Grant to support students at the Modern American English School in Antigua, Guatemala.
Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne New Zealand– sponsorship of 6 concerts featuring students from the New Zealand School of Music
Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne – grant for acquisition (Ruanuku award)
Toihoukura program in Contemporary Maori Arts, Gisborne – student scholarships
Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation – grant to support the Foundation’s support for emerging opera singers
RELC, Singapore. Ms Shwe Yee Htoo, Myanmar and Mr Hazwan bin Hamdan, Malaysia, scholarships to complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics (blended version).
Support for musical development: piano students Leroy Ma (age 13), Sydney; and Lixin Zhang (age 15), Christchurch.
Support for university studies: Joshua HolmbergNew Zealand; Lester CajesManila;John YansonManila.
Support for Ph.D studies: Christian RudiantoIndonesia.
Professional development grant: Tony Chen Lin (pianist), New Zealand/Germany and Frederick Jones (tenor), New Zealand/United Kingdom.
Sponsorship of Calvin Abdiel and Leroy Ma (Sydney) to take part in the 11th International Competition for Young Pianists “Steps to Mastery” in St. Petersburg in June 2017.
Sponsorship of Lixin Zhang (Christchurch) to take masterclasses in piano at the Semaine International de piano et musique du chambre, Blonay Switzerland, August 2017.