Tū Ātea Scholarship for Māori Engineering Students

This scholarship is to assist third- or fourth-year Māori students undertaking a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, specialising in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cybersecurity Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering or Software Engineering. The scholarship offers financial assistance at a value of $5,000, telecommunications industry connections, and membership into the Future Māori Leaders programme to Māori undergraduate students at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Tū Ātea Limited established the scholarship in 2025 to encourage promising electrical engineers with a sense of purpose into a career, while growing the number of Māori students into the professional tiers and into industry leadership positions. A goal through the establishment of this scholarship is to provide Māori students with career advice, job opportunity connections, and network/relationship capital, to build some equity into the bridge between university and early career. Selection is based on academic achievement, character and leadership potential, the aspiration to make a difference to the world, and interview performance. Recipients will receive networking and conference opportunities within the telecommunications industry, and membership in the Tū Ātea Future Māori Leaders Programme. The scholarship is paid in two equal instalments during Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 in the year of award. Tū Ātea aims to actively support Māori to lead the country's economic future through participation in high-value telecommunications and adjacent technology jobs. This will directly impact the telecommunications and technology skills shortages, build future leaders, and ultimately contribute to New Zealand's economy.