The scholarships enable students to undertake a range of activities, such as a period studying at an overseas institution, a language programme, internship or a combination of these activities.
The Prime Minister’s Scholarships are intended to strengthen New Zealand’s ability to engage with key Asian and Latin American trading partners, build relationships and provide students an opportunity to further their understanding of other cultures.
The Victoria University of Wellington scholarship winners for South America are:
- Bethany Paterson, who will study at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo De México Mexico City, Mexico on a one semester exchange.
- Injy Johnstone, who will complete a 12 week Environmental Policy internship with The Intern Group in Medellín, Colombia.
- Oliver Watson, who will study at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on a one semester exchange.
- Lucy Blakiston, who is going to Medellín, Colombia for 12 weeks with The Intern Group.
- Tessa Davies, who will complete 7 weeks of summer papers at Pontificia Universidad Catolitica de Valparaiso in Chile.
- Daniel Mahoney, who will study at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia for a one semester exchange.
The Asia scholarship winners:
- Sophie Auckram, who will work at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies aiding research on the Sustainable Development Goals, in Hayama, Japan.
- Joe Gauld, who will study at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan on a two semester exchange.
- James Keate, who is going to Tokyo, Japan to study at Rikkyo University on a one semester exchange and a 6 week Japanese language course.
- Ruiteng Liu, who will study law at the National University of Singapore, Singapore.
- Brady Mitchell, who will complete a 10 week business development internship within InternChina in Chengdu, China, and study at Fudan University, Shanghai, China on a one semester exchange.
- Belle Moller, who will study business at the National University of Singapore, Singapore.
- Frank Tame, who is going to the Taiwan Chinese Academy for a 4 week intensive Mandarin course.
- Kimiya Zerafat, who will complete a 6 week consulting internship in Hong Kong through The Intern Group.