25 November 2024

Prime Minister's Scholarship individual awardees for 2024-25 announced

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New Zealand’s ability to engage with key trading partners is set to grow further with 119 scholarships awarded for individuals to gain educational experiences across Asia and Latin America, Tertiary Education & Skills Minister Penny Simmonds announced today. 

Prime Minister's Scholarship for Asia 2024/2025 individual awardees:

  1. Sophie Newton: One semester exchange to Peking University, Beijing, China
  2. Ashleigh Day: Eight-week Indigenous Immersion Programme in Okinawa, Japan and Hanoi, Vietnam
  3. Hezekiah Young: Two-month exchange in Tokyo, Japan
  4. Charles Smith: Eight-week internship in Viet Nam
  5. Alyce Lysaght: 12-week Vietnamese language course in Hanoi, Viet Nam
  6. Scarlett Connolly: 10-week language study abroad to Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea and one-semester exchange to Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  7. Harry Kim: Seven-week psychiatry elective at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  8. Nancy Wu: One-semester exchange to China
  9. Shardey Remnant: Two-semester exchange, Republic of Korea
  10. Sheldon Rogers: Two-month internship in Tokyo, Japan
  11. Alma Adam: Six-week summer programme, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  12. Shaz Harvey: One-semester exchange, China
  13. Henry Fitzgerald: One-semester law exchange to the National University of Singapore
  14. Fergus Grenfell: Two-year master's programme, Guangzhou, China
  15. Bosco Yue: Eight-week medical and research elective, Singapore
  16. Mia Milsom: Three-month research programme, Hakodate, Japan
  17. Joanna Pan: One-semester exchange, Singapore
  18. Ya-Jou Hu: Six-week urban planning internship in Japan
  19. Jessica Gao: Eight-week medical elective, Singapore
  20. Kate Woolmore: Seven-week environmental conservation volunteering project in Palawan, the Philippines
  21. Saskia Grant: Six-week NGO internship, Bangkok, Thailand
  22. Jack Monk: 10-week architecture internship, Tokyo, Japan
  23. Lauryn Maxwell: Six-week internship to Japan
  24. Minhee Seo: Six-week clerkship at Asan Medical Centre in Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  25. Rēne Teoenuku Meihana: 12-week language exchange, Shanghai, China
  26. Matthew Wai: One-semester exchange to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  27. Beth Awatere: One-semester internship in Thailand with the United Nations
  28. Ray Rose: One-year programme, Beijing, China
  29. Dylan Chetwin: Master of Social Sciences in Psychology at the City University of Hong Kong
  30. Evalina Brunoro-Beilman: Eight-week internship, Tokyo, Japan
  31. Lisa Smith: Eight-week medical elective at Hokkaido University, Japan
  32. Libby Greaves: One-semester exchange to Taylor's University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  33. Vera Kwon: Eight-week clinical elective Programme at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
  34. Kai Luan: Six-month Master of Clinical Tropical Medicine at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  35. Shalomy Sathiyaraj: Six-week internship in Singapore
  36. Ha-Young You: Eight-week medical clerkship, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  37. Sonakssi Ramilan: Eight-week medical elective, National University of Singapore
  38. Lila Madden: 12-week environmental sciences and sustainability internship, Bangkok, Thailand
  39. Louise Webster: Nine-week short programme at Kevala Ceramics in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
  40. Zion Nicholas: Eight-week indigenous immersion programme in Okinawa, Japan and Hanoi, Vietnam
  41. Connor Nelson: Eight-week law internship in Shanghai, China
  42. Lillian Ahyu: One-year programme to Kyung Hee University, Seoul Campus, Republic of Korea
  43. Amber Crossland: Three-month social work internship, Japan
  44. Julia Ford: Eight-week Civil Engineering internship in Bali, Indonesia
  45. Ye-Ram Jung: Six-week cardiothoracic surgery medical elective program in Seoul, Republic of Korea
  46. Charlotte Devereux: One-semester exchange to The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  47. Isaac Sims: 12-month internship, Tokyo, Japan
  48. Yobithan Rajaratnam: Six-week medical programme, India
  49. Carina Oliver: Two-month design internship, Tokyo, Japan
  50. Sam Garry: Legal/policy summer internship in Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam
  51. Emily Zhao: One-semester exchange, Singapore
  52. Shirley Tea: Eight-week medical elective, University of Singapore
  53. Yasmin Kidd: Six-week architecture and urban planning Internship in Tokyo, Japan
  54. Stephen O'Connor: Six-weeks of research in Japan
  55. Matthew Harper: One-semester exchange, Tokyo, Japan
  56. Jessie Mok: 12-week internship, Shanghai, China
  57. Jasmine Ali-Ranchhod: Six-week public health internship in Singapore
  58. James Tong: Three-month data science Internship, Tokyo, Japan
  59. Nicole Meyer: One-semester exchange, Hong Kong
  60. Raymond Mitchell: One-semester exchange to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  61. Min Suen Tong: Eight-week internship in Seoul, Republic of Korea
  62. Kieran Davidson: Eight-week internship to Tokyo, Japan
  63. Selena Gan: One-semester Exchange to City University of Hong Kong
  64. Sanskruti Banerjee: Two-month Internship to Tokyo, Japan
  65. Shannon McLean: One-semester exchange, Singapore
  66. Olivia Bing: One-semester exchange, Beijing, China
  67. Wiseson Kuang: One-semester exchange to Singapore Management University
  68. Gillan Harris: 12-week language learning exchange, Manila, the Philippines
  69. Kate Brookes: 12-week language immersion programme, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  70. Kristin Forbes: Three-month internship to Tokyo, Japan
  71. Rebecca Vergunst: Eight-week internship, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
  72. Amelia Gillanders: Two-semester exchange in Japan, Tokyo
  73. Beracah Liu: Eight-week biomedical/biotechnology internship, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
  74. Nathan Shore: Six-week elective in Hue, Viet Nam
  75. Alex Zhuang: Internship to Hong Kong
  76. Zico Buckley: Two-semester exchange, Nichibun Student to Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
  77. Tanya Paoo: Six-week programme, Kyoto Japan
  78. Phoebe Lederman: One-semester exchange to Japan
  79. Patrick Yeung: Three-month internship at National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
  80. Joel Taylor: Two-semester exchange to Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan
  81. Maia Ganley: One-semester exchange, Hirakata, Japan
  82. Mihirangi Wickliffe: 24-week business development and marketing internship, Indonesia
  83. Alexandra Simpson: 13-week internship to Rajasthan, India
  84. Aleck Wu: One-semester exchange to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  85. Gabrielle Ou: Six-week medical elective in Hong Kong
  86. Salma Abdulle: Six-week intensive Japanese Language course, Osaka, Japan
  87. Kii Small: 16-weeks of research at Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
  88. Nicholas Williams: Six-week language course in Kyoto, Japan
  89. Sophia Kwong: One-semester exchange to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Prime Minister's Scholarship for Latin America 2024/2025 individual awardees:

  1. Glenn Cheyne: 12-week Spanish language programme, Medellin, Colombia
  2. Renee Rushton: Five-week community development diploma in International Volunteering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  3. Cassidy Ray-Matthews: Master's in international business, Medellin, Colombia and six-week full immersion Spanish course in Mexico
  4. Te Maia Pihema: One-semester exchange to Mexico City
  5. Darien Lee: Four-week Brazilian dance and Portuguese language course, Rio de Janiro, Brazil
  6. Jedidiah Elemani: Four-week exchange, Colombia
  7. Timothy O'Farrell: Six-month journalism internship, Bogotá, Colombia
  8. Emma Appleton: 20-week Spanish language programme, Oaxaca, Mexico
  9. Temple Paora: Four-week exchange, Colombia
  10. Annie Hygate: Three-month internship, Mexico
  11. Grace Sullivan: are Eight-week Spanish Language Course with Instituto Jovel, Chiapas, Mexico and four-weeks healthcare volunteering with Love Volunteers, Oaxaca, Mexico
  12. Evana-Lee Lorigan: Six-week public relations and marketing internship, Colombia
  13. Annabelle Brown: One-semester exchange, Brazil
  14. George Mohi: Three-month Mayan language and cultural immersion course, Mexico
  15. Sonny Wilcox: Four-week exchange, Colombia
  16. Danielle Gibbs: Four-week volunteer project, Rio De Janiro, Brazil
  17. Nick Davies: One-semester intensive Portuguese language course and internship, Brazil
  18. Samuel O'Kane: 12-week Spanish intensive course, Colombia
  19. Cornelia Sartie: Four-week Portuguese course followed by a one-semester exchange, Rio de Janiro, Brazil
  20. Richard Hart: 10-week Spanish language course, Mexico City, Mexico and 12-week internship, Medellin, Colombia.
  21. Rosa Oliver: Five-month internship, Mexico City and four-week language course in Santiago, Chile
  22. Daryn Govender: Six-week Spanish language course, Santiago, Chile
  23. Makayla Wadsworth: Nine-week medical elective in Chile
  24. Vanessa Wilcox: Four-week programme, Colombia
  25. Kirsty Cochrane: 12-week Spanish language course, Medellin, Colombia
  26. Dimana Kolarova: Six-week programme, Mexico
  27. Shanella Nallaiah: One-month Spanish immersion programme, Medellin, Colombia and one-month global health programme in Mexico
  28. Tom Lord: Four-month internship, Santiago, Chile
  29. Lewis Johnson: Five-month Spanish language programme in Oaxaca, Mexico
  30. Molly McCall: Eight-week Spanish language course, Colombia
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