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Scholarships & Grants
Tauranga Moana Maori Trust Board
Tertiary Education Grants 2009
GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTS
1. ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must be registered as a Beneficiaries of the Tauranga Moana Maori Trust Board (TMMTB) and are defined as:
- The beneficiaries of the Board shall be the descendants of the members of those tribes who took up arms against the Crown at the Battles of Gate Pa and Te Ranga or which were dispossessed of any lands as a direct result of those battles”.
- Be currently studying or intending to study at Tertiary level – which is defined as study at any approved tertiary training institution or establishment within New Zealand.
- You must be studying full time.
- NOTE: Any beneficiary who received a grant in 2008 cannot reapply.
2. APPLICATION FORMS
May be obtained:
- by telephoning: (07) 571-8686 ext 0
- by email request to delilah@tgamoana.co.nz
- by writing to: The Tauranga Moana Maori Trust Board, P.O. Box 98, Tauranga
- by visiting our office at No.3 The Strand, Tauranga
3. APPLICATION PROCESS
- Applications close 4pm Friday 27th November 2009
- All applications will be acknowledged.
- The decision of the Selection Committee will be advised within 3 weeks of the closing date. The names of successful applicants will also be advertised in the BOP Times.
4. CRITICAL INFORMATION TO BE COMPLETED
- The Application must be completed in all areas (see the checklist)
- Accompanying information is to be attached to the Application.
- Applications are to signed by Kaumatua (confirming whakapapa) and the Applicant's Hapu (sub-tribe) representative on the Board. (this may be the same person).
- If you are a successful applicant you will be required to provide proof of enrolment and a statement of fees payable.
He Tohu Matauranga hei Whakamaumaharatanga ki a Turirangi Te Kani
- PURPOSE:
- To assist Maori students who wish to study full-time at tertiary level.
- SUBJECT:
- General, but preferably land-based.
- NUMBER AWARDED:
- Maximum of six.
- DURATION:
- Yearly grant. Applicants may re-apply.
- VALUE:
- $750.00 - $2,000.00 per annum.
- PLACE OF STUDY
- Any approved tertiary institution.
- WHO CAN APPLY:
- Applicants must be of Te Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Ranginui, Ngati Pukenga ki Tauranga descent.
- CLOSING DATE:
- 01 April 2009
- 2009 APPLICATION FORM IS YET TO BE VERIFIED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE JANUARY 2009
Please contact:
- TAURANGA MOANA MAORI TRUST BOARD
- P O BOX 98
- TAURANGA
- Telephone: 07 571 8686 ext 0 Fax: 07 571 8745
- Email: delilah@tgamoana.co.nz
- PLEASE ENSURE YOUR APPLICATION IS FULLY COMPLETED
- Incomplete applications will not be considered or returned