Manaaki Financial Support Grant
How to apply
- How you are experiencing hardship that is unexpected or exceptional
- A brief budget and details of your income source/s
- What you need help with and how much you need
- Any quotes, copies of invoices or documents that will support your application
- Your bank account details, including a copy of your bank statement, making sure to include the bank’s logo, your account’s full name and your account number
Manaaki Financial Support Grant Application Form
Grant and committee dates
The Grant committee meets every Monday and Thursday morning to assess applications. If you are approved a grant and we have all the information we need, a payment will usually be made the next working day.
Please note: These dates are subject to change and may be impacted by events such as Public Holidays and campus closures.
2023 closing date: The Manaaki Financial Support Grant closes for 2023 at 8am on Monday, 11 December and will re-open on Monday, 29 January 2024.
The grant cannot assist with:
- Course related costs, including fees
- Fines and loan repayments
- Bond and associated costs such as letting fees and rent in advance
- Recreational memberships
- Ongoing financial support
- Costs incurred prior to studying here
Useful resources
- Student Resources
- Claim course-related costs
- Break between study
- Urgent food assistance
- Rent and other accommodation costs
- Power, gas, water or heating bills
- Dental treatment
- Car repairs
- Whiteware (eg, fridge, freezer, washing machine)
- Childcare Subsidy
- Out of School Care and Recreation (OSCAR) Subsidy
- Here to help u
- Waikato Foodbanks
- The Salvation Army food, clothing and furniture support
Contact us
To contact us for more information, please email us at hardshipgrant@wintec.ac.nz.
If you need support filling in the application form, please email help@wintec.ac.nz if you are a domestic ākonga (learner/student) or internationalhelp@wintec.ac.nz for international ākonga (learner/student).
