21 December 2023

Prime Minister's Scholarship individual awardees for 2023-24 announced

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New Zealand’s connections with Asia and Latin America are set to receive a boost with the announcement of 114 individual recipients of the Prime Minister’s scholarships for Asia and Latin America over the next year, Acting Chief Executive for Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ), Linda Sissons announced today.

Prime Minister's Scholarship for Asia 2023-24 individual awardees:

  • Lane McLeod: Six weeks of Juntendo University Clinical Observership in Tokyo, Japan
  • Mia Tawhiao-Lomas: Eight-week creative/entertainment internship organised through GlobaLink Internships, Tokyo, Japan
  • Jasmine Kaa: 12-week NGO internship organised through CRCC Asia, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Terewai Majurey: 10-week short programme exchange, NKCU, Taiwan
  • Shawnee Tekii: Two-month artist residency full term programme through AIR 3331 in Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan
  • Brianna Murphy: One Year Research Trip to Malaysia
  • Kate Lee: Six weeks visiting student elective program to Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
  • Aaron Worsnop: One Semester Exchange to SNU, Seoul, South Korea
  • Sophie Handford: Two-month sustainability internship organised through CRCC Asia, Tokyo, Japan
  • Marina Kere: Eight-week business development internship organised through Asia Internship Program, Singapore
  • Serena Brunt: Six-week short programme in Taiwan
  • Benjamin Thomas: One semester exchange to HKU, followed by 12 week Language Training and Internship in Greater China with Globalink Internships, Hong Kong
  • Shania Foon: Master of Laws in Human Rights in Hong Kong
  • Peraniko Bird: Three-month short term immersion course, Japan
  • Vincent Kennedy: One semester exchange to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Ihāpera Esson: 10-week Japanese language course in Tokyo, Japan through Genki Japanese & Culture School
  • Sara Riordan: One semester to Kansai Gaidai University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
  • Ashleigh Allum: One semester exchange to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
  • Talia Hope: Eight-week marketing internship in Shanghai, China. Internship through Globalinks Internships
  • James Thyne: One semester exchange to NUS Law, Singapore
  • Maia Hosking: Two semester exchange to Tsing Hua University, Beijing, China
  • Joe Nagera: 12-week internship to Japan
  • Rawan Saadi: One semester exchange to NTU, Singapore, Singapore
  • Lucy Hu: 12-week seasonal programme in Mandarin Chinese at the Mandarin Training Center at National Taiwan Normal University
  • Lara van der Raaij: Full-year academic programme in Singapore
  • Scarlett Morrissey-Smith: One semester exchange to Tokyo, Japan
  • Jordan Paranihi: Two-month International Internship Program with CRCC to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Celestine Keki: Six-week short programme in Taiwan
  • Kaya Tanoa Kaivananga: 10-week business internship organised through the Intern Group, Tokyo Japan
  • Catherine Bullock: One semester exchange to the National University of Singapore
  • Wesley Tanuvasa: 8–12-week finance internship organised through Global Link Internships, Tokyo, Japan
  • Emily Cai: One semester exchange to NUS, Singapore
  • Hooryah Asif: 12-week environmental education initiative in Ubud, Indonesia, Indonesia, facilitated by the International Volunteer HQ
  • Ian Chen: 10-Week Medical Elective at National University Hospital, Singapore
  • Jade Alborn: 18-week language programme in Shanghai China, Shanghai Theatre Academy Spring Semester Program in Chinese Language, China
  • Raz Tripp: Two semester exchange to Waseda, Tokyo, Japan
  • Sophie Spencer: Six-week Slum Teaching Volunteer Program in India
  • Ayla Teki: Eight-week internship organised through CCRC Asia, Seoul Korea Republic of Korea
  • Lily Thomas: One semester study abroad to NKU, Tianjin, China
  • Samantha Romijn: Six-week volunteer programme at the Thai Elephant Home organised through ELI abroad, Thailand
  • Harris Qaiser: 12-week Architecture Internship, organised through CRCC Asia, Tokyo, Japan
  • Olivia Hardie Neil : One semester law exchange to PKU, Beijing, China
  • Snigdha Mundra: One Semester Exchange to Singapore
  • Hena Dugh: Six-week Medical School Elective to Bangkok, Thailand
  • Carla Garcia: 15-week program "Tropical Architecture, Interior & Green Design" at the Institut Desain & Bisnis Bali (IDB Bali), Bali, Indonesia
  • Jessica Luo: One Semester Exchange to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Chante de Villiers: Summer Internship with Go Abroad China to Beijing, China
  • Elliot Schreurs: Six-week short programme to Japan
  • Teri Jackson: 10-week programme to University of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Rahil Patel: One semester exchange to NTU, Singapore
  • Sarah Alrufaie: Three Month Sustainability focused internship and short-term Programme organised through CRCC Asia, Tokyo, Japan
  • Joo Yeon Jeong: One semester exchange to South Korea, Republic of Korea
  • Sophie Eggers: Two terms of a language programme at Yonsei University Korean Language Institute, Seoul, South Korea, Republic of Korea
  • Maia Trevelyan: Two Semester Exchange to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Fatima Imran: 12-week Global Business Internship through CRCC Asia, Osaka, Japan
  • Joel Fox: One semester exchange to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Antonia Martin: One semester exchange to NTU Singapore, Singapore
  • Joey Back: Two-month internship organised through CRCC Asia, Seoul, South Korea Republic of Korea
  • Joanna Liu: Eight-week International Development, NGO, & Charity Internships in Tokyo, Japan organised through CRCC Asia
  • Tom Wilson: 12 months studying Mandarin language at Tamkang University in Taipei, Taiwan
  • Jacqueline Brand Holt: Six-week guest of Andong National University, while doing research in Korea
  • Shahin Najak: Three-month environmental internship, Singapore
  • Ngaika Smith: Two-semester exchange to Kandai, Osaka, Japan
  • Michael Hurst Long: Two semester exchange to Japan, first semester at Akita International University, Akita, second semester at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu through the University of Canterbury Global Exchange
  • Jack McKenzie: One semester exchange to NTU, Taipei, Taiwan organised through Victoria University's Overseas Exchange Program
  • Sophie Hamilton: 12-week internship organised through CRCC in Seoul, South Korea, Republic of Korea
  • Ha Seong You: 10 weeks, SNU Medicine, clinical elective placements, Seoul, South Korea, Republic of Korea
  • Benjamin Klipin: Eight-week internship in Tokyo with CRCC Asia in the Green Technology Sector, Japan
  • Daniel Holroyd: Two-month Law Internship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Organised through CRCC Asia, Vietnam
  • Ihaka Haenga-Sutton: One-year exchange to Kansai University, Japan
  • Taekwan Lim: 10-week psychiatry clerkship to Seoul National University, South Korea, Republic of Korea
  • Daniella Lim-Yip: One semester exchange to NTU, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Georgia Tattersal: One semester exchange to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Philippa Elliffe: 12-week Japanese language course through Genki Japanese and Culture School, Kyoto, Japan
  • Arwyn Stevens: One Semester exchange to Tokyo, Japan
  • Chelsea Prince: Two-month summer internship in Seoul, South Korea, organised through the group CRCC Asia
  • Chloe Ratu-Hasler : Six-week short program exchange to ISI Japanese Language School in Tokyo, Japan
  • Tristan Reiha: One semester exchange to Tsinghua Univeristy, Beijing, China

Prime Minister's Scholarship for Latin America 2023-24 individual awardees:

  • Muskan Verma: Four-week internship to Mexico
  • Hannah Kettle: Language and Film Courses, Mexico
  • Lanee Waho: Spanish language exchange in Colombia
  • Samuel Austin: 12-week language course at IMAC Spanish Learning Programme, 6-month internship on indigenous development and public health, Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Ariana Andrews: Four-week Intercultural Approaches for Public Health programme at UC Chile in Santiago, Chile and 8-week language immersion programme with Rio & Learn in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Aaron Hailwood: One semester special programme to University of Sao Paulo Brazil interning as a teaching assistant, and incorporating Portuguese language classes and undertaking an official translation of the rules of Netball into Portuguese, and four-week intensive conversational Portuguese class at a private provider
  • Charlotte O'Brien: Five-week programme Community Education Volunteer with World Changers Mexico, Puerto Escondido, Mexico
  • Emily Blennerhassett: One semester university exchange to Monterrey, Mexico
  • Makaira Waugh: 10-week short programme to Mexico
  • Shannen Barns: 12-week environmental internship with ETIV do Brasil, Brazil and 8-week politics internship through The Intern Group, Colombia
  • Harry Jackson: Three-month internship with the New Zealand Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico
  • Zoe Glentworth: Six-month internship with EMI International, Mexico
  • Max Nichol: Eight-week Spanish language and Mexican history/culture course at the Autonomus National University of Mexico
  • Zane Larkin: 12-week Spanish full-immersion program at ECELA, Santiago, Chile
  • Annah Stevens: 12-week Spanish language programme at Instituto Jovel (including a tailored programme for social workers) in Chiapas, Mexico
  • Crystal Yu: Four-week conservation internship organised through Whale Shark Mexico, La Paz, Mexico
  • Tom Oliver: Eight-week conservation internship with Whale Shark Mexico, La Paz, Mexico
  • Morgan Manoharan: 12-week volunteer programme to Brazil
  • Takuma Ohashi: 10-Week Spanish Language Programme at Oaxaca International, Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Suzanne Cochrane: Six-week language course Escuela Bellavista, Santiago, Chile
  • Elizabeth Ejiwale: Eight-week Spanish Immersion Programme with Na'atik Language and Culture Institute, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Mexico and Centro Catalina, Medellin, Colombia
  • Mahina Walle: Four-week Portuguese course and one semester exchange at PUC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Morgan Koster: 12-week conservation internship through Whale Shark Mexico, La Paz, Mexico
  • Michael Turnbull: One semester exchange to Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
  • Jack Marshall: Eight-week language course at Centro Catalina in Medellin, Colombia
  • Peter Tremain: 12-week research exchange with the Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering in Valparaiso and Santiago, alongside a two-week Spanish language programme with ChileVentura in Valparaiso, Chile
  • Bonnie Fordyce: 3-month psychology internship through Adelante Abroad, Valparaiso/Vina del Mar, Chile
  • Harry Muir: One semester exchange to Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia
  • Hazel Ryan: Four-week Portuguese language programme to Curitiba, Brazil
  • Anastasia Neil: 12-week intensive Portuguese course at Caminhos Language Centre in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
  • Nakita Wiperi: Spanish language and indigenous integration programme in Colombia
  • Emma Forbes: Four-week sustainable agriculture volunteering project in Merida, Mexico
  • Tessa Forde: One year architecture research project as part of doctoral studies at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile with some time spent at Universidad de La Frontera in Temuco, Chile
  • Caitlin Lorigan: 5-week youth development internship with Waves for development, Mexico
  • Eleanor Hughes: Eight-week Spanish immersion to complete SIELE in Cartagena, Colombia at Nueva Lengua Spanish School, salsa training in Cartagena (attending and competing in World Latin Dance Cup) and internship with Education International for La Federación Colombiana de Trabajadores de la Educación - FECODE in Bogota, Colombia
  • Tabarek Al-Jebouri: Eight-week government internship through the Intern Group, Medellin, Colombia

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