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Hauora Maori Scholarships

HWNZ in partnership with MidCentral DHB are offering training funds to be administered by MDHB.

Funding is available for training at levels 3-7 (excluding degrees) and includes funding towards study fees, clinical back fill, travel, accommodation and Māori support.

Kaimahi Ora

The scholarship is available to Māori workers employed by MDHB or by a health/disability service which is funded by the District Health Board or Ministry of Health who wish to pursue training in the health and disability sector.

This training aims to support the non-regulated workforce to develop formal competencies in their current roles, and develop their potential to move into other health sector roles and careers.

What does the funding cover?

There is a fixed amount for each approved trainee, dependent on the course of study.

Course Fees
Backfill
Travel and Accommodation
Maori Support

Course Fees

Covered up to a limit.

Backfill

To cover expense for replacement of another employee.

Travel and Accommodation Costs

These are subsidised only. This subsidy has to be indicated clearly on the application form. This funding is available ONLY if the compulsory study days are held more than 100km away.

Travel and accommodation is organised through YOUR own services and should be processed at least four weeks prior to your travel dates so that they can get the most cost efficient prices.

What is Māori Support?

Māori support is offered to enhance the likelihood of Māori trainees successfully completing HWNZ funded training programmes.

Application for Māori Support Funding is open to any person who

Is an eligible trainee enrolling in a Health Workforce NZ funded training programme whose name appears in the Health Workforce New Zealand Report One Database; and
Has whakapapa and cultural links to whānau, hapū and iwi.

MidCentral DHB will provide the Māori support programme.

Please NOTE. Funding does not cover the following items:

Books
Refreshments costs
Organisational overheads
Permanent resident.

Who is eligible?

Applicants must be currently employed by a DHB or a Iwi/Māori health and disability service, or by a health and disability service that is funded by the DHB, PHO or the MoH.
Demonstrate a commitment to and/or competence in Māori health and/or disability studies.
Have whakapapa and/or cultural links with Te Ao Māori or Māori Communities.
Be a New Zealand citizen or hold a New Zealand residency permit as conferred by the New Zealand Immigration Service.
Have evidence of support by their current employer to meet the training requirements.
Meet the entry criteria required by the training provider.
Part time study will be funded on a pro-rata basis, where the trainee meets all other eligibility criteria.

Trainees are not eligible if:

They receive scholarships or other funding from the Ministry of Health that covers any of the same components as this specification
They are employed in mental health Services

Hauora Maori Funded Programme Examples:

Cert Asthma and Other Respiratory Conditions
Cert Achievement in Health Promotion (Shortcourse).
MIT Dip Health Promotion (Manukau-Auckland)
EIT (Hawkes Bay) Cert/Dip in Health Promotion
Otago Undergraduate Cert in Health Promotion
Cert Māori Child & Family Health
Cert Kaupapa Māori Health Professionals
Cert Hauora (Māori Health)
Dip in Māori Health
Grad Cert Clinical Teaching (Māori)
National Cert in Rongoā Maori
Certificate in Kaumatua Āwhina
Hauora Kaimahi Certificate (Applied)
Heke Matauranga Hauora
Heke Matauranga Rongoā
Heke Matauranga Tupu Ora

Contact Person

Health Workforce Coordinator:
Moana Mataira
Funding Division, MidCentral DHB,
PO Box 2056, Heretaunga Street,
Palmerston North
moana.mataira@midcentraldhb.govt.nz
Phone: (06) 350 8303, Fax: (06) 350 8926,
Mobile: 027 631 3880

Further Information

Hauora Maori Funding Application Form
Hauora Maori Funding Scholarship 2012 Brochure

Health Workforce New Zealand Training Agency (HWNZ) is a business unit of the Ministry of Health (MoH). Information about HWNZ can be found on the MoH website www.moh.govt.nz/cta.