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Te Pātaka Whaioranga (PHARMAC) Tapuhi Kaitiaki Awards online application

These awards are to support Māori nurses to continue their studies and their clinical practice. They will provide tautoko and manaaki for Māori nurses for their ongoing development in the New Zealand health system.

To be eligible to apply you must be working towards a nursing career pathway and be a member of Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa.

Applications close at 4pm on 1 July 2021

Things you will need to complete this form

Please have the following information, documents, and written answers ready to upload.

Information
1. Your Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa ID Number
2. Your nurse registration number
3. Your Student ID number
4. The name and contact details of an alternative contact person.
Files (maximum size 4MB each)
1. Your whakapapa, if you have it in document form
2. Evidence of enrollment in your course of study
3. A scanned copy of your academic record
4. A scanned copy of your Student ID
5. A recent photograph of you which is at least 2MB in size.
Your application essay

A 500 word essay in Te Reo or English about one of the options below, ready to copy and paste into the form:
- Option 1: How do you connect to whānau, hapū, iwi and other Māori health organisations, and how will this benefit Māori?
- Option 2: How are you able to develop and express yourself as Māori within your community?
When you have gathered all these things together you are ready to complete the form below.

You can save your application part way through

When you do this, you'll send yourself an email which contains a link. Clicking the link in the email allows you to carry on from where you left off before.
Your details
First name:
Last name:
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa ID Number:
Nurse registration number:
Your date of birth:
Day - Month - Year
Gender:
Email address:
Confirm email:
Day phone:
Mobile phone:
Preferred contact method:

Email
Day phone
Mobile phone
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Contact address (you must be living in New Zealand)
Unit:
Street:
Suburb:
City:
Postcode:
Alternative contact:
Alternative contact's name:
Alternative contact's phone number:
The relationship your alternative contact has with you:
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Whakapapa
If you know only part of your whakapapa, please give us the details that are known to you.
Iwi:
Hapū:
Marae:
Upload your whakapapa (up to 4MB):
Filename
Size
Process
Status
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About your study
Where are you studying now, or intending to study?
Student ID number:
Please attach a scanned copy of your Student ID (up to 4MB):
Filename
Size
Process
Status
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Which year of your study programme are you in?
Are you studying Full time or Part time?
Part time hours:
Please attach evidence of enrolment in your course of study (up to 4MB):
Filename
Size
Process
Status
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Please attach your academic record (up to 4MB):
Filename
Size
Process
Status
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About the course you want to take
Course name:
Course provider:
Course cost:
Topics covered:
Anything else you think we should know:
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Your application
PHARMAC Tapuhi Kaitiaki Awards category 1: Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Prescribing Awards

These awards acknowledge Tapuhi who are on a professional development journey to become a Nurse Prescriber or Nurse Practitioner. The awards offer financial tautoko and manaaki to nurses who wish to complete additional study and clinical practice. There are up to four awards available in this category.

PHARMAC Tapuhi Kaitiaki Awards category 2: Mātauranga Māori Awards

These awards are open to nurses (enrolled and registered) and tauira who wish to further their study and/or would like to develop an innovative way to assist whanau, hapū and iwi to access and understand their medicines.
For which awards category are you applying?
Please choose one of the topics below, write a 500 word essay in Te Reo or English about it, and put it in the box below.

Option 1: How do you connect to whānau, hapū, iwi and other Māori health organisations, and how will this benefit Māori?

Option 2: How are you able to develop and express yourself as Māori within your community?
Which option is your essay about?
Please paste in your essay in Te Reo or English (limit 500 words):
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Required files
A recent photograph of you (between 2MB and 6MB):
Filename
Size
Process
Status
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Your budget for course attendance (up to 4MB):
Filename
Size
Process
Status
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Confirmation
Image Release

If you are successful in your application, PHARMAC and Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa may wish to use the photograph of yourself which you supplied above, in their communications.
1. I understand the photograph of myself which I have supplied with this application may be used by PHARMAC across all media.
2. I am happy to have my photograph used in communications from PHARMAC and Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa.
Confirmation:

I agree to the Image Release conditions and declare the contents of this application form to be a true and correct record.
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Te Pātaka Whaioranga (PHARMAC) Tapuhi Kaitiaki Awards online application

Things you will need to complete this form

You can save your application part way through

Your details

Contact address (you must be living in New Zealand)

Alternative contact:

Whakapapa

About your study

About the course you want to take

Your application

Required files

Confirmation