Meet the 2025 ANZCO Foods Scholarship recipients

Posted on Friday, 3 October 2025

Congratulations to this year’s ANZCO Foods’ scholarship recipients.

This is the sixth year we’ve run these scholarships and we continue to see incredibly strong applications from immediate family members of our waged employees.

Each year ANZCO Foods awards four scholarships of up to $5,000 for up to three years’ tertiary study or towards an apprenticeship.

The four people who will receive scholarships for 2026 are:

  • Jennifer Watson, Manawatū (Bachelor of Occupational Therapy)
  • Tagaroa Hutchison, Waitara (Bachelor of Computer Science)
  • Julianna Apoldo, Canterbury (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - MB ChB)
  • Taylah Kilmister, Moregate Hamilton (Bachelor of Commerce – Agriculture and Finance)
We've also awarded five one-off scholarships to:

  • Johanna Ewens, Manawatū (Hotel Management and Hospitality Programme)
  • Korbin Bisson, Waitara (Bachelor of Psychology)
  • Leand Mariz Sanders, Eltham (Bachelor of Science – Anatomy)
  • Taylor King-Ryan, Canterbury (Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce – Marketing)
  • Mau Junior Petaia, Marlborough (Bachelor of Architecture – Landscape)
 

Well done to these people and thank you to everyone who applied.

In the photo, from left: Jennifer Watson, Tagaroa Hutchison, Julianna Apoldo, Taylah Kilmister.

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