by Tarin Persson | Apr 3, 2025 | Alumni, Events, News, Scholarship partners
PUBLISHED APRIL 2025 Celebrating the tranformative power of education Our 2025 First Foundation Awards Evening was a special celebration dedicated to Unlocking Opportunity. This event highlighted the transformative power education has in shaping lives, providing...
by Tarin Persson | Aug 14, 2024 | Article, News, Scholarship partners
PUBLISHED AUGUST 2024 Signing new commitment will empower underserved students in STEM First Foundation is pleased to welcome Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Foundation as a new Principal Partner. FollowFollowFollowFollow From left: Amanda Gilchrist, Neerali Parbhu,...
by Tarin Persson | Jul 15, 2024 | Case studies, News, Scholarship partners
PUBLISHED JULY 2024 Scholar Kyarne is ready to rock the big city Spotswood College prefect Kyarne Broughton-Pratt is showing that coming from a tight-knit community is no barrier to realising big-city dreams. The talented student says his First Foundation scholarship...
by Tarin Persson | May 15, 2024 | Alumni, Article, News
PUBLISHED MAY 2024 2024 Trustee Awards to two future-focused scientists Owyn Aitken and Shaniyah Munroe are our 2024 Trustee Award winners. FollowFollowFollowFollow Shaniyah Monroe (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Raukawa—Horowhenua, Tūhoe) is a Gawith Dean scholar who has graduated...
by Tarin Persson | Oct 24, 2023 | Article, Events, News, Scholarship partners
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2023 Time to get smart about teaching financial literacy To break the cycle of poverty, we need to get smarter about teaching financial literacy. Let’s make this generation the first to expect something better because we’ll do something...
by Tarin Persson | Aug 16, 2023 | Article, News
PUBLISHED AUGUST 2023 Let’s break more barriers I am honoured to serve as Chair for an organisation that has transformed so many lives. We can share a huge sense of pride in the success of nearly 1000 First Foundation scholars. They’ve each proven what’s...
[…] more about their connection with First Foundation here. […]
[…] Intern, scholar Richard Tong said, “It definitely does provide that insight into how it is in the real world…
[…] on sustainability to their workplaces. Jessica Vandermeer, 2019 Spark New Zealand scholar and Loshaunce Leaso, 2021 Mike Ross scholar show…
[…] cycle of intergenerational poverty. Individual partners also further their impact. For example, the Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Foundation partners…
[…] between their communities, universities and other areas of society. The success of scholars like Mahdi, who supports his refugee…