The awards come from partners including The FAME Trust, The Acorn Foundation (which is based in the Western Bay of Plenty) and PANNZ (Performing Arts Network of New Zealand).
[4] It is a scholarship to support performing arts student who have completed at least their first year of study with skill in music or theatre (including actors, directors, playwrights, storytellers, theatrical technicians and scenographers).
[4] Also awarded were Oliver Bramah, studying musical composition at University of Auckland, Maurea Perez-Varea studying acting at Toi Whakaari, Persia Thor-Poet a contemporary dance student at the New Zealand School of Dance, Majenta Gaffar, Studying a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Waikato and Sebastian Hunter (Bachelor of Theatre student at Victoria University of Wellington).
[6] Winners included Michael Lyell-O’Reilly a performing arts manager at Toi Whakaari, Hannah Scholten, a contemporary dance student at the New Zealand School of Dance, Tomairangi Paterson-Waaka at the at NASDA Musical theatre Programme at the Ara Institute of Canterbury.
Tupe Lualua is a dancer, choreographer, actor, theatre-maker and educator and director of the Measina Festival and Le Moana theatre and dance company.