AUT Postgraduate Scholarships — Māori Advancement

Fees contribution for Māori students entering a Postgraduate Diploma, one-year Honours programme or coursework master's at AUT.

Closes

Two rounds a year: closing 15 June and 15 November

Who can apply

Full-time students recorded as Māori or Pacific first ethnicity, who achieved a minimum GPA of 6.5 (B+/A-) across 120 points in the final year of their qualifying degree, entering a Postgraduate Diploma, one-year AUT Honours programme or coursework master's. Covers a fees contribution for 120 points, including coursework and a research project or dissertation of up to 60 points.

Whakapapa

Recorded as Māori (or Pacific) first ethnicity in AUT's student management system (ARION)

Residency

AUT students or alumni, or alumni of another NZ university, enrolling in a Postgraduate Diploma, one-year AUT Honours programme, or coursework master's (Level 8+)

Study level

Postgraduate, Honours, Masters

Amount

Fees contribution for 120 points; exact amount not published on the funder's page

Funding route

Scholarship

Applicants

Individuals & whānau, Tauira & researchers

Before you apply

AUT's scholarship database uses session-bound detail-page links that don't resolve outside a live browser session — search the database by this scholarship's name to find its current entry, the way the existing Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei x AUT record already does.

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Checked 17 September 2026

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