FOR MAORIS ONLY

Te Ao Hou, Spring 1952, Page 60

FOR MAORIS ONLY 1 Maori Post-Primary Scholarships These scholarships have a value of £75 boarding allowance for boys, and £70 for girls. They are tenable for four years. Closing date for applications is July 27. Each year 90–100 are awarded, so that the number current is about 300–330. Maori boys and girls in attendance at any registered primary school are qualified for the scholarships if— (a) they are predominantly of Maori descent, i.e., pure Maori or of race intermediate. (b) they obtained a Primary School Certificate, or equivalent, or higher qualification; (c) there is no secondary school, district high school or technical school, which (without living away from home) they can reasonably be expected to attend, as holders of free places, under regulations covering free places in secondary schools. These scholarships are tenable at the following Maori Post-Primary schools: Boys– Te Aute College St. Stephen's College Wesley College Hato Paora College Parorangi, Feilding St. Peter's College, Northcote Northcote College Wellington College Gisborne High School Dannevirke High School Whakatane High School Girls– Hukarere Maori Girls' High School, Napier St. Joseph's Maori Girls' High School, Greenmeadows Turakina Maori Girls' College, Marton Queen Victoria Maori Girls' College, Auckland Te Waipounamu Maori Girls' School, Christchurch Wanganui Technical 2 Ngarimu Scholarships The value is £40 boarding allowance, and £60 cash. The scholarship is tenable for four years. The closing date of applications is announced in the Education Gazette. Any Maori is eligible, regardless of the amount of Maori blood. The Ngarimu Scholarship Fund Board awards two scholarships each year–one to a boy and one to a girl. Usually the top boy and girl in the Maori Scholarship Examination is selected. The winners can attend any secondary school provided the Board consents. 3 University Scholarships This scholarship consists of £40 boarding allowance, £30 cash, full fees, and free passage to and from University once a year. Applications close on March 31. To qualify, students must have a good pass in University Entrance, and a recommendation, by their principal or by an inspector, as being suitable in all respects for undertaking a University course. Up to six of these scholarships are awarded annually.