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$12,000 on offer in PAK'nSAVE Pukekohe Scholarship

Local Year 13 college students who are experiencing significant financial hardship are being invited to apply for the $12,000 annual PAK'nSAVE Pukekohe scholarship.

Entering the seventeenth year of supporting local students to further their education, the PAK'nSAVE scholarship focuses on supporting well-rounded individuals who have a strong focus on supporting others and contributing in a positive way to the Franklin community.  The successful recipient is able to put the money towards studying a course of their choice at a New Zealand University or equivalent.

Scholarship applications close after the school holidays on Wednesday 14 October 2026, with interviews for the finalists being held in the store in Pukekohe on Friday 6 November 2026 ahead of the commencement of NCEA exams. The ‘Pukekohe PAK'nSAVE Scholarship’ winner will be announced shortly after the interviews.

Application forms for the 2026 PAK'nSAVE Scholarship can be obtained from either PAK'nSAVE Pukekohe in the scholarship form holder on the wall behind the far end checkouts, the Pukekohe PAK'nSAVE facebook page, local high school careers advisor or download the application form here. Completed applications can be dropped in store at the Customer Services desk by the deadline of the 14 October 2026.

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

The PAK'nSAVE scholarship is open to Year 13 students who have attended Onewhero Area School, Tuakau College, Pukekohe High School, Pukekohe Christian School, Waiuku College, Wesley College, and ACG Strathallan College for the last five years and reside in the former Franklin District Council boundaries. It is worth up to $4000 each year for three years while the successful applicant completes their selected undergraduate studies at a university of their choice within New Zealand.

The Scholarship is open to all Year 13 students who are studying towards their senior school exams, are a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of New Zealand and are over the age of 17 years by the 1st of October 2026. Application packs must be completed and are required to include a CV, references, a statement outlining the applicant’s financial hardship and another statement detailing their reasons for wishing to study at a New Zealand University and their proposed course of study. A birth certificate is also part of the application, and NCEA results are required to be sent to the Scholarship Manager once they come out in January to prove the successful applicant has passed.