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NZ School of Dance student selected as one of the 2024 Emerging Practitioner Award recipients
Dancer and educator Aylish Marshall is this year’s recipient from the New Zealand School of Dance.
2024 Emerging Practitioner Award recipient at the University of Otago
Viola performer, composer, and musicologist Grace Shaw is this year’s recipient from the University of Otago.
First FAME Year 13 Performing Arts Scholarship Recipient Selected
Congratulations to Michael van Lieshout, head prefect at Tauranga Boys’ College and talented guitarist.
Daily vaping rates in NZ teens almost double year on year
The doubling of daily vaping among teenagers is nothing short of a public health crisis that demands urgent attention. The Acorn Foundation will fund Te Hā Ora’s ability to offer 24 workshops to…
Acorn Foundation celebrates 10% increase in endowment giving
272 charitable organisations and scholarship programmes will benefit from this year’s Acorn Foundation distributions.
Will-fully Supporting Women’s Welfare
Noeline’s giving has created an invested community interest. She encourages those who haven’t updated their wills to consider leaving gifts to support the areas they care most about.
Local Students win 2024 scholarships to Outward Bound
14 students celebrated winning the 2024 Outward Bound Scholarship and will attend the Tangaroa Watch programme at Anakiwa in the South Island.
Acorn Foundation Inaugurates New Memorial Grove
The grove has been established to honour the legacy of donors to the foundation who have passed on and has begun with the planting of six young native saplings: three Kahikatea and three Pūriri trees.
Heart of the Community
Mums4Mums recently won the Heart of the Community Award at the Western Bay Community Awards. In order for new mothers and babies to thrive, Mums4Mums put volunteers into their homes to provide…