Ngati Kahu Scholarships
Christian Education Trust
The Wairoa Marae has enjoyed a special relationship with the Christian Education Trust since 1986 including a partnership on several of their committees in relation to cultural activities and scholarship opportunities.
Currently the 2018 recipients of the Ngati Kahu Scholarships attending Bethlehem College are:
Keimarire Tibble-Brown, Mokoia Beilby, Leighton Blandford, Elijah-Cruz Blandford and Victoria Blandford
The 2018 Ngati Kahu Hapu Scholarship recipients attending Bethlehem Tertiary Insititute are:
Cara-Lee Kerewaro (Bachelor of Social Work)
Josh Blandford (Bachelor of Social Work)
For Scholarship enquiries contact the marae OFFICE
Bethlehem Tertiary Institute Graduates
Tony Campbell Graduated from BTI in 2015 and was then successful in obtaining a teaching position at Te Puke Primary from 2015-2017, before choosing to return home to te Kura o Peterehema.
Here is a Interview that Tony had with Foward Magazine in 2013
WORTHY RECIPIENTS BTI partners with local iwi to offer student scholarships to iwi members who wish to complete a teaching, counselling or social work qualification. We catch up with 2013 recipient Tony Campbell from Ngati Kahu.
Tony, you’re now in your second year at BTI; how important has the Ngati Kahu scholarship been to you with regards to your studies?
The scholarship makes studying more meaningful, in the sense that I am doing this not only for myself but for the Ngāti Kahu. Effectually this means that my successes belong to the people. So therein lies the pressure of achieving desirable results at all times, to ensure that I do well in the eyes of our community.
Can you describe your thoughts on BTI’s relationship with Ngati Kahu? How important you believe this to be with regards to providing a scholarship system and how the community might benefit from this relationship?
The relationship can only get stronger. The foundations were laid many years ago and have been maintained by the likes of our kaumatua and Graham Preston. I truly believe that BTI offers an inclusive style of tuition that, as we know, is unique and outshines that of other tertiary providers. Therefore, by providing the scholarship system, people such as myself, have the ability to learn and at the same time really look at who we are and where we are going in life. BTI education scaffolds the learning process, so that it accomodates individual learning needs. This then creates an environment that is non-threatening and draws upon individual strengths to create a pathway that we shape, but at the same time aligns with regulatory principles etc. The community then benefits from teachers/counsellors/social workers who are holistic in their approach, and spiritually whole.'
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