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PM’s overseas scholarships reopen for Kiwi students

<p><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >Young New Zealanders once again have the opportunity for life-changing education experiences overseas&comma; Education Minister Chris Hipkins has announced&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >Applications for the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia and Latin America reopened this week &&num;8211&semi; from 21 March&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The reopening of our borders for entry to New Zealand also brings renewed opportunities for outbound travel as Kiwis reconnect with the world&comma;” Hipkins said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These scholarships mean talented New Zealanders will be able to add an international dimension to their learning and develop their global citizenship competencies and networks&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Previous scholarship recipients have come from a wide range of backgrounds and have studied in a range of fields&comma; including environmental science&comma; languages&comma; law&comma; the arts and business&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;More than 2&comma;400 Kiwis have benefited from the programme since 2013&comma; contributing to New Zealand’s ability to engage with key partners in Asia and Latin America&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This first round of the scholarship will be open for group applications only&comma; as this enables a higher level of support and oversight offshore&period; Travel will take place when it is safe to do so&comma; and most groups are likely to embark on their programmes in 2023&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >Applications for student groups from w&amacr;nanga&comma; universities&comma; institutes of technology&comma; polytechnics&comma; private training establishments&comma; iwi and other educational organisations will be open from 21 March – 2 May 2022&comma; with successful applicants advised in June 2022&period;   <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span lang&equals;"EN-US" >More information is available on the Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao website <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;enz&period;govt&period;nz&sol;funding&sol;prime-ministers-scholarships-for-asia-and-latin-america&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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