Scholarships
There's a common misconception that scholarships are only for ‘straight A’ students but this is absolutely not true. Read through the list below and you'll see they're for all kinds of students, from all walks of life.
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| Value | Opening Date | Closing Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toi Ohomai Secondary School Leavers Scholarship | $1,000 | 30 Oct, 2025 | |
| Toi Ohomai EzyMigrate Graduate Diploma in New Zealand Immigration Advice Scholarship | $5,000 | 12 Jan, 2026 | |
| Toi Ohomai Study Award | $1,000 | 01 Mar, 2026 |
| Value | Opening Date | Closing Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whakapumau Pae Tawhiti - Retention Scholarships (for Māori, Pacific and Learners with a Disability) | $3,000 (full-time) or $1,500 (part-time) | 01 Feb, 2026 | |
| Toi Ohomai Environmental Management (Terrestrial) Scholarship | $1,500 | 01 Feb, 2026 | |
| Toi Ohomai Howie Hinton Memorial Scholarship | $1,500 | 23 Feb, 2026 | |
| Toi Ohomai Tahua Tautāwhi Share 2 Care Single Parent Scholarship | $2,000 | 01 Mar, 2026 |
Other Scholarships and Funding Opportunities
| Value | Closing | |
|---|---|---|
| Te Ara Poutama – Maori and Pasifika Trade Training (MPTT) | Tuition fees (see course pages) | n/a |
| Youth Guarantee | Please enquire | n/a |
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Previous Scholarship Winners
Te Miringa Arlidge has a whānau full of health professionals, so it’s no surprise she knew she wanted to help people. She has aspirations of providing health services for Māori, by Māori and is determined enough to get there. She is one of six recipients of this year’s Toi Ohomai Whakapumau Pae Tawhiti Scholarship and is in her final year of her Bachelor of Nursing.
Te Miringa had moved to Rotorua to be with whanāu after the birth of her daughter, and it was whānau who encouraged her to pursue an education in health.
“I have a lot of whānau with a medical background,” she says.
“It was my aunty who encouraged me to look into nursing and suggested that it was a good degree to do.”
Te Miringa initially studied a Diploma in Health…
Mahanawai Daniela is on track to become the first medical professional in her family but is already inspiring others to follow in her footsteps. The 21-year-old is in her second year of the Bachelor of Nursing at Toi Ohomai and is one of the recipients of the inaugural Whakapumau Pae Tawhiti - Retention Scholarships.
Mahanawai is of Cook Island and Māori descent and hopes to inspire others to get into nursing, so they can help those in their communities.
“My mum is in social work, but we don’t have any doctors or nurses in our family. My cousins see me working towards my degree and they now want to be nurses.”
Mahanawai, a former Rotorua Girls’ High School student, was working at Rotorua Hospital as a receptionist in the Children’s Ward when she was…
Ko Te Arawa te Waka
Ko Kaituna te Awa
Ko Rangiuru te Maunga
Ko Tapuika te Iwi
Ko Ngāti Moko te hapu
Ko Mokotangataokotahi te marae
Te Au Waaka wants to be able to take care of her whānau and those in her community.
The Toi Ohomai student is in the second year of her Nursing degree and was one of the recipients of the inaugural Whakapumau Pae Tawhiti - Retention Scholarships.
Te Au knew she wanted to study close to home and despite her first option of midwifery not being available, she chose to pursue a career in nursing and hasn’t looked back.
“The more I thought about it, the more I realised that nursing was the right choice for me.”
The former Rotorua Girls’ High…