Port Chalmers Bursaries
The Port Chalmers Marine Lodge, EC, ceased to meet in Otago in 2005, and its members wished the name to be preserved and to provide assistance to the youth of the Port Chalmers District. As a result a separate trust was established with the objective of providing a Bursary towards higher education. The funds are administered by the Otago Masonic Charitable Trust, under a separate set of Rules and Guidelines. A selection committee appointed by the OMCT administers the awarding of the Bursary(ies).
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Some recipients
2025 Port Chalmers Marine Lodge Bursary
Ariel Cuthbertson from Port Chalmers has recently been chosen as the recipient of the 2025 Port Chalmers Marine Lodge Bursary.
Andrea recently completed her Year 13 studies at Otago Girls High School and will in 2025 attend The Otago Polytechnic to study for a Batchelor of Nursing. This career choice is a goal she has for many years aspired to. .
She says obtaining the Bursary will allow her to support her in her first year of
Studies, and help her to meet the costs of the course which fall outside the standard fees. As well, during the course there will placements away from home where she will need to pay for accommodation.
As well as the practical aspects of nursing Ariel is interested in the technical aspects of best practice. These are around the advancements in palliative care, such as whanau decision making around the transition to palliative care, and advanced care planning for those with chronic and severe conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. As well she has a passion for improving health outcomes and quality of life in older people, which is a growing challenge in many communities which now have a larger number of aging people, who are living for longer, and the complex health needs that this can bring.
For several years Ariel has worked part-time at the Port Chalmers Four Square,
and is involved with the West Harbour Pony Club. When qualified Ariel has aspirations of volunteering to use her skills overseas in counties with a need for health workers.
The Port Chalmers Marine Lodge Bursary has been awarded annually since 2006 and therefore even though the Lodge no longer meets in Port Chalmers, its legacy lives on to the benefit of the community.
Andrea Dale
Andrea Dale has been chosen as the recipient of the 2022 Port Chalmers Marine Lodge Bursary, and a Certificate acknowledging this was given to her on Monday 13 December 2021.
Andrea has now completed her studies at Otago Girls High School and next year she will attend The Otago Polytechnic to study for a Batchelor of Occupational Therapy. This is a three year course and Andrea says it is in line with her wanting to help and support others in the community.
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Scarlett Rogers
Barbara Agnew, Principal of Queen’s High School, says : "Scarlett Rogers displays a maturity beyond her years, and she possesses a strong sense of community and justice. Scarlett is a superb role model for the younger girls at Queen’s High School. She relates well to everyone – her peers, adults and younger children. She is an enabler of others and will support them to achieve things, even when they lose confidence. Scarlett is kind, caring and will go out of her way to ensure everyone is included. She will deliberately place herself with students that might otherwise be left out.”
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Michaela George-Barnes
An ex-student of Otago Girls’ School, Michaela George-Barnes has worked hard to obtain a place at Victoria University in Wellington where she intends to take a Bachelor of Arts Degree: a double major in Political Science and Media Studies. When a Trustee asked how she had come to decide on simultaneously studying two such wide-ranging subjects, Michaela explained that she had been interested in politics since starting at Otago Girls’.
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Rosa Miles-Seeley
It was not merely Rosa Miles-Seeley’s literary skills (and she has an abundance) that won over the grants committee for the Port Chalmers Lodge Bursary Award, it was more that Rosa has an total determination to succeed. At the grand old age of 18, Rosa bluntly informed us that her aim is to become a Member of Parliament.
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Alice Morrison (and Steve Walker)
Alice Morrison receives her certificate for her Port Chamers Bursaery from Steve Walker, Chair of the Port Chamers Community Board.
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