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Toloa Scholarship Recipients 2025

Toloa Scholarship Recipients 2025

Toloa Scholarships aim to encourage Pacific students to pursue learning Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The scholarships are available at both secondary and tertiary levels, along with a community fund to foster STEM engagement across Pacific communities.

Find lists of the students granted scholarships in 2025 below. 

2025 Toloa Secondary Scholarship recipients: years 9 -10

Below are recipients A-E (by first name) of the Toloa Secondary Scholarships for 2025:

Name

School

Aaliayah Tagiaia

Waimate High School

Aimasi Tuifao Anae Pakuranga College

Aja-Lucia Vatau

St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College

Alaifatu Fatialofa

Wellington College

Alexander Kairua

St Patrick’s College Silverstream

Alosina Siliga

De La Salle College

Angelina Mulipola

McAuley High School

Arielle Maiava

Auckland Girls Grammar School

Astyn Meredith-Turuwhenua

Scots College

Atilua Fuamatu

De La Salle College

Carrishmah Vavega

Kelston Boys' High School

Christian Manase Va’afuti

Kelston Boys' High School

Christian Cole

One Tree Hill College

Christobell Puni

Marcellin College

Cuba Hipa

Mount Albert Grammar School

Daniel Ripata

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Denzel Saluni

Scots College

Destiny Fruean-Ah Ching

St Mary’s College (Ponsonby)

Emily-Alice Feao

McAuley High School

Below are recipients F-L (by first name) of the Toloa Secondary Scholarships for 2025:

Name

School

Faamanatu Fuafiva

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Fagamanu Aoelua

De La Salle College

Finepolo Langi

Timaru Boys High School

Florence Leala

Villa Maria College

Folose Saula

Auckland Girls Grammar School

Georgia Fidow

St Catherine’s College

Giovanna Lemalu

McAuley High School

Glennis Ah Fua

St Mary’s College, Wellington

Israel Moselini McCarthy

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School

Issabella Smart

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Iva Filipaina

Christchurch Girls’ High School

Jacob Hassan

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Jerome Iloilo    

De La Salle College

Jireh Faasoa

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Joel Fakateli

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School

Joselle Filipo

McAuley High School

Joseph Mafi

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Joseph Kaufononga

St John’s College Hamilton

Joseph O’Donovan

St Patrick’s College (Wellington)

Joshua Pati

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Kaislane Aii-Faumuina

De La Salle College

Kalesita Fifita

Mount Albert Grammar School

Kharlyn Koloi

Ngaire Ashmoore

Kyra Pulepule  

Wellington Girls’ College

Laifone Liuvaie

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Laureigh Tuitama

St Catherine’s College

Lehnera Hunt

St Dominic’s Catholic College

Leilani McAdams

Solway College

Leonie Bradbrook

Auckland Girls Grammar School

Levi Jogia

Kelston Boys' High School

Lily ’Uhila

Avondale College

Lochlan Te’o

St Peter’s College (Auckland)

Logan Jackson

Mangere College

Lola Aiuta

Baradene College of the Sacred Heart

Lorraine Pomale

Huanui College

Luseane Limoni

St Mary’s College (Ponsonby)

Below are recipients M-R (by first name) of the Toloa Secondary Scholarships for 2025:

Name

School

Madelyn Ualolo

McAuley High School

Malia Fagaloa-Smith

St Catherine’s College

Maliik Leali’ifano

St Patrick’s College Silverstream

Marguerite Sakalia

Baradene College of the Sacred Heart

Maria Rountree

Whitby Collegiate

Marley Hansell

Massey High School

Mary Matafahi

St Peter's College (Palmerston North) 

Melenaite Vakalahi Taunaholo

Hillmorton High School

Melody-Krystine Faumuina

Auckland Girls Grammar School

Metuakore Ngan Woo-Matoha

Sancta Maria College

Nathaniel Motufoua

De La Salle College

Nathaniel Chong

St Peter’s College (Auckland)

Nikolao Anitele'a

De La Salle College

Niututoatasi Malae

Otago Boys' High School

Noah Scanlan

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Noeah Fe’ao

Tipene St Stephens

Nylah Curreen

Waitakere College

Oluolu Siohane-Hune

St Patrick’s College (Wellington)

Patileti Auva’a

St Mary’s College (Wellington)

Paula Taumoepeau

St John’s College Hamilton

Percival Taumoepeau

St John’s College Hamilton

Philippa Cabrera Palmer

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Puataunofo Iosua Vaili

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School

Rae Nicholson

Auckland Girls Grammar School

Rebecca Johansson

Pakuranga College

Ruby-Tooa Iupeli

Wellington East Girls College

Rupert Suri

Tauranga Boys College

Below are recipients S-Z (by first name) of the Toloa Secondary Scholarships for 2025:

Name

School

Saimone Young

Marcellin College

Sekope Kikau  

Christchurch Boys' High School

Shammah Leota St Catherine’s College
Shaylee Fonua Sancta Maria College

Siaosi Tuima

St Peter’s College (Auckland)

Sione Bloomfield

Mangere College

Siulolovao Pua

Ruawai College

Stanley Apulu

St Thomas of Canterbury College

Talalelei Masinalupe Tini

Palmerston North Girls' High School

Talina McLeod-Venu

Sacred Heart College (Wellington)

Tiana Mildon

Palmerston North Girls' High School

Tili Pouono

South Auckland Middle School

Toni Fiaola

McAuley High School

Uimeiloto Hukehuke

Liston College

Vernon Tuia

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Viliami Fa’aui

Auckland Grammar School

Virginaari Mafiti

Ashburton College

Wesley Ramsay

De La Salle College

2025 Toloa Secondary Scholarship recipients: years 11-13

Below are recipients A-E (by first name) of the Toloa Secondary Scholarships for 2025:

Name

School

Adi Siliasau

Saint Cuthbert’s College

Aisake Samisoni

Burnside High School 

Alex Ugapo

De La Salle College

Allie O'Callaghan

Mount Roskill Grammar School

Amota Tabera

St John’s College Hamilton

Amy Grinsted

Pakuranga College

Ana Schaumkel-Vea

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Angel Murti

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School

Anita Mulipola

McAuley High School

Anti 'Alatia Kelsey 'Atuekaho Kuli

Auckland Girls Grammar School

Astyn Tuiletufuga

Marcellin College

Atieli Telefoni

De La Salle College

Augustine Ripata

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Austin Laulu

Glendowie College

Ava’aulii Clifford-Kaulima

King's College

Barry Fau

Alfriston College

Benjamin Filipe

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Brandon Siofilisi

Mangere College

Bruno Ta’ale

De La Salle College

Caroline Savieti

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School

Charles Rongo-Kea

Manukura

Charlie Gasologa Solomona

Mangere College

Charlotte Nau

Fielding High School

Chelsea Pelo

McAuley High School

Christian Poli Tipi

Aquinas College

Christine Frost-Saveaalii

Rangitikei College

Constance Ah-Kuoi

Baradene College of the Sacred Heart

Daniel Leatinuu

De La Salle College

Donabelle Laurenson

Auckland Girls Grammar School

Doreen Fonoivasa

Auckland Girls Grammar School

Dylan Tukia

Green Bay High School

Eden Inia

St Mary’s College (Ponsonby)

Eirene  Apineru

Auckland Grammar School

Eleanor Dean

Otago Girls’ High School

Elei Clarke

Diocesan School for Girls

Elenor Matakaiongo

Mangere College

Eliana  Sululoto

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School

Elijah Tia

De La Salle College

Elisapeta Pouono

Ormiston Senior College

Ella-Anik Reuelu

Whitby Collegiate

Ellma Sofai

Sancta Maria College

Emily Hassan

Kapiti College

Emily-Alice Feao

McAuley High School

Emma-Lee Rota

St Paul's Collegiate School

Eniketi Piliu

Sacred Heart Girls' College (Hamilton)              

Epeli Prescott

Mount Albert Grammar School

Esala Rasovo

Westlake Boys High School

Eseta Rasmussen

Marist College

Ethaniel Leaupepe

One Tree Hill College

Etikeni Helu

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Eunice Savelio

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Evan Chi-Tar

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Below are recipients F-L (by first name) of the Toloa Secondary Scholarships for 2025:

Name

School

Faaiuga Tuuaga

One Tree Hill College

Faamoemoefou Belford

De La Salle College

Fa'aoleole Fuafiva

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Faapaiaautimuai Faasisila

McAuley High School

Faith Lokeni

New Plymouth Girls' High School

Fetalaileutaalepoto Isara

McAuley High School

Finnbar Cavanagh-Briggs

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Fluer Tu’itupou

Kelston Girls' College

Fred Pongi

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School

Fredrick Furivai

Pakuranga College

Fuarosa Ripley

Mount Albert Grammar School

Fuianina Aoelua

McAuley High School

Grace Motusaga

Kelston Girls' College

Gustav Lolohea

Mount Roskill Grammar School

Halamehi Mahe

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Hena Puloka

Baradene College of the Sacred Heart

Henaka Tusa Soagia

Sacred Heart Girls' College (Hamilton)

Hirihna Carlo

Mangere College

Hope Levi

Tamaki College

Iese Faatupu

Mangere College

Ilo Lui-Fa’i

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School

Iloara Faamausili

Napier Girls’ high school

Infinity Papali’I

Mount Albert Grammar School

Ioane Brown

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School

Isaac Oloi

Mount Albert Grammar School

Isabella Clarke

Diocesan School for Girls

Jacob Ainuu

Otago Boys' High School

Jadarose Kapsin-Mani

Avondale College

Jane Isaako

St Mary’s College (Wellington)

Janette Tiria

Mangere College

Jason Pritchard

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Jazmin Raju

Mount Albert Grammar School

Jeanazarene Fosi-Tolovae

McAuley High School

Jeide Tyrell

Whanganui High School

Jeremiah Tuhega-Vaitupu

King’s High School

Joseph Tupai

St Patrick’s College (Wellington)

Joshua Afeaki

St Peter’s College (Auckland)

Julius Nau

Awatapu Awatapu College

Justus Tuigamala

Aorere College

Keeley Leavasa

Onehunga High School

Keilah Pati

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Khalen Quensell

Mount Albert Grammar School

Kijiana Tuatoko

Naenae College

Kingston Tupuola

St Patrick’s College Silverstream

Kolini Aloivaopili

Horowhenua College

La'ie Nimarota Vatuvei

Whitby Collegiate

Laila Viking

McAuley High School

Lasanitina Fifita

Mount Albert Grammar School

Laurel Marshall

Forest View High School

Lawrence Tuileva

Mangere College

Leilani Pohutuhutu

Glendowie College

Leilani Matagi Tomasi

Kelston Girls' College

Leonidas Mataia

De La Salle College

Lio Malu

Palmerston North Boys' High School   

Litia Chong

St Mary’s College (Ponsonby)

Lorence Faatasi

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Lorenzo Graydon-Tolua

Massey High School    

Lositika Fa’aui

Saint Cuthbert’s College

Lotoalofa Usieli

Liston College 

Lusitta Nonumalo Ieti

McAuley High School  

Below are recipients M-R (by first name) of the Toloa Secondary Scholarships for 2025:

Name

School

Maaike Magalogo

Avondale College

Maeva  Fe’ao

Mount Albert Grammar School

Malia Tu'amoheloa

St Mary’s College, (Wellington)

Manu Aisea Toa

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Maria Savelio

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Mariah Vaotangi

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Mariam Ammar

Wellington Girls’ College

Mario Furivai

Pakuranga College

Mary Lisiate

Auckland Girls Grammar School

Maryanne Te'o Vitolio  

McAuley High School

Mason Faletanoai

Manukau Christian School

Meavali Asiata

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Mele Nimo

Riccarton High School

Mele’ofa Talia’uli

McAuley High School

Mele’ofeina Teulilo

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School

Melepuopua Tevunga

Mount Albert Grammar School

Mia Faletanoai

Manukau Christian School

Michael Fa'aui

De La Salle College

Mosese Kailea

Wesley College

Nalanee Robinson        

Middleton Grange School

Nanci Tupou

Waitakere College

Nastassjah Pita

Sacred Heart College (Napier)

Nikotimo Rasovo

Westlake Boys High School

Noah Fa’afiu

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Oweem Faamatuainu

Pakuranga College

Owen Hukehuke

Palmerston North Boys' High School   

Paige Saluni

Scots College

Paris Gaugau

McAuley High School

Pauliasi Fifita

St Patrick’s College Silverstream

Pele Masoe-Clifford-Kaulina

King's College

Petelo Sakalia

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Phillip Ah Kau

Sancta Maria College

Pita Fuafiva      

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Rasela Apulu

Villa Maria College

Roseena Fatai

Papakura High School

Rupeni Qoroya

St Bedes College

Rylie Tatui-Lesoa

Sancta Maria College

Below are recipients S-Z (by first name) of the Toloa Secondary Scholarships for 2025:

Name

School

Sahara-May Mafi

Baradene College of the Sacred Heart

Salote Vaitohi

Scots College

Samuei Halapua

Massey High School

Scholastica Isitolo

McAuley High School

Sebastian Fetu’uaho

Manurewa High School

Seini Stanley

McAuley High School
Seini Latailakepa          

St Oran’s College 

Sela Pesiniua

Awatapu Awatapu College

Selyndah Tonisitino

Palmerston North Girls' High School

Sepuita Mohetau

McAuley High School

Shalom Tauai

St John’s College Hamilton

Siale Baker

Villa Maria College

Silau Fa'asolo - Taufa

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Simione Nau

Awatapu Awatapu College

Siona-Fou Pouono

Ormiston Senior College

Sione  Moala

Rongotai College

Sisilia Misa

Middleton Grange School

Sonny-Eddie Leota   

Sancta Maria College

Sontel  Liuvaie

Palmerston North Girls' High School

Sosaia Kaufononga

St John’s College Hamilton

Sosefina Baker

Villa Maria College

Spencer Burgess-Ioane

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Stanley Maue

Avondale College

Stephen Puluno

Sancta Maria College

Stephne Maea

Mangere College

Suia Samuelu

Palmerston North Girls' High School

Summer Fidow

Mount Roskill Grammar School

Ta’amilo Emani-Johnson

De La Salle College

Talafaiva Ofa       

Middleton Grange School

Te Aio-Titia Halatau

Whitby Collegiate

Theodora Vakalahi

Alfriston College

Tialemua Lemisio

St Joseph’s Maori Girls College Napier

TL Iosua

De La Salle College

Trinity Silivelio Ulugia

McAuley High School

Tupou Ofa

Middleton Grange School

Tusa Fauea

De La Salle College

Uelese Motusaga

Kelston Boys' High School

Ulukilupetea Langi

Craighead Diocesan School

Va'aali'i Afoa

McAuley High School

Valencia Fa'aletatau

Avondale College

Vatau Isaac

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Veiana Malu

Palmerston North Girls' High School

Veronika Seko

St Peter's College (Palmerston North)

Viola Ah Kuoi Peleti  

Marist College

Weston Burgess-Ioane

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Wilford Tovo

Mount Albert Grammar School

William Fifita

Manurewa High School

Xander Latulipe

Sancta Maria College  

Xhaiden Reti-Pereira

De La Salle College

Zephaniah Lai

Massey High School

Zion Tanuvasa

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Zorro Masoe

Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

 

2025 Toloa Tertiary Scholarship recipients

Below are recipients A-Z of the Toloa Tertiary Scholarships for 2025:

Name

Tertiary Institution

Agnes Taefu

University of Auckland

Alaifetu Junior Tuatagaloa

University Of Auckland

Alexander Fitzpatrick

University Of Auckland

Alfred Sifa         

Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

Alonso Jack Fa’alogo Fitzpatrick

University of Auckland

Erene Punefu

Auckland University of Technology

Folau Lelei Ki Greenlane Langi

University of Auckland

Jazmine McKenzie

North Tec, Te Pūkenga

Liua Takuia

Auckland University of Technology

Luke McConnell

University of Canterbury

Mateo 

University of Auckland

Micheal Taylor

University of Canterbury

Nicholas Levy

University of Auckland

Olive Tuipulotu

University of Canterbury

Olivia Tukia

University of Auckland

Seter Kemoe’atu Vaomotou

Techtorium

Sione Posesi Taufateau Vaea

Auckland University of Technology

Sky Alicia Nova Mills

University of Otago

Teariki Aumai Teiotu

The University of Auckland - Te Whare Wananga o Tamaki Makaurau

Tepora Faalogo 

Auckland University of Technology

Tre Vivani

Universal College of Learning (UCOL) 

Trent Morgan

Ara Institute of Canterbury

Vensel Margraff

University of Auckland

Veronic Tuivai 

Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

Zachary Kapono Celona

University of Auckland