| Closing date: | 10/09/2010
10/09/2011
| | Value of Award: | Tuition & compulsory fees.
Mentoring plus $2,500 or
| | No. of awards: | Up to 44
| | Tenure:Three years full-time study. |
The Awards were established in 2001 and are funded by The University of Auckland. The University of Auckland Chancellor's Awards for Top Maori and Pacific Scholars recognise and reward the academic achievement, cultural participation, all-round ability, and leadership potential of Maori and Pacific students from New Zealand secondary schools. These Awards allow the University to engage with its communities by rewarding many of our best Mâori and Pacific school-leavers, and assisting their successful participation at The University of Auckland.
Selection process:
- The Awards will be offered to top Maori and Pacific scholars who are New Zealand citizens or permanent residents of over two years standing, currently in Year 13 at a New Zealand secondary school and intending to enrol in a full-time degree programme at The University of Auckland in the following year. Applicants must have attended the recipient school for a minimum of one school year prior to the Award being offered.
General Information:
How do students apply?
Applications by way of a form close with the Scholarships Office on 10 September in the year preceding the award. If the closing date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, applications will be accepted up to 5pm on the next working day.
Application form (Excel version)
Regulations and application form (PDF version)
Decision makers
The Awards will be made by the University of Auckland Council on the recommendation of a Selection Committee comprising the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Equal Opportunity) (or nominee), the Mâori Equity Advisor, the Pacific Equity Advisor and two nominees of the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Equal Opportunity).
How and when do students learn of the decision?
Applicants will be notified of the decision by 31 October following application.
What conditions are attached to acceptance of this award?
As a condition of tenure recipients will be required to undertake a full-time degree programme at The University of Auckland and maintain a grade point average of 4.000 in each year of study. A University of Auckland Chancellors Award for Top Maori and Pacific Scholars may not be held concurrently with a University of Auckland Scholarship, a University of Auckland Jubilee Award or a University of Auckland Alumni Scholarship. However, it may be held with any other study award or grant where the regulations for that award or grant permit and where The University of Auckland Council is informed and so approves.
Additional Information- The Awards will be the value of tuition and compulsory fees. In addition, a limited number of students will be offered free accommodation in a University Hall of Residence for the first year of their studies. For those not receiving Chancellor's Award Accommodation, $2,500 will be available as a contribution towards travel costs and course costs for the first year of the degree.
- Students not attending University directly after completing Year 13 (eg. travelling overseas for a GAP year) are required to apply for this Scholarship whilst currently in Year 13.
- For the purposes of this Scholarship the recipient's grade point average (GPA) is based on all the courses they undertake in each year of study. A GPA of 4.000 is equivalent to a B-.
Who else has information about this award?
School Careers advisors.
For guidelines, application forms and more information about this award contact:
The Scholarship Office
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland
New Zealand
Phone: 0800 616263
Email: scholarships@auckland.ac.nz
Application form (Excel version)
Regulations and application form (PDF version) | 
