Ted Delahunty Leadership Award

Scholarship details

• 1. Award purpose

  Award purpose

  The Award was created to increase the number of Chartered Accountants practicing in provincial New Zealand through financially supporting a Provisional member that is committed to residing and working in provincial New Zealand*.

  *NB – Provincial New Zealand includes: Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, Manawatu-Whanganui, Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast, Canterbury (excluding Christchurch City), Otago and Southland.

• 2. Selection criteria

  Selection Criteria

  This Award is aimed at a provisional member who is currently enrolled and completing the CA Program and ideally approaching or completing the Capstone module – the final module in the CA Program.

  Within the covering letter applicants must be able to confirm or provide examples of:

  • Your motivation for applying for this Award;
  • Demonstrate a clear vision that you will remain and continue to contribute to your community in your provincial area;
  • Any extracurricular and community activities you have been involved in and what they mean personally to you;
  • Any leadership or teamwork skills and situations when you have used or developed these skills;
  • Your career ambitions, particularly the contribution you would like to make to the New Zealand accounting profession or the New Zealand community; and
  • The personal impact that the Award will have on you.

  Value

  The successful recipient of the Ted Delahunty Leadership Award will receive a one-off payment of NZ$10,000.