CPA Australia Māori Scholarship

Covers the full CPA Program subject fees and first-year Associate membership for tauira Māori becoming a qualified accountant.

Closes

Open year-round until the annual allocation is awarded

Who can apply

People of Māori descent who have completed at least two years of a degree, or who are working professionals who have completed a degree.

Whakapapa

Māori descent. No iwi registration requirement is published.

Study level

Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional

Subjects

Accounting, Business, Commerce, Finance

Amount

Valued at NZD $9,385. Covers CPA Program subject fees for up to six subjects, plus one year of Associate (ASA) membership

Funding route

Scholarship

Applicants

Individuals & whānau, Tauira & researchers

Before you apply

Up to two are awarded a year and applications close once that allocation is exhausted, so there is no deadline to work back from — applying early in the year matters more than it would with a fixed date.

CPA Australia do not publish the application form, the supporting documents or the conditions on their website. To get them you email NZ@cpaaustralia.com.au with "Māori Scholarship" in the subject line and their team contacts you. Do that first rather than assuming you know what is required.

Several New Zealand university scholarship databases carry a fuller set of criteria for this scholarship, including a fixed August closing date and a different study requirement. Those pages disagree with CPA Australia’s own and appear to be out of date. Take the detail from CPA directly.

Submitted by CPA Australia in August 2026 and checked against their own scholarships page on 24 August. The link goes to the Māori scholarship section of that page.

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Checked 16 September 2026

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