Six Ngāi Tahu students are among the successful recipients of the 2014 Canterbury District Health Board Māori & Pacific Scholarships.
Administered by He Oranga Pounamu on behalf of the CDHB, the scholarships are available for an academic year (January-December) and were established to financially assist students of Māori and Pacific Island descent studying in a health-related subject at a tertiary institution. A record number of high quality applications were received for 2014, which made selection extremely difficult says Robyn Wallace, CEO of He Oranga Pounamu.
“The scholarship provides opportunities towards good leadership at all levels, as an integral pathway for positive change in health and wellbeing for our future Māori and Pacific pathways,” says Robyn.
The high caliber of applicants and increasing interest is a huge investment in the future of Ngāi Tahu general practitioners and tomorrow’s Ngāi Tahu nurses. The scholarship enhances and increases support for increasing numbers of Ngāi Tahu wishing to work in clinical health settings.
Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei for our children and the children after us. Many Ngāi Tahu whānau came to celebrate the successes of the six successful Ngāi Tahu recipients:Anika Tiplady-Hurring, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery; Cory Sellwood, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery; Chivala Heal, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery; Tūmanako Howard, Bachelor of Midwifery; Leah Menage, Bachelor of Social Work; and Te Kooti Warbick, Degree Physical Activity.
Many Ngāi Tahu whānau came to celebrate the successes of the six Ngāi Tahu students.