi-Kowhai Morini: Te Kōhanga Reo o Kia Ngawari (Hoani Waititi Marae)
Bachelor of Social Science
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato

Anahera Moses: Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Teko
Te Tohu Matauranga Whakapakari Tino Rangatiratanga
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust

Huriana Nikora: Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Uru Karaka
Te Tohu Matauranga Whakapakari Tino Rangatiratanga
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust

Joel Patuwai: Te Timatanga Kōhanga Reo
Bachelor of Arts
Auckland University

Rangikapungatoto Sydney: Otawhiwhi Te Kōhanga Reo
Te Tohu Matauranga Whakapakari Tino Rangatiratanga
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust

Himiona Wilson: Manaaki ngā Tamariki Te Kōhanga Reo
Te Tohu Matauranga Whakapakari Tino Rangatiratanga
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust

Sean Woon: Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rākatō
Paetahi Ako Kura Kaupapa Māori
Te Wānanga Takiura o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa

Te Kete Whakairo Te Karahipi ā Tā Hemi Henare PhD) Scholarship

Te Kapua O’Connor (Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngaio) 
Doctor of Philosophy
Auckland University

Ngā Kete Pīngao Master Scholarships

Mere Faulkner-Tihi (Toroa Kōhanga Reo) 

Te Pare Heke Sweet (Te Kōhanga Reo o Pipiwharauroa)

Tapunga Nepe (Rongowhakaata Kōhanga Reo)

Tia Nepia Su’a (Te Kōhanga Reo o Muturangi)

Rapaera Tawhai (Te Kōhanga Reo o Tāwhaki) 

Ngā Kete KieKie Undergraduate Scholarships

Te Karu o Whakatihi Brown (Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awhi Mai)

Morgan-Brie Greening (Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Wānanga Whare Tapere o Takitimu)

William Haare (Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngongotaha)

Piki Jean Heke Sweet (Te Kōhanga Reo o Pipiwharauroa)

Valerie Houkamau (Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Teko) 

Atareta McCausland-Durie (Te Kōhanga Reo o Mana Tamariki) 

Christine Petera (Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Timatanga) 

Summer Rangi-Clark (Te Kōhanga Reo o Kai Iwi me Tutaramoana) 

Paige Scruton Nepe Apatu (Te Rongopai Te Kōhanga Reo o Takapau) 

Hinemoana Tautari (Te Kōhanga Reo o Whirinaki) 

Tuteari Te Rauna Lamont (Te Tihi o Titirangi Kōhanga Reo) 

Stevie Thocolich (Pipiwharauroa Te Kōhanga Reo o Hukanui Marae) 

Taumata Toki (Te Kōhanga Reo o Hineteiwaiwa) 

Sapphire Wairau (Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hohepa) 

Dorsey Wikotu (Te Kōhanga Reo o Tangata Rite) 

Mihiterina Williams (Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Pūtake Whakatupuranga) 

Ngakopakopa Wilson (Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Kauri) 

Hollie Wilson (Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Au o Waikato) 

Wirihana Wilson (Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Kauri) 

Whatarangi Winiata (Te Kākano o te Kura Kōhanga Reo) 

Victoria University Te Herenga Waka Taihonoa Scholarships recipients  

Tia Nepia Su’a, 

Paige Scruton Nepe Apatu,

Whatarangi Winiata

Tā Hemi Henare Te Kete Whakairo (PhD) Scholarship

Xena-Ann Tautari
Doctor of Māori Development & Advancement
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi

Masters Scholarship/Ngā Kete Pīngao 

James Barnes
Steven (Tipene) James
Irihapeti Nepe-MacDonald
Lynette Paenga

Undergraduate Scholarship/ Ngā Kete Kiekie

David Beach
Tiana Bishop
Miquelle Blake
Taina Cooper-Fenwick
Hineatatū rere ki Te Ao Mārama Dorset-Paewai
Jayda Edmonds-Lama
Rongomaraeroa Eruera
Jack Hamilton
Grace Hill
Briar Hoani
Maumahara Horsfall
Safari Hynes
Tereana Ihakara
Kellan Kemp
Nikau Reti-Beazley
Arapera Tapiata
Te Ua Konehunehu-o-te-Rangi Tumoana
Sophie Tuohy

Victoria University Taihonoa Scholarship recipients

Safari Hynes
Kellann Kemp
Arapera Tapiata
Sophie Tuohy

Tā Hemi Henare Te Kete Whakairo (PhD) Scholarship

Hona Black
Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics 
Massey University

Masters Scholarship/Ngā Kete Pīngao 

Tanira Cooper
Nga wai hono i te po Paki
Te Ataakura Pewhairangi
Raukura Edwards
Apirana McDonald Pewhairangi

Undergraduate Scholarship/ Ngā Kete Kiekie

Carlos Carter
Te Atamira Dakin
Tiara Hammond
Manaia Harvey
Damien Henare
Turuhira ohi Hotene
Leonie Keepa
Teeikura Marsters-Herewini
Te Maiora Rurehe
Huria Stewart-Wilson
Te Aomihia Tumai-Kaipara
Te Rua Wallace
Te Ngaru Wehi
Rāhiri Wharerau
Mei Manaia Matiaha Warakihi Stevens
John Rask
Monique Te Moana
Dixie Yates-Francis
Taylor Tuffery
Tyla Hill-Moana

Victoria University Taihonoa Scholarship recipients 

Damien Henare
Tyla Hill-Moana
Teeikura Marsters-Herewini
Taylor Tuffery 

Tā Hemi Henare Te Kete Whakairo (PhD) Scholarship

Rawiri Waititi
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

He Tohu Aroha (PhD)

Moerangi Black

Masters Scholarship/Ngā Kete Pīngao 

Moko Cooper
Te Uatorikiriki Solomon
Tiria Waitai
Arna Whaanga

Undergraduate Scholarship/ Ngā Kete Kiekie

Barlow Anderson
Raukura Doyle
Tira Edmonds-Puketapu
Steven (Tipene) James
Kataraina Jones-Turipa
Jodi Kohu
Kaya Leef
Olinka Matete
Amiria Reweti
Roimata Sam
Ihaka Smith
Quade Tapsell
Waiora Te Kani
Parekura Te Kani-Rangiuaia
Stacy-Ria Te Kurapa-King
Cassidy Thomson
Hinematawaia Vercoe
Ahirana Waata-Amai
Pani White
Matawai Winiata

Victoria University Taihonoa Scholarship recipients 

Raukura Doyle
Tira Edmonds-Puketapu
Kataraina Jones-Turipa
Amiria Reweti
Ahirana Waata-Amai