2025 Roy Watling Mitchell Prestigious Professions Scholarship

Available to a Māori graduate with a record of academic excellence.

The 2025 Roy Watling Mitchell Prestigious Professions Scholarship aims to support a Māori graduate who can demonstrate a record of academic excellence. This prestigious scholarship was established in 1991, and was the bequest of Roy Watling Mitchell of Wellington. His estate is managed by Perpetual Guardian.

 

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EligibilityApplicants must:

  1. be of New Zealand Māori descent;
  2. be enrolled at a tertiary institute in 2025;
  3. be attending full-time study for the full year;
  4. submit the application and supporting documentation on time.

Supporting Information You need to provide:

  1. Whakapapa verification. This can be a letter from your iwi confirming your registration.
  2. 2025 Enrolment confirmation. This will need to prove that you're undertaking full-time study for the full year.
  3. NSN and student ID number.
  4. Bank verification of your bank account number. This can be a bank statement or a screenshot of your banking app.
  5. Academic transcript. This does not need to be certified.
  6. Written academic reference. This will need to be current.
  7. Curriculum Vitae.

Sophia Wairoa-Harrison, Roy Watling Mitchell Prestigious Professions Scholarship recipient in 2023.

“…He mihi nunui ki te Māori Education Trust nāna nei ahau i hoatu mai te Roy Watling Mitchell Prestigious Professions Scholarship hei tautoko ahau i roto i taku haerenga ako.  E ai ki te whakatauki, “tangata ako ana i te kāinga, te tūranga ki te marae, tau ana”.  ‘A person who is nurtured in the home will contribute well to the community’…”