2025 Tī Maru Māori Trust Prestigious Scholarship

Available to Māori graduates with a record of academic excellence.

The Tī Maru Trust was set up in 1967 through a deed made between Olive Burns of Timaru and the Perpetual Trustees Estate and Agency Company of New Zealand. Burns showed a deep desire to establish a charitable trust with the purposes to advance the education of Māori in New Zealand. The Tī Maru Māori Trust Scholarships are divided between three scholarships categories: Secondary, Undergraduate and Postgraduate.

The aim of the Tī Maru Māori Trust Prestigious scholarship is to support Māori tauira who have a strong record of academic excellence while progressing through postgraduate study.

 

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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.

Colleen Pavlovich, Tī Maru Māori Trust Prestigious Scholarship recipient in 2023.

“…The scholarship support I have received towards my studies has played a crucial role in helping me reach my academic aspirations and maintain a healthy work-life balance. I am incredibly grateful for being selected as a recipient of the Tī Maru Postgraduate Scholarship by the Māori Education Trust and Massey University. Words cannot adequately express my appreciation. Thank you so much…”