Mary Isabella Pharazyn (nee Bollinger) Scholarship

  • This scholarship commemorates the life and work of Mary Isabella Pharazyn (nee Bollinger) who lived in Havelock North from 1961 until her death aged 52 in 1978. She had trained as a Playcentre Supervisor between 1957 and 1961 in the Wellington region, and on moving to Havelock North she was asked by the New Zealand Nursery Playcentre Association to facilitate the training of other parents in Hawke's Bay and on the East Coast, in working with their children as early childhood educators in the co-operative and supportive environment that the Playcentre movement promoted.

    She had particular and ongoing relationships with the Nursery Playcentres at Havelock North, Haumoana and Omakere. Pharazyn (nee Bollinger) made lifelong friends among the mothers she worked with and other Playcentres throughout the region as well as the Hawke's Bay Regional Nursery Playcentre Association.

    All those involved with Nursery Playcentres gave their time without payment, working and learning with their own and other people’s children, but she saw that the days of such voluntary involvement were numbered. This scholarship honours both the legacy of her own work amongst the families of the region, and the need she foresaw for financial support for excellence in training to work in early childhood education.

    Objectives of the scholarship
    To encourage consistent academic achievement
    To recognise contribution to community
    To encourage learning at all stages of life
    To encourage completion of studies
    To diminish barriers to learning


    Awarding of the scholarship
    The Mary Isabella Pharazyn (nee Bollinger) scholarship was introduced in 2017, following a bequest received from the Pharazyn Estate to be used for the benefit of students in the Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) at EIT. 

    This scholarship is awarded to one student annually to the value of $2,500.

     

    Applications open: 1st February 2026
    Applications close: 15th March 2026

     

    Eligibility criteria

    • New Zealand Citizen of Permanent Resident
    • Applicants must be undertaking their 3rd year of the Bachelor of Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) degree at EIT Hawke’s Bay.
    • Must have undertaken Year 1 and 2 of their Bachelor of Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) degree at EIT Hawke’s Bay.

     

    Your submission must include:

    A Personal Statement (250 words):

    • Your participation in the community (ece, sports, church etc)
    • Your commitment to your own learning
    • Your motivation (passion & commitment)


    A Letter of Support from your Tutor, Lecturer or Programme Coordinator
    Include the following:

    • Your contribution and support within your EIT class
    • Your attendance
    • Your professionalism (classroom and ECE settings)

    A copy of your EIT Academic Transcript

    • You don't need to be a top student to apply for this scholarship.

    Application outcome:
    The granting of the scholarship will be assessed by a selection panel of Ōtātara Trust Board members on the basis of student calibre in an all round sense and not entirely on high academic achievement.

    All applicants will be notified on the outcome of their application by phone and/or email by the end of March 2026. 

     

    Contact Details
    If you have any questions regarding scholarship, please contact:

    Maree Diamond
    Phone: 06 830 1108
    Email: mdiamond@eit.ac.nz 

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  • TERMS AND CONDITIONS

    1. The scholarship panel has absolute discretion to determine the allocation of grants and their decision is not contestable.
    2. Any grant awarded will only become payable upon the confirmed enrolment of the applicant in the course of study indicated in this application. 
    3. If it is subsequently found that any information provided in this application is false the applicant shall be required to refund the grant paid. 
    4. If the scholarship recipient withdraw or are expelled from their course of study they will be required to refund the grant paid unless special dispensation is granted by the Eastern Institute of Technology or Ōtātara Trust Inc. 
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