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 | Mar 16, 2024 | Scholarship partners
PUBLISHED MARCH 2024 NZI partnership is part of a legacy 17 Scholars since 2008NZI Insurance has a special history with First Foundation. The company became a Scholarship Partner partly to honour one of its own team members. Austin Hemmings died tragically when he...
by Tarin Persson | Mar 12, 2024 | Scholarship partners
PUBLISHED MARCH 2024 Fletcher Building backs the vision from the beginning In 1998, Sir Hugh Fletcher was one of the first people to invest in First Foundation’s vision of giving deserving and talented Kiwis a hand up to reach university. Since then, Fletcher Building...
by Tarin Persson | Mar 7, 2024 | Scholarship partners
PUBLISHED MARCH 2024 Alumni cheer Datacom partnership When Datacom signed on as a Scholarship Partner with First Foundation, two of its team members were especially excited. Alumni Jamal Peneha-Parlour and Timoti Wharewaka are First Foundation alumni, and they’re...
by Tarin Persson | Nov 15, 2023 | Alumni, Article, Events, Scholarship partners
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2023 First Foundation: Charity of Choice RCSA chose First Foundation as a partner charity for its end-of-year events, and it has become a partnership well worth toasting! It’s not too late in the season to ensure your corporate generosity can...
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[…] 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…