Chase your dreams and play a part in building a stronger, more equitable health service for communities across Aotearoa with our Matariki Support Worker Scholarship.
Matariki Support Worker Scholarship
Our Matariki Support Worker Scholarship is back for the fourth year, and now for the first time has a pathway open to all NZHG Support Workers.
The Matariki Support Worker Scholarship programme is designed to empower the ambitions of our kaimahi to fulfil aspirations and goals.
As a Support Worker, you play a vital role in our team, and are part of one of the biggest and most impactful workforce groups in Aotearoa. We want to support you to achieve your study dreams and continue to thrive in the health workforce.
Alongside our existing workforce development scholarship fund of $10,000 designed to help level the playing field for our Māori support workers, we now have a further $10,000 available to support workers of all ethnicities.
In alignment with our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi we want to ensure we maintain an equity lens and also acknowledge the whakapapa/background of where this scholarship started. So we have set up two pathways under this scholarship: one for Māori Support Workers and one for non-Māori Support Workers.
Both pathways will consist of a $10,000 scholarship shared amongst successful applicants who are on a study pathway to making a difference in the health sector ($20,000 in total).
A maximum of $5,000 may be awarded to any one individual per year, and the scholarship can be used to pay for tuition fees, living costs, or study-related costs.
We’re very excited to be expanding this opportunity, giving even more of our support workers the chance to follow their dreams in healthcare.
Who is eligible?
This scholarship is open to all Support Workers, who are:
- currently employed by New Zealand Health Group and living in Aotearoa New Zealand
- working as a Support Worker and eligible to study in Aotearoa
If this sounds like you, tell us how your learning can contribute to improving health equity and outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand.
To Apply:
- Complete the electronic application form (click on “Apply Now” button below) by 5pm 25 July 2025
- Answer the questions in the application form
- Applications close 25 July 2025
Matariki is the star that signifies reflection, hope, our connection to the environment, and the gathering of people. Matariki is also connected to the health and wellbeing of people, which is what Support Workers do every day. As a Support Worker, you enable people to maintain hope and aim for the stars to ensure health and wellbeing to reach their goals.
Let us support you in making that dream come to fruition and enable more people to thrive and support their community.
*[MATARIKI The Star of the Year, Dr Rangi Matamua (Tūhoe) 2017]
Artwork by: Tāmihana Katene, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Whātua
- Applicants must be active and currently employed as a Support Worker at New Zealand Health Group or one of its’ subsidiaries: e.g. HealthCare NZ, Geneva Healthcare, or NZCL.
- Applicants must live in Aotearoa.
- Applicants must study in Aotearoa at a registered education provider.
- Applicants must study a health related course.
- Applicants must submit their application prior to the closing date stated on the website.
Contact Us
If you would like any support with your application or support with finding study that you are passionate about please feel free to contact us for a kōrero – email [email protected]
