Ngāti Rangitihi Tertiary Education Grant

Grant recognising a completed academic year, with the amount matched for tauira at Te Herenga Waka.

Closes

Opens annually. The 2026 round ran 1 April to 30 April

Who can apply

Registered Ngāti Rangitihi individuals living in New Zealand, enrolled in an NZQA-approved course at a university, wānanga, polytechnic, technical institute, community college, apprenticeship or industry training programme. Full time and part time equivalent both qualify.

Whakapapa

Registered with Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Trust. Ngāti Rangitihi is a Te Arawa iwi, based at Matatā.

Study level

Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Vocational

Amount

Set by the Charitable Trust, with additional funding from the Māori Education Trust. Doubled for tauira at Te Herenga Waka through the Taihonoa match

Funding route

Scholarship

Applicants

Individuals & whānau, Tauira & researchers

Before you apply

This one is retrospective, which changes how you plan for it. It recognises achievement and perseverance after you have successfully completed an academic year, so it is not money to start study with — it is money for having finished a year.

The part worth acting on: Ngāti Rangitihi are Taihonoa Partners with Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, which matches whatever the Charitable Trust grants. If you are enrolled there, submit your results on completion of a successful year and the grant doubles. If you are not, you still apply for the ordinary grant.

Applications go through the Māori Education Trust portal, not the iwi site, so create a MET account before the round opens. You need bank account verification and confirmation of enrolment. MET notifies applicants in writing. Apprenticeships and industry training count, which many iwi education grants leave out. Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Trust, 35 Heale St, Matatā. 0800 AKATEA.

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Checked 16 September 2026

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