12 February 2025
Dan Moskovitz
By email: [FYI request #29711 email]
Tēnā koe Dan
Official information request regarding hardship scholarship applications
I refer to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
dated 10 January 2025:
“Please provide the number of total applicants to all scholarships flagged as
hardship for the 2019-2025 educational years.”
On 16 January 2025 you confirmed you were seeking information on scholarships
regarding financial hardship.
The information you requested is attached. Please note, we have provided the total
number of applications (including incomplete applications) for scholarships that list
facing financial hardship as a mandatory eligibility criteria. We have not included
scholarships where financial hardship is not an essential or primary consideration.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of the
decisions made regarding this request. Information about how to make a complaint is
available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me at
[VUW request email].
Ngā mihi nui
Blair Doherty
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington