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ScholarshipCycle: Annual rounds; dates vary by country and scholarship type.

Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand

New Zealand government scholarships for citizens of eligible Pacific and Asian countries to study undergraduate or postgraduate degrees, or short-term training, in New Zealand or at Pacific universities.

Free to start · no account needed

Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.

You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.

About

Also: undergraduate and postgraduate study; thematic and vocational short-term training; English language training for officials.

Who can apply: Citizens of eligible Pacific and Asian countries; applications may close early for high-volume countries.

Free to apply.

Annual rounds; dates vary by country and scholarship type.

How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).

What to prepare: transcript, application form, english test.

From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “a lifetime connection to Aotearoa New Zealand”

Who can apply

  • Open to students, working professionals, licensed professionals
  • Citizens of eligible Pacific and Asian countries; applications may close early for high-volume countries.

What you will need

  • TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
  • Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
  • Test scoresOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.

How to apply

Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.

How Onward Scout helps

This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.

Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.

Let Onward Scout prepare this application

Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade without your tap.

Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.