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:
- Sophie Newton: One semester exchange to Peking University, Beijing, China
- Ashleigh Day: Eight-week Indigenous Immersion Programme in Okinawa, Japan and Hanoi, Vietnam
- Hezekiah Young: Two-month exchange in Tokyo, Japan
- Charles Smith: Eight-week internship in Viet Nam
- Alyce Lysaght: 12-week Vietnamese language course in Hanoi, Viet Nam
- 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
- Harry Kim: Seven-week psychiatry elective at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Nancy Wu: One-semester exchange to China
- Shardey Remnant: Two-semester exchange, Republic of Korea
- Sheldon Rogers: Two-month internship in Tokyo, Japan
- Alma Adam: Six-week summer programme, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Shaz Harvey: One-semester exchange, China
- Henry Fitzgerald: One-semester law exchange to the National University of Singapore
- Fergus Grenfell: Two-year master's programme, Guangzhou, China
- Bosco Yue: Eight-week medical and research elective, Singapore
- Mia Milsom: Three-month research programme, Hakodate, Japan
- Joanna Pan: One-semester exchange, Singapore
- Ya-Jou Hu: Six-week urban planning internship in Japan
- Jessica Gao: Eight-week medical elective, Singapore
- Kate Woolmore: Seven-week environmental conservation volunteering project in Palawan, the Philippines
- Saskia Grant: Six-week NGO internship, Bangkok, Thailand
- Jack Monk: 10-week architecture internship, Tokyo, Japan
- Lauryn Maxwell: Six-week internship to Japan
- Minhee Seo: Six-week clerkship at Asan Medical Centre in Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Rēne Teoenuku Meihana: 12-week language exchange, Shanghai, China
- Matthew Wai: One-semester exchange to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Beth Awatere: One-semester internship in Thailand with the United Nations
- Ray Rose: One-year programme, Beijing, China
- Dylan Chetwin: Master of Social Sciences in Psychology at the City University of Hong Kong
- Evalina Brunoro-Beilman: Eight-week internship, Tokyo, Japan
- Lisa Smith: Eight-week medical elective at Hokkaido University, Japan
- Libby Greaves: One-semester exchange to Taylor's University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Vera Kwon: Eight-week clinical elective Programme at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
- Kai Luan: Six-month Master of Clinical Tropical Medicine at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Shalomy Sathiyaraj: Six-week internship in Singapore
- Ha-Young You: Eight-week medical clerkship, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Sonakssi Ramilan: Eight-week medical elective, National University of Singapore
- Lila Madden: 12-week environmental sciences and sustainability internship, Bangkok, Thailand
- Louise Webster: Nine-week short programme at Kevala Ceramics in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
- Zion Nicholas: Eight-week indigenous immersion programme in Okinawa, Japan and Hanoi, Vietnam
- Connor Nelson: Eight-week law internship in Shanghai, China
- Lillian Ahyu: One-year programme to Kyung Hee University, Seoul Campus, Republic of Korea
- Amber Crossland: Three-month social work internship, Japan
- Julia Ford: Eight-week Civil Engineering internship in Bali, Indonesia
- Ye-Ram Jung: Six-week cardiothoracic surgery medical elective program in Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Charlotte Devereux: One-semester exchange to The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Isaac Sims: 12-month internship, Tokyo, Japan
- Yobithan Rajaratnam: Six-week medical programme, India
- Carina Oliver: Two-month design internship, Tokyo, Japan
- Sam Garry: Legal/policy summer internship in Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam
- Emily Zhao: One-semester exchange, Singapore
- Shirley Tea: Eight-week medical elective, University of Singapore
- Yasmin Kidd: Six-week architecture and urban planning Internship in Tokyo, Japan
- Stephen O'Connor: Six-weeks of research in Japan
- Matthew Harper: One-semester exchange, Tokyo, Japan
- Jessie Mok: 12-week internship, Shanghai, China
- Jasmine Ali-Ranchhod: Six-week public health internship in Singapore
- James Tong: Three-month data science Internship, Tokyo, Japan
- Nicole Meyer: One-semester exchange, Hong Kong
- Raymond Mitchell: One-semester exchange to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Min Suen Tong: Eight-week internship in Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Kieran Davidson: Eight-week internship to Tokyo, Japan
- Selena Gan: One-semester Exchange to City University of Hong Kong
- Sanskruti Banerjee: Two-month Internship to Tokyo, Japan
- Shannon McLean: One-semester exchange, Singapore
- Olivia Bing: One-semester exchange, Beijing, China
- Wiseson Kuang: One-semester exchange to Singapore Management University
- Gillan Harris: 12-week language learning exchange, Manila, the Philippines
- Kate Brookes: 12-week language immersion programme, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Kristin Forbes: Three-month internship to Tokyo, Japan
- Rebecca Vergunst: Eight-week internship, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
- Amelia Gillanders: Two-semester exchange in Japan, Tokyo
- Beracah Liu: Eight-week biomedical/biotechnology internship, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
- Nathan Shore: Six-week elective in Hue, Viet Nam
- Alex Zhuang: Internship to Hong Kong
- Zico Buckley: Two-semester exchange, Nichibun Student to Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
- Tanya Paoo: Six-week programme, Kyoto Japan
- Phoebe Lederman: One-semester exchange to Japan
- Patrick Yeung: Three-month internship at National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
- Joel Taylor: Two-semester exchange to Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan
- Maia Ganley: One-semester exchange, Hirakata, Japan
- Mihirangi Wickliffe: 24-week business development and marketing internship, Indonesia
- Alexandra Simpson: 13-week internship to Rajasthan, India
- Aleck Wu: One-semester exchange to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Gabrielle Ou: Six-week medical elective in Hong Kong
- Salma Abdulle: Six-week intensive Japanese Language course, Osaka, Japan
- Kii Small: 16-weeks of research at Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
- Nicholas Williams: Six-week language course in Kyoto, Japan
- Sophia Kwong: One-semester exchange to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Prime Minister's Scholarship for Latin America 2024/2025 individual awardees:
- Glenn Cheyne: 12-week Spanish language programme, Medellin, Colombia
- Renee Rushton: Five-week community development diploma in International Volunteering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Cassidy Ray-Matthews: Master's in international business, Medellin, Colombia and six-week full immersion Spanish course in Mexico
- Te Maia Pihema: One-semester exchange to Mexico City
- Darien Lee: Four-week Brazilian dance and Portuguese language course, Rio de Janiro, Brazil
- Jedidiah Elemani: Four-week exchange, Colombia
- Timothy O'Farrell: Six-month journalism internship, Bogotá, Colombia
- Emma Appleton: 20-week Spanish language programme, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Temple Paora: Four-week exchange, Colombia
- Annie Hygate: Three-month internship, Mexico
- Grace Sullivan: are Eight-week Spanish Language Course with Instituto Jovel, Chiapas, Mexico and four-weeks healthcare volunteering with Love Volunteers, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Evana-Lee Lorigan: Six-week public relations and marketing internship, Colombia
- Annabelle Brown: One-semester exchange, Brazil
- George Mohi: Three-month Mayan language and cultural immersion course, Mexico
- Sonny Wilcox: Four-week exchange, Colombia
- Danielle Gibbs: Four-week volunteer project, Rio De Janiro, Brazil
- Nick Davies: One-semester intensive Portuguese language course and internship, Brazil
- Samuel O'Kane: 12-week Spanish intensive course, Colombia
- Cornelia Sartie: Four-week Portuguese course followed by a one-semester exchange, Rio de Janiro, Brazil
- Richard Hart: 10-week Spanish language course, Mexico City, Mexico and 12-week internship, Medellin, Colombia.
- Rosa Oliver: Five-month internship, Mexico City and four-week language course in Santiago, Chile
- Daryn Govender: Six-week Spanish language course, Santiago, Chile
- Makayla Wadsworth: Nine-week medical elective in Chile
- Vanessa Wilcox: Four-week programme, Colombia
- Kirsty Cochrane: 12-week Spanish language course, Medellin, Colombia
- Dimana Kolarova: Six-week programme, Mexico
- Shanella Nallaiah: One-month Spanish immersion programme, Medellin, Colombia and one-month global health programme in Mexico
- Tom Lord: Four-month internship, Santiago, Chile
- Lewis Johnson: Five-month Spanish language programme in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Molly McCall: Eight-week Spanish language course, Colombia
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