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This scholarship is to enable New Zealanders to study international relationships or social and economic conditions at a university overseas. Candidates will be planning to study at Masters or PhD level. The funds for this scholarship are provided by the income from a bequest made in 1951 by Isabel
Published: 15 Dec 2025 Type: Postgraduate Value: $12,000 per year
This scholarship is to assist outstanding New Zealand musical performers or conductors to continue their musical development either in New Zealand or overseas. This scholarship was established by Mr Sven Stenbäck in memory of his wife Maida Stenbäck née Saunders, a New Zealander
Published: 15 Dec 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: New Zealand Value: $50,000-$60,000.
The purpose of the scholarship is to provide funds for individuals to undertake research towards a Masters or Doctoral degree at a New Zealand university or research institution, studying muscular function, including - but not limited to - the causes and treatment of muscular dysfunction.
Published: 07 Jul 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: New Zealand Value: $15,000
Dick and Mary Earle have established this scholarship for the support and encouragement of postgraduate research into aspects of technology in New Zealand universities. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide funds for individuals to undertake research towards a masterate or doctorate degree
Published: 30 Jun 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: New Zealand Value: $17,000 to $25,000
Dick and Mary Earle have established this scholarship for the support and encouragement of postgraduate research into aspects of technology in New Zealand universities. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide funds for individuals to undertake research towards a masterate or doctorate degree
Published: 03 Jun 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: New Zealand Value: $25,000
The Woolf Fisher Scholarships were established in 2003 by the Woolf Fisher Trust and are administered by Universities New Zealand – Te P?kai Tara. Scholarships are worth approximately $70,000 a year for up to four years and are awarded annually to outstanding New Zealand graduate students for
Published: 09 Jan 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: New Zealand Value: $70,000
The Woolf Fisher Scholarships were established in 2003 by the Woolf Fisher Trust and are administered by Universities New Zealand – Te Pokai Tara. Scholarships are worth approximately $70,000 a year for up to four years and are awarded annually to outstanding New Zealand graduate students for
Published: 09 Jan 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: New Zealand Value: $70,000
Universities New Zealand—Te Pokai Tara is the sector voice for all eight universities, representing their collective views nationally and internationally, championing the quality education they deliver, and the important contribution they make to New Zealand, economically, socially and culturally.
Universities New Zealand is the peak body for New Zealand's eight universities.
We ensure universities deliver high-quality education through robust quality assurance systems; we co-ordinate international education policy; provide sector coordination, inform and influence decision-making, and administer scholarships.
We are a statutory body. Under the Education and Training Act 2020, we have statutory authority for the quality assurance of academic programmes delivered in New Zealand’s universities, and administering scholarships.
The eight university Vice-Chancellors meet on a formal basis six times a year. The current Chair for 2023-24 is Professor Cheryl de la Rey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canterbury. The position of Chair rotates every year. The 2025 Chair will be Professor Grant Edwards, Vice-Chancellor of Lincoln University.
Universities New Zealand is supported by a small team led by the Chief Executive, Chris Whelan, who is responsible to the Chair and Vice-Chancellors. A team of Portfolio Managers drive work programmes focusing on key sector issues. The work programme is informed by a network of specialist committees and advisory groups, made up of representatives from each university.
We are funded by New Zealand’s eight universities.
Universities New Zealand was established under the Education Act 1961 as the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee. Since 2010 we have operated as Universities New Zealand.
Our M?ori name, Te P?kai Tara, represents a flock of Caspian Terns, the largest species of tern and an inhabitant of New Zealand’s shores, moving together on a journey upwards. It evokes a connection with the source of knowledge and it carries with it a sense of the awakening that university education can provide.
