Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia and Latin America 2023

The Prime Minister’s Scholarships are funded by the New Zealand Government and administered by Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao to support New Zealanders on learning experiences in Asia and Latin America.

PMSA Global Internships in Mumbai – Caitlin Lorigan at the Taj Mahal.

PMSA Chinese Language Study Abroad cohort in Taiwan. Students posing for a photo with a sign that says 'Fort Zeelandia'

PMSLA Global Business with Tec de Monterrey in Mexico. Two students posing for a photo with corn.

PMSA Chinese Language Study Abroad cohort in Taiwan. Four students posing for a photo at the airport.

University of Auckland students are supported to take up Prime Minister’s Scholarship Group Programmes and Individual Award opportunities through the 360 International office.

As ambassadors for Aotearoa New Zealand and Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland, Prime Minister’s Scholars help to strengthen our connections with key counterparts in Asia and Latin American countries, promote cross-cultural understanding and improve the international skills of the New Zealand workforce.

Join us in celebrating the University of Auckland students who received a Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia (PMSA) or Latin America (PMSLA) for programmes in 2023! Read more about their experiences abroad on the 360 International Blog.

Group Programmes

PMSA Chinese Language Study Abroad

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Amelia Cai	Bonnie White	Charles Matthews	Emilia Skelton	Finley Harrison
Henry Fitzgerald	Juliette Herrera Crawford	Laura Oh	Maia Hosking	Nur Vela Was
Rachel Edwards	Simonah Ferreira	Tessa Barker	Yina Xu	Zara Thomas

PMSA Global Internship with CRCC Asia

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Anny Sau	Aria Todd-Pemerika	Benjamin Thomas	Dilpreet Kaur	Hinemoa Williams
Melissa Connolly	Nikisha Sharma	Tessa Brunton	Vivien Whyte	Xiao Xia Wang

PMSA Global Internships with NEXSTEP Connections

Bangkok, Thailand

Anna Prasitdamrong	Bethany Awatere	Cyrus Rudd	Danya Pavlovich	Helen Peng
Kiharoa Iversen-Reeder	Meghana Gaddam	Milica Mihajlovic	Stella Beckmann	Taimana Iversen-Reeder

PMSA Global Internships with Global Career Center

Mumbai, India

Adithi Rathnayake	Angelica Sivananthan	Caitlin Lorigan	Christopher Tang	Daniel Clark
Deklin Taumata	Emma Uren	Jana Hunt	Jasmine Ali-Ranchhod	Joelle Ireland
Niharika Mandadi	Srishti Bhardwaj	Stirling Bright	Tabarek Al-Jebouri	Tousse Aherne

PMSA Korean Language Study Abroad

Korea University, South Korea

Jackson Thompson Blewden	Katalina Chung	Mikaela Phang	Nikita Irene	Shannen Phillips
Shuwei Zhang	Waves Harris	Zanoor Penny	Zoe Allen Maitland	Zoe Lit

PMSA Reimagining India Study Tour

IndoGenius

Abby Wong	Annelise Basham	Brandon Jost-Turei	Claire Kang	Daniel O'Brien
Linwei Li	Matilda Dawson	Meera Patel	Nicolas Ackland

PMSLA Dance Study Tour

Universidad del Valle, Colombia

Bronte Jones	Iatua Felagai Taito	Jazz 'Ofamo'oni	Joanna Cook	Syrai-Tiare Taumihau
Teuila Hughes

PMSLA Global Business Programme

Tec de Monterrey, Mexico

Angela Guda	Benjamin Hawkins	Caitlin Normanton	Georgia Keene	Hayley McKenzie
Jack Adams	Jessica Cordes	Renee Chandra	Sophia Huang	Sophie Awatere

PMSLA Indigenous Rights & Histories

Campus b, Brazil

Ariana Andrews	Ashley Hemara	Edie Balme	Inverness-Moana Cowles	Joape Nagera
Ruby Macomber	Sherrick Martin	Wynona Moore

PMSLA Social Realities

Ibero-American University, Mexico

Laura Simcock	Lionel Kake	Maria O'Connell	Mei Ling Chen-Gillespie	Reina Beamsley-Allan
Tayla-Lee Bainbridge

Individual Awards

Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia (PMSA)

Airam Magpantay	Alyssandra Lim-Yip	Angel Loh	Camille Owen	Celine Goh
Luke Yoo	Cyrus Rudd	Darwin Chan	Edison Huang	Emma Burns
Fiona Shi	Isabelle Pou	Jamila Chen	Jono Kim	Joshua Taylor
Lily Thomlinson	Max Johansson-Pugh	Riona Hayes	Alex Yang	Zoe Lit

Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Latin America (PMSLA) Individual Awards

Aishlin Murphy	Alice Emeny	Ben Shea	Catherine Marshall	Harrison Booth
Jessica Cordes	Josh Ellwood	Joshua McCormack	Louise Blackmore	Maria O'Connell
Sofia Vega Guerra	Tania Simpson

For full details of the Prime Minister’s Scholarship individual awardees and programme details, read more here.