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Skye Jenkins wins $12,000 PAK’nSAVE Pukekohe Scholarship

Skye Jenkins from Tuakau College has won the 2025 PAK’nSAVE Pukekohe Scholarship. The 17-year-old will put the $12,000 scholarship fund towards studying a Bachelor or Social Science at Waikato University majoring in Psychology.

With multiple jobs and representing her school on several committees, the house leader has also undertaken many hours of voluntary community work throughout her schooling whilst supporting her disabled parent and neurodiverse sibling.

Skye is passionate about mental wellbeing which is her motivation for wanting to become a practicing Psychologist.

She was surprised and emotional finding out she had won saying, “I don’t have any words. I am very humbled and excited for the future and just want to say a big thank you to PAK’n SAVE Pukekohe.”

Eleven finalists were interviewed from Pukekohe Christian School, Pukekohe High School, Tuakau College and Waiuku College.  PAK’nSAVE Pukekohe Scholarship Committee member Surinder Edwards said “There were so many interesting candidates this year that we increased the number of applicants that we interviewed. It was a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the incredible talented young adults we have in our region.”

Fellow finalist Navneet Kaur from Pukekohe High School was also awarded $3000 to put towards her study.

The Owner of PAK’nSAVE Pukekohe, Nigel Ollett, who funds the Scholarship said “We are very proud of the Scholarship Programme and the assistance it has provided some of our local talented students.  We enjoy following the previous recipients’ progress closely and take great pride seeing them go up on the wall when they graduate.”

Previous winners of the Scholarship programme which has been running for fifteen years include: Tyler Gillibrand from Tuakau College, Tristan Ah-Sui and TJ Ah-Sui from Wesley College, Jemimah Elley from Onewhero, Alex Coleman-Chaiman, Hayley and Abby Thomas, Grace Wilcox and Zac Butters from Pukekohe, Alice Ward-Allen from Mauku, Mau Minhinnick and Dominic Melchers from Pokeno, Nivesh Nitendra and Adam Moss from Waiuku and Doctor Hannah Gill from Pukekohe. The recipients have studied a wide range of topics including engineering, law, arts, science, business, environmental studies, medicine, law, and paramedicine.

Sky was selected as the winner by the Scholarship Committee made up of former Franklin Mayor, Mark Ball; local icon Surinder Edwards and Scholarship Manager Kylie Devlin Sousa.

The PAK’nSAVE Pukekohe financial hardship Scholarship programme is open to Year 13 Students that have attended Onewhero Area School, Tuakau College, Pukekohe High School, Pukekohe Christian School, Waiuku College, Wesley College and ACG Strathallan College for five years, to study any course they wish to. Further details on the 2026 Scholarship will be available on the PAK’ n SAVE Facebook page in September with applications available in store at the same time and applications closing in October with interviews held prior to the commencement of NCEA exams.

2024 PAK’nSAVE Scholarship winner Abby Thomasfrom Pukekohe High School withPAK'nSAVE Pukekohe owner Nigel Ollett, Kylie Sousa, Surinder Edwards, and Mark Ball.