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Local Students win 2022 scholarships to Outward Bound
This is the sixth year 14 students have been awarded the 2022 Outward Bound Scholarship to attend the Tangaroa Watch programme in the South Island.
The University of Auckland selects inaugural FAME Trust winner
Congratulations to multifaceted artist Oliver Bramah!
The FAME Trust Mid-Career Awards Announced
Congratulations to talented Pasifika artists Amanaki Lelei Prescott-Faletau and Tupe Lualua on receiving the FAME Mid-Career Award!
2022 winners selected for the Page/Acorn Engineering Scholarship
Congratulations to the 2022 Page Acorn Engineering Scholarship winners!
Craigs donates over $10,000 to the TECT Rescue Helicopter
For the third year running, the team at Craigs Investment Partners have held a month-long fundraiser to raise funds for New Zealand’s regional rescue helicopters.
Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro appointed as Patron of new strategic way of giving in Aotearoa NZ
The Acorn Foundation are thrilled that Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro has been appointed as Patron for Community Foundations of New Zealand (CFNZ).
Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction Winner Announced
Congratulations to Wellington novelist and playwright Whiti Hereaka, who won the $60,000 award last week.
Acorn Foundation launches new research into supporting youth in the Western Bay of Plenty
The Western Bay of Plenty Vital Signs® Youth 2022 report is out now for you to read and gain insight into the youth in the WBOP.
Congratulations to the 2021 winners of University of Waikato Scholarships
Each scholarship rewards, and provides financial support to, students with a history of outstanding work ethic and community spirit.
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