Education, Cultural and Sporting Grant

Grant for Ngāti Rongomai whānau members in education, cultural practice or representative-level sport.

Closes

Considered three times a year, at the NRIT meetings in March, June and September — applications must be received by 5pm on the last day of the preceding month.

Who can apply

“An Educational Grant has a goal of supporting a whānau member in any activity that enhances the mātauranga and academic prosperity of the individual” — secondary school, wānanga/tertiary study (full- or part-time) or vocational training/apprenticeship. “A Cultural Grant is intended to support study or activity... Te Reo Māori, Kapa Haka, Karanga/Karakia/Whaikōrero, Raranga or Whakairo, Pūrongo, Mau rākau, Rongoā.” “A Sporting Grant has the intention of supporting a whānau member with any physical or sporting activity at a representative level” — “not an official or supporter.” Applicants must be “resident in Aotearoa New Zealand.”

Whakapapa

Able to validate a connection to a Ngāti Rongomai marae and be a registered Ngāti Rongomai Iwi member.

Study level

Secondary, Vocational, Undergraduate, Postgraduate

Amount

“The amount of the grant shall be a 'contribution' toward the cost and not represent the total cost to the individual.” The maximum available in any financial year is set by the Trust Board according to available funding. Only one grant per individual per financial year, and no more once that year's funding is exhausted.

Funding route

Grant

Applicants

Individuals & whānau, Tauira & researchers

Before you apply

Requires a full cost breakdown, disclosure of any other funding applied for on the same kaupapa, identification and a bank deposit slip. "Funding will not be provided for projects or study that are retrospective." An accountability report is due six weeks after project completion, and recipients must present at the NRIT AGM. Preference given to applicants with demonstrated iwi/marae involvement, a record of achievement or leadership, and a case for long-term benefit to Ngāti Rongomai. Grant Policy: rongomai.iwi.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grant-Policy-Ngati-Rongomai-Iwi-Trust-.pdf.

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Checked 17 September 2026

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