Scholarships
Page/Acorn Engineering Scholarships
For apprentices and employees of Tauranga engineering firms.
Up to seven Page/Acorn Engineering scholarships are awarded each year, valued at $7,500 over two years ($4,500 to the company; $3,000 to the recipient). These scholarships are open to apprentices or adult employees of Western Bay of Plenty engineering firms who are studying to gain an engineering qualification.
Applications close on 31 March each year and should be made through the participating engineering firm.
Past scholarship winners include employees from the following engineering firms:
- Robert Page Engineering
- Boshier Engineering
- Contract Mechanical Services
- Mouats Engineering
- Jensen Steel Fabricators
- Endevour Engineering & Tooling Ltd
- Impact Engineering
- Pacific Sawmill Engineering Limited
- Page Macrae Engineering
- Tig Art Limited
- Spida Machinery
The Page/Acorn Engineering scholarships were established in 2008, in memory of Bob Page, who co-founded Page & Macrae Engineering and was passionate about seeing young people in the BOP succeed. Read more about Acorn donor Bob Page here.
If you are an apprentice or employee of a Western Bay of Plenty engineering firm and would like to find out more about this scholarship, please contact us.
About Robert Page:
Robert (Bob) Page was a marine engineer spending many years at sea, working his way up through the ranks, but when he planted his sea legs firmly on land, he became the co-founder of Page & Macrae Engineering, in 1953.
Bob was a highly respected businessman who was responsible for a variety of projects in the Bay of Plenty, including the Ruahihi Power Station and the giant tanks at the Port of Tauranga.
Bob Page was “one of life’s true gentlemen.” He had a heart to help young people get a start in life and was passionate about seeing them succeed. Bob took on many apprentices, and for many years Bob was on the apprenticeship board.
When the apprenticeship scheme came to an end, Bob told his wife Joy, “The tragedy is that in a few years’ time, there will be a dreadful shortage of builders, plumbers, electricians, fitters and turners, engineers and many other tradespeople, who have not had the luxury of an apprenticeship.”
Bob had a dream to continue creating opportunities for young people to get started in the engineering field, and this has now come to fruition with the establishment of the Page/Acorn Engineering scholarships.
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