What are the specific age requirements? Is there an upper age limit?

To apply for a Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship, you must be 18 years old or older when you start your scholarship. This means if you are 17 years of age when you apply, you must have your 18th birthday before you start your scholarship in semester one immediately following your application. Exception for Samoa: Applicants applying for the Samoa Foundation intake can be 17 years of age when they commence their scholarship. There is no upper age limit for applicants. However, we do prefer applicants who are under 40 years of age.