2025 RMLA Scholarship Recipients Announced
The RMLA scholarship programme supports research shaping Aotearoa's future by strengthening resource management and advancing mātauranga Māori.
Applications for the 2025 awards closed in early April, after which the Scholarship & Awards Committee carefully reviewed all submissions. Scholarships were granted on the strength of applicants’ qualifications, commitment, and proposed research. Each award represents not only financial support but also recognition of the recipients’ dedication and potential to contribute meaningfully to the field.
We are proud to announce this year’s recipients:
Ana Linter-Cole – University of Waikato, Master of Environmental Planning
Research focus: applying mātauranga Māori taiao, kaitiakitanga me ngā tikanga in resource management and environmental plans, policies, and practices.Georgia Stillwell – University of Auckland, Masters in Civil Engineering (Research)
Research focus: investigating how large infrastructure projects (particularly renewable energy) can be recovered mid-delivery while remaining within the intent and limits of their original resource consents.Kerena Wano – Massey University, Master of Resource and Environmental Planning
Research focus: how the values of Te Ture Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua might be implemented beyond Te Papakura o Taranaki, extending the korowai of Koro Taranaki across the territories of Taranaki’s regulatory agencies.
The purpose of the RMLA scholarships is to encourage graduate students from a range of disciplines—law, planning, engineering, geography, science, landscape architecture, urban planning, and resource management—to focus their theses or dissertations on topics relevant to New Zealand’s resource management system. The awards also recognise and promote research that has the potential to shape Aotearoa’s future by contributing to mātauranga Māori in the environmental space.
Each recipient will receive $5,000 to support their studies, along with honorary membership to the association for one year.
Ngā mihi whakanuia mō tēnei rā, ā, mō ngā rā kei te heke mai.
“Whāia e koe te iti kahurangi; ki te tūohu koe, me he maunga teitei.
Pursue that which is precious; should you bow, let it be to a lofty mountain.”
L-R: Kerena Wano, Georgia Stillwell, Ana Linter-Cole
