Otumoetai Trust Undergraduate Scholarship

The Otumoetai Trust Undergraduate Scholarship was established in 1998 to assist Bay of Plenty students from three targeted secondary schools into tertiary study, with strong emphasis on supporting disadvantaged students. The Otumoetai Licensing (Charitable) Trust placed strong emphasis on education when providing grants. With the wind down of the Trust, the trustees decided to support undergraduate students and funded the scholarship stating that financial hardship, as well as social and physical adversity, should not result in exclusion from tertiary education. Only one scholarship is offered each year, providing financial support up to $9,000 over three years for students transitioning from secondary school to full-time undergraduate degree programmes at the University of Waikato.