Awards
Thank you to all those women who have taken the time to find out about and apply for a NHWT:HK award this year. Our panel members are now undertaking the difficult task of considering and deciding from all the applications. We will complete this process in the coming weeks and inform all applicants of the outcome in mid-June. Awardees will be invited to receive their awards at a NHWT:HK ceremony in July and early August. Good luck.
Applications for 2020 awards will open for approx. six weeks on Sunday 1 March 2020.
Please contact us at enquiries@newhorizonsforwomen.org.nz with any queries you may have.
Second Chance Education Study Awards:
There are two types of Second-Chance Education Awards:
- Foundation/Diploma Studies Awards ($1,000 - $1,400)
- Degree Study Awards ($3,000 to $4,000).
Purpose
Second-Chance Education Awards are for women who are engaging in tertiary education for the first time, at a Foundation Studies (NZQA level 3-4) or Diploma level (NZQA level 6), or Degree level (NZQA level 7), who do not already have a tertiary qualification, and have not previously received a New Horizons for Women Trust: Hine Kahukura Award.
In all categories, the awards are a one off grant to help with study and/or living expenses.
Special announcements
* Toi Ohomai are sponsoring 9 new awards for Bay of Plenty and Waikato applicants
*Manu are sponsoring an award for a person studying Information Technology
* Thanks to Marlene Smith who is sponsoring a new award
This year there are Second-Chance Education awards targeted for women studying:
- Business related Foundation or Diploma course at an Auckland institute
- Information Technology related Foundation/Diploma course
- Foundation/Diploma and Degree courses in Waikato and Bay of Plenty
- Degree courses in the Bay of Plenty
- Degree courses in Manawatu
- Foundation/Diploma and Degree courses in Wellington
- Foundation/Diploma and Degree courses in Otago/Southland
- Foundation/Diploma courses in Canterbury
- Degree courses in Auckland
- A woman who is over 40 and studying for the first time
- Courses relating to industries where women are under represented.
When you apply we will decide which of targeted awards you may be eligible for. Just complete the Second-Chance Education application for your level of study. And remember, you may be eligible for one of the specific purpose awards as well. You can apply for more than one type of award, though only one award will be given to a successful applicant.
Contact Details: enquiries@newhorizonsforwomen.org.nz.
Research Awards:
Purpose:
Research Awards are for women who are conducting research that benefits women and/or girls in Aotearoa New Zealand. The awards are a one-off grant to help with research and/or living expenses.
Research awards offered in 2019:
- Wāhine Ora: a co-funded research award from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga , New Zealand's Māori Centre for Research Excellence and New Horizons for Women Trust: Hine Kahukura, valued at $10,000.
- Margaret L Bailey Science Award, for research expenses of a post-doctoral researcher in the physical and social sciences
- Ria McBride Research award
- Magaret Shields Research award
You may apply for more than one type of Research Award if you meet the eligibility criteria. Only one award will be given to any successful applicant
Contact Details: enquiries@newhorizonsforwomen.org.nz
Specific Purpose Awards:
Purpose:
Specific Purpose Awards are available for women to study or develop an initiative with a specific purpose.
Description:
The awards available change a little each year. Some are sponsored by organisations that have raised the funds over the year and others are funded from interest earned on past donations. In 2019:
- Association of Women In Science have again raised funds to offer the AWIS STEM Study Award - one to three awards of varying value
- Career Change Awards - one award for $3,000
- Jeanette Scott Award sponsored by Graduate Women Otago - One award of $3,000 for education and teaching
- Refugee Study Awards- One award for $3,000 sponsored by Graduate Women Manawatu Charitable Trust and another award of $3000 sponsored by the Second Chance Group
- Teupoko'ina Utanga Morgan Memorial Innovation award - one award up to $5000
- Outward Bound Classic Course co-sponsored by Outward Bound and NHWTHK - one award of $4,350 value
- Outward Bound Discovery Course co-sponsored by Outward Bound and NHWTHK - one award of $2,700 value
- Ria McBride Public Service Management Award - one award for $15,000
- Sonja Davies Peace Award - one award up to $4,000
Special announcements
Please note the Margaret L Bailey Science Award has in the past been listed as a Specific Purpose award and is now listed as a Research award. More information about this annual award for $5,000 can be found under the Research section.
Contact Details: enquiries@newhorizonsforwomen.org.nz.
Congratulations to the 42 Awardees receiving New Horizons for Women Trust: Hine Kahukura Awards in 2018
Second-chance Education Awards | |||
Name of award | Awardee | Course of study | From |
Second-chance Education (Foundation/ Diploma studies) Award funded by the Alexandra Kilpatrick bequest | Michelle Thew | Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services) | Temuka |
Second-chance Education (Foundation/ Diploma studies) Award sponsored by Canterbury Graduate Women Trust | Heather Milne | Diploma Digital Photography | Christchurch |
Second-chance Education (Foundation/ Diploma studies) Award sponsored by Chenery Memorial Trust | Amanda Foster | Cert in Study & Career Preparation | Wellington |
Alma McCrae Second-chance Education (Foundation/ Diploma studies) Award sponsored by Ellen McCrae and Graeme Matheson | Khalida Nasir Ali | Certificate in Foundation Studies | Palmerston North |
Second-chance Education (Foundation/ Diploma studies) Award sponsored by Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust | Mokoia Wainui | Diploma Beauty and Spa Therapies | Hamilton |
Second-chance Education (Foundation/ Diploma studies) Award sponsored by Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust | Lisa Puketui Gate | Diploma Architectural Technology | Hamilton |
Second-chance Education (Foundation/ Diploma studies) Award sponsored by Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust | Anneliese Megaw | Certificate in Health and Wellbeing | Waitara |
Ted Athy Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by Edward Kay Charitable Trust | Alofanga Vea | Bachelor of Health Science in Oral Health | Auckland |
Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by FW Trust | Sheryl Makiha | Bachelor of Applied Social Work | Kaikohe |
Graduate Women Manawatu Charitable Trust Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award | Tania Frank | Bachelor of Nursing | Pahiatua |
Mildred Kier Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by Graduate Women New Zealand (GWNZ) Charitable Trust | Bianca Meredith | Bachelor of Construction Economics | Auckland |
Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by Graduate Women North Shore Charitable Trust | Jennita Starr | Bachelor of Applied Social Work | Russell |
Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by Graduate Women Wellington Charitable Trust | Angela Haddon | Bachelor of Communication | Wellington |
Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by Graduate Women Wellington Charitable Trust | Shonell Nicholls | Bachelor of Nursing Māori | Lower Hutt |
Jack Ilott Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by the John Ilott Charitable Trust | Michelle Gerrard | Bachelor of Nursing Māori | Lower Hutt |
Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by an anonymous donor | Amy Nash | Bachelor of Arts in New Zealand Sign Language Interpreting | Auckland |
Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by the Olive Tree Charitable Trust | Vanessa Main | Bachelor of Nursing | Ashhurst |
Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by the Public Service Association | Tawhia Phelwasher | Bachelor of Midwifery | Hamilton |
Wellington Preloved Fashion Sale Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by the Second Chance Group | Elana Tevaga | Bachelor of Nursing Pacific | Wellington |
Wellington Preloved Fashion Sale Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by the Second Chance Group | Danica Hetherington | Bachelor of Nursing | Porirua |
Wellington Preloved Fashion Sale Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by the Second Chance Group | Rau Te Para | Bachelor of Arts in Education, minor in Maori Studies | Porirua |
Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust | Moana Kerr | Bachelor of Nursing | Rotorua |
Peg Hutchinson Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award funded by the Alexandra Kilpatrick bequest | Leanne Tait | Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology | Levin |
Rita King Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award sponsored by funded by the Alexandra Kilpatrick bequest | Inangaro Hicks | Bachelor of Counselling | Auckland |
Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award funded from the Dawn & Arthur Ibbotson Fund | Aimee Gillan | Bachelor of Midwifery | Gore |
Second-chance Education (Degree studies) Award funded from the Teupoko'ina Utanga Morgan Memorial Fund | Michaela Taranaki | Bachelor of Education in Teaching |
Auckland
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Specific Purpose Awards | |||
Name of award | Awardee | Course of study | From |
AWIS STEM Award sponsored by the Association of Women in the Sciences | Kajaun Rhind-Reedy, | Bachelor of Health Science in Medical Imaging | Auckland
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AWIS STEM Award sponsored by the Association of Women in the Sciences | Jessica Turner | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) major in Computer Science | Hamilton |
AWIS STEM Award sponsored by the Association of Women in the Sciences | Kimberley Maxwell | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Marine Biology | Lower Hutt |
Refugee Study Award sponsored by Graduate Women Manawatu Charitable Trust | Gulmira Talat | Bachelor of Architectural Study | Auckland |
Margaret L Bailey Science Award sponsored by Margaret L Bailey | Dr Eulalia Coutinho | Unravelling the role of androgen signalling in the pancreas in PCOS (Health Sciences) | Dunedin |
Wellington Preloved Fashion Sale Refugee Study Award sponsored by the Second Chance Group | Chika Bermudez | Bachelor of Nursing Pacific | Lower Hutt |
Ria McBride Public Service Management Award sponsored by the State Services Commission | Jesamine Tavita | Postgraduate Certificate in Public Policy | Wellington |
Peg Hutchinson Career Change Award funded from the NHWT: HK Endowment Fund | Tracy Keohane Holt | Bachelor of Construction majoring in Construction Economics | Auckland
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Sonja Davies Peace Award funded from the Sonja Davies Peace Fund | Tarsha Te Rure | Kohine Toa - "Periods of Peace - Waiwhero Whakaaio" | Otaki |
Outward Bound Classic Course Award sponsored by Outward Bound and the Alexander Kilpatrick Bequest | Jane Alexander | PhD in Civil Engineering | Christchurch |
Outward Bound Classic Course Award sponsored by Outward Bound and the Alexander Kilpatrick Bequest | Rochelle Kirby | Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Hons) | Auckland
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Research Awards | |||
Name of award | Awardee | Course of study | From |
Research Award sponsored by Graduate Women Wellington Charitable Trust | Tessa Pilkington | BSc with Honours. Investigating the Effects of Oocyte Secreted Factors on Proliferation Rate, and Gene Expression, of Human Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells | Wellington |
Research Award sponsored by Graduate Women Wellington Charitable Trust | Vanessa Cameron-Lewis | PhD researching 'What can sexuality education do? A feminist neomaterialist sexuality education for Aotearoa New Zealand' | Auckland
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Wāhine Ora Award sponsored by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and New Horizons for Women Trust: Hine Kahukura | Ashlea Gillon | PhD researching ‘Body Sovereignty and The Intersecting Isms’ | Auckland |
Janus- NGO Research Award | National Council of Women of New Zealand |
| Wellington |
SROW(Society for Research on Women) Research Award | Poulamee Guha | PhD researching, 'Diaspora of disaffection: Gender role reproduction among global Indian middle class female ‘trailing spouses‘. A critical transnational feminist reading. | Auckland
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