Tū Kahika

Up to $10,000 towards Residential College costs plus tutorials and pastoral support for Māori students in a Foundation Year health-sciences pathway.

Closes

Runs annually alongside Foundation Year enrolment — check current-year dates

Who can apply

Māori students entering the two-semester (February–October) Health Sciences Foundation Year programme, preparing academically for tertiary study and a future career in Māori health. Includes Foundation Year tuition fees, targeted tutorials, a Kaiārahi support person, and career development.

Whakapapa

Māori descent is required

Residency

Guaranteed accommodation at Studholme College or Arana College

Study level

Bridging, Undergraduate

Subjects

Health sciences

Amount

Up to $10,000 towards Residential College costs, plus Foundation Year tuition fees

Funding route

Scholarship

Applicants

Individuals & whānau, Tauira & researchers

Before you apply

One third-party scholarship-listing site claimed Tū Kahika would not run in 2025, but the Māori Health Workforce Development Unit's own current page describes it in the present tense with no pause notice — taking the funder's own page as authoritative, per this directory's standing rule, but flagging the discrepancy for a reader to confirm intake is open before relying on it.

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Checked 17 September 2026

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