2024 Winston Churchill Fellowship Recipients

Alana Ruakere (Ngāmotu New Plymouth): For travel to the Netherlands, Norway and Canada to study Dementia Villages as a model for New Zealand multi-generational living and elder care in the future.

Chantelle Griffiths (Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland): For travel to the United Kingdom and Europe to study processes and systems that will support revitalising braille and tactile literacy in Aotearoa.

Cherie Jacobson (Te Wanganui-a-Tara Wellington): For travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland to study historic house museum operations and their relevance to Aotearoa.

Claudine Crabtree (Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland): For travel to Singapore, Scotland, and England to study the impact school libraries are having on student literacy and their applicability in Aotearoa.

Grace Brown (Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland): For travel to London to explore technology solutions that break down barriers to communication for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and neurodivergent communities.

Heather Lear (Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland): For travel to Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia to investigate community-based assistance for families to help them support their children’s early communication and language development.

Jessica Buchanan (Rotorua): For travel to the United Kingdom to examine methods of delivering healthcare and training to remote areas without specialist oral health services.

Karla Sanders (Alexandra): For travel to the United Kingdom and the United States to engage with leading organisations that involve young people as partners in creating positive online experiences and addressing online harm, including cyberbullying.

Ariana Sheehan (Kirikiriroa Hamilton): For travel to Europe to examine and record Kaitaka Huaki in museum collections to reclaim a vital part of traditional Māori weaving techniques and disseminate them to art communities in New Zealand.

Wendy Robertson (Tauranga): For travel to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland to study licensing processes, driver education, enforcement controls, and to improve licensing accessibility.

2024 Churchill McNeish Writers Fellowship Recipient

Pennie Hunt (Ōtepoti Dunedin): For travel to Tasmania to extend her creative non-fiction writing.