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Parininihi ki Waitotara and Ngāti Mutunga Scholarship

Ngāti Mutunga

Undergraduate Scholarship

31 Mar 2025

Applications close:

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Listed on:

01 Jan 2025

Overview

There is one (1) undergraduate scholarship offered through this partnership

Eligibility Requirements

  • Be a registered member of Ngāti Mutunga
  • Be enrolled at a recognised tertiary institure
  • Be enrolled as an Undergraduate student
  • Be in full-time study
  • Be a student intheir second year or higher
  • Has not completed a Post graduate qualification
  • Provide feedback to increase scholarship appplicants

Selection Process

Additional Information

Please visit their website to apply

If you need further information or would to know more about the Ngāti Mutunga or the Parininihi ki Waitotara and Ngāti Mutunga Scholarship you can visit ngatimutunga.iwi.nz/education-grants/

Who is Ngāti Mutunga?

Ngāti Mutunga also descends from ancestors who arrived on the Tokomaru, Tahatuna and Ōkoki waka such as Taitaawaro, Manaia and Ngānganarūrū. Over generations the descendants of these tūpuna inter-married and became generally known as Ngāti Mutunga.


It is difficult to determine how many Ngāti Mutunga people there are. Our Taranaki rohe was once densely populated with many kāinga and pā. A number of factors such as warfare and migration, loss of land through wrongful Crown confiscation, and urban migration led to a decline in the population identifying as Ngāti Mutunga during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.


Today our sole remaining marae is located in Urenui, a small seaside village located approximately 32 km north of New Plymouth and 20 km north of Waitara.


Like most Iwi, Ngāti Mutunga now has members spread far and wide. The main concentrations of Ngāti Mutunga populations are located within Taranaki, Christchurch and Wellington. The majority of Ngāti Mutunga descendants (approximately 73%) live outside Taranaki.