Empowering
through
education
Making a difference
$621,000
awards funded last year
110
awardees last year
over $11 million
funded over 19 years
1,600+
awardees over 19 years
“Being a recipient of the award has boosted my confidence in my abilities. I feel if I can gain this achievement, I am capable of more. It eased the financial weight and gave me the ability to focus on my studies with determination and focus”
“I feel so privileged to be a recipient of this award – one that honours wāhine who strive for academic merit and have aspirations for the future.”
Kate Milligan Edger (1857-1935)
In 1877, Kate became the first woman in New Zealand to graduate and only the second woman in the whole British Empire.
She was a great supporter of the Suffrage Movement and advocated strongly for women to use the vote to bring about change and improvement in society.
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