Macarthy Trust Scholarship in Māori Studies

A postgraduate scholarship for outstanding Māori Studies graduates continuing into postgraduate study at Te Herenga Waka.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara / WellingtonMātaurangaRangahau

Closes: Online application and all supporting documents due by 4.30pm on the closing date; exact date not published
Who can apply: Students of outstanding ability who majored in Māori Studies at undergraduate level, continuing on to postgraduate study. Established 1978 by the Board of Governors of the Macarthy Trust.
Whakapapa: No Māori descent requirement published — open to students who majored in Māori Studies
Residency: Completed an undergraduate degree majoring in Māori Studies, continuing to postgraduate study at Te Herenga Waka
Study level: Postgraduate
Subjects: Māori Studies
Amount: Amount not published on the funder's page
Funding route: Scholarship
Applicants: Tauira & researchers

Before you apply

As of 17 September 2026 this scholarship does not appear in Te Herenga Waka's public "Find a scholarship" database (239 current listings, searched directly, zero results for "Macarthy") — unlike other scholarship detail pages on the same /scholarships/current/ URL pattern (confirmed working with no login, e.g. the Alison Morton Scholarship), this one redirects straight to the university SSO login. The funding source is almost certainly the Thomas George Macarthy (TG Macarthy) Trust — founded 1912, governed by the Thomas George Macarthy Trust Act 1936, administered by Public Trust (publictrust.co.nz/grants/t-g-macarthy-trust/), whose Board of Governors (Governor-General, PM, Mayor of Wellington, Catholic Archbishop of Wellington) matches VUW's own description of the scholarship's founding body. The Trust is clearly still active — it reports granting $3 million to greater Wellington communities recently — so this specific scholarship listing being unpublished looks administrative rather than a sign the funding has ended. Worth confirming current status either with VUW's Scholarships Office (scholarships-office@vuw.ac.nz, 0800 04 04 04) or Public Trust directly (TGM-trust@publictrust.co.nz, 0800 371 471), since VUW's university-specific education/investment grants from this Trust may go through a different, less publicised process than its general contestable community grants.

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Checked 10 September 2026

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