Scholarships

The Adastra Foundation has been providing scholarships to extraordinary young New Zealanders since 2007. In that time, the Foundation has supported hundreds of athletes and performing artists with more than $1.8m and dozens of customised mentoring programmes.

In mid-2022, the Board completed a strategic review of its vision and purpose and agreed to refine its priorities. It wanted to ensure that it provided support where it was most needed and to those exceptional young people who might otherwise struggle to achieve their dreams. As such, priority will now be given to exceptional young people who face financial or personal hardship.

Adastra will offer scholarships to extraordinary young athletes and performing artists (dancers and musicians), from Waikato and Bay of Plenty, who are facing hardship in their pursuit of excellence. Our programme includes a cash scholarship and personal development workshops, specifically designed for young adults aiming to be the best they can be – on and off their stage.

A key part of the Adastra ethos is a mentoring programme that includes personal development workshops with leading professionals in their field.

Adastra is grateful to be supported by Grassroots Trust, The Lion Foundation, TECT, The Brian Perry Charitable Trust, WEL Energy Trust, the Tanner family and Craigs Investment Partners.

Supplementary Scholarships

For 2023, Adastra is delighted to offer a supplementary Scholarship.

We are excited to be able to offer Craigs Investment Partners scholarships. Craigs is one of New Zealand’s leading investment advisory firms. Their network of investment advisers are supported by an award winning research team to help clients achieve their investment goals. Achieving goals is important to the team at Craigs Investment Partners and they share that same passion for achieving investment goals with seeing young adults in the WAIBOP community achieve their life goals by pushing boundaries on the national and international stage.

Supplementary Scholarships will be available in 2023 and awarded after the standard application process (i.e. no further specific application required).

The Supplementary Scholarships come with standard Adastra reporting requirements, plus further responsibilities to the sponsor, such as reasonable personal appearances and performance updates.

Sponsors

The Adastra Foundation acknowledges the support of:

Our Supporters

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Fantastic Louie. Following in the steps of greatness!Congratulations to Yr 13 student Louie Endres who won the Sir John Walker Trophy at the WAIBOP Secondary Schools Championships when he took out the Senior Boys 1500m.

The Sir John Walker Trophy has been awarded since 1977 and has never been won by a Hillcrest athlete in that time. The spikes in the trophy are the actual pair Sir John Walker used when he broke the World Mile record.

Well done also to Annie Downing who won the Junior girls 1500m and 3000m races, Taylor Murdoch who was 3rd in Junior Girls 200m and 4th in the 100m and High Jump and Sahil Phour who was 2nd in the 2000m Steeplechase.

#athletics #hillcrest #worldmile #JohnWalker
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Fantastic Louie. Following in the steps of greatness!

Congratulations Logan Ferguson on your world championship selection!!
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Congratulations Logan Ferguson on your world championship selection!!
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Woohoo Megan Williams BMX, National Champion!!
Congratulations🥇
… and a bunch of Adastra alumni on the podium too. Well done everyone👏👏👏
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Massive thank you to Craigs Investment Partners for granting me a scholarship this year through The Adastra Foundation, who have also sponsored me this year.

These organisations are what make international competitions possible for athletes like me, and they are much appreciated!
Thanks!!

#SportsScholarship #speedclimbing #trainhard
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Look out for 2023 Afastra recipient, Louie Endres, racing tonight in the 1500m at 6:50.

Livestream link here:

www.youtube.com/live/XM73xULnYwA?feature=shareSir Graeme Douglas International presented by Harcourts Cooper & Co is only a few hours away.

Find all information below 👇

📆Thursday 16 March from 5pm

Entry list: bit.ly/3ZClnKy
Timetable: bit.ly/41XGcBy
Results: bit.ly/3yq5Wcs
Tickets: bit.ly/3T0qdhW

🎥 Watch live via Athletics New Zealand YouTube Channel bit.ly/3ZFxeXZ

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#athletics #athleticsnz #SGDI2023 #trackandfield #continentaltour #auckland
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Look out for 2023 Afastra recipient, Louie Endres, racing tonight in the 1500m at 6:50.

Livestream link here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/XM73xULnYwA?feature=share

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Nikita Coleman’s weekend win in the Marra Super Sprint Triathlon at the Mount earned her selection on the Triathlon NZ Team travelling to Spain in September this year for the World Championship Final.

Also wicked to see Adastra Alumni, Deb Fuller winning the Open Women Sprint tri “dusting off the cobwebs” as she puts it! @deborahjoyfuller
Congratulations both of you!!👏👏
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Nikita Coleman’s weekend win in the Marra Super Sprint Triathlon at the Mount earned her selection on the Triathlon NZ Team travelling to Spain in September this year for the World Championship Final. 

Also wicked to see Adastra Alumni, Deb Fuller winning the Open Women Sprint tri “dusting off the cobwebs” as she puts it! @deborahjoyfuller 
Congratulations both of you!!👏👏

ANNOUNCING our Craigs Investment Partners supplementary scholarships for 2023.

Craigs Investment Partners support The Adastra Foundation with funding for scholarships across all of our recipients and also in providing 3 individuals with extra support.
Xavier (Hamilton), Abby (Tauranga), and Rohm (Rotorua) represent each of the three Craigs offices in our region and will benefit from the funding and also an opportunity to connect with Craigs advisors on their personal journey.
Our partnership with Craigs Investment Partners continues to provide benefit for our young people in their performance journey, supporting their performance and learning skills that will help shape their futures.
A massive thank you for your support!!!
Craigs Investment Partners
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ANNOUNCING a new partnership and supplementary scholarship for 2023.
The MERITO & HILL FAMILY scholarship has been awarded by Codi Merito and Brittney Hill to 2 returnee Adastra recipients.
Codi was an Adastra recipient in 2016 and is now supporting selected individuals on their own journeys.
In their words, Britt and Codi love to see people who are passionate in their field and even more so, the environment created when you have a room full of people who are striving to be better, each and every day.

The Adastra Foundation is incredibly grateful for their support and we congratulate Megan and Quinn for their selection👏👏
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Brilliant

Very cool thanks guys!!

How awesome!

Outstanding Codi and Britt👏

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