Some of our donors have established scholarships for students moving from secondary school to tertiary education.
At Hawke’s Bay Foundation we have 6 scholarships available, each with specific criteria and application requirements.
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Scholarships awarded to two students each year from Napier Girls’ High School and Napier Boys’ High School will receive a total of $9,000, given out over the course of three years.
Named after its founders, Napier philanthropists, Diana and Colin Crombie, the fund is the former Penzance Charitable Trust, which has provided local secondary school students with scholarships for the past 15 years.
The Diana and Colin Crombie Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to students from Napier Boys’ High School and Napier Girls’ High School who are going on to any kind of tertiary education.
The two successful applicants will receive a total of $9,000 each, given out over the course of three years.
The Barry Family and BEL Group are offering up to $5,000 as a Tertiary Study Grant.
This grant is available to any BEL Group employees or their family members who are planning to pursue studies in 2025.
This grant is flexible and can be used for various study-related purposes such as tuition fees, course-related expenses, travel, living costs or accommodation while studying away from home. The best part? It’s a grant, meaning there’s no need to repay the funds.
This scholarship is open to Year 13 students from 3 select schools going on to tertiary education. It is worth $2,500 annually for 3 years, making it one of the largest private scholarships in Hawke’s Bay.
Robert France, of Napier, passed away unmarried and with no children in 1887. He left his Coote Road property to his sister, but the remainder of his estate was put into a Trust to benefit local children, particularly with their education.
For 135 years, the various Trustees of the France Trust have been faithful to Mr France’s wishes and worked hard to support our rangatahi. This scholarship has been set up to support one student from 3 Hawke’s Bay high schools which change each year. The 2025 scholarship will support one student each from Napier Girls’ High School, Te Aute College and Havelock North High School.
The AM Bevin Scholarship supports a student going to tertiary studies at Lincoln University. The scholarship is worth $3,000 annually for three years.
Hawke’s Bay Careers Expo Fund distributes annually each year via a scholarship. One application is put forward from each school.
This scholarship fund was created from the funds remaining when the Hawke’s Bay Careers Expo Charitable Trust was dissolved in 2022. The trust had organised and run Careers Expos for the students and wider public of Hawke’s Bay for over 30 years.
The trust had in that time distributed their profits through the provision of over 50 scholarships to the financially disadvantaged school leavers of Hawke’s Bay.
Hawke’s Bay CATE Fund distributes annually each year via a scholarship. One application is put forward from each school.
HB CATE Scholarship supports students who leave Hawke’s Bay to undertake tertiary education. It is designed for the ‘brave, good young person with big dreams and the work ethic to make it happen.’
This scholarship was created from the profits of a conference organised and hosted by HB CATE in 2019 and supplemented by additional funds donated by the Hawke’s Bay HB CATE branch.
