Supporting our students for 30 years
Join us as we celebrate 30 years in 2024! We share some special alumni stories, acknowledge those who have supported us along the way, and welcome you to join us at our Gala Dinner in October.
It’s our 30th birthday!
Where have the years gone?! Thinking back to 1994 when the founding trustees signed the Trust Deed, little did they know they would be celebrating 30 years of creating future leaders for our industry; 30 years of providing over 300 scholarships around the motu and 30 years of helping industry develop broader outcomes that make a difference to their communities.
Here you will find not just stories of success over the last 30 years as we celebrate throughout the year, but also event details as we lead up to our big birthday party!
2002 Trustees at awards dinner, from left: Paul Duffy, John Whitehead, Binty Bringans, Mike Higgins, Gregory Shanahan, John Bayley, Dallas Pendergrast, Mike Hutcheson, Bruce Sanderson (absent: Deborah Kelland, David Kennedy, Ann Robertson).
Event Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Platinum Donors
The ASAP Finance
& Hemat Patel Foundation
M.A. Bringans
Gold Sponsors
“Graeme loved supporting young people along their life and career journeys. Keystone Trust has continued his work and I know he would be so proud to see the impact we’ve made.
I feel very fortunate to have followed the progress of many students over the years and watched them move into leadership roles. After 30 years, I still enjoy being involved in the trust and continuing to meet such deserving and positive young people.”
Binty Bringans – Founding Trustee
Our 30th Birthday Gala Dinner
Dust off the glad rags and book the baby-sitter now, as this is one party you don’t want to miss! Put a circle around Thursday 24 October because Keystone Trust is celebrating its 30th birthday!
Date: Thursday 24 October
Time: 6pm
Location: Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland
For more information, please contact Ailsa Rinakama – Keystone Trust Marketing and Events Manager.
A registration link open will be open soon.
30 Stories for 30 Years
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Celebrating International Women’s Day with the first Keystone Trust student and first story of our “30 stories for 30 years” series.
Things moved fast for Andrea Salter after she’d given her speech at the annual Keystone awards dinner. It was November 1999. Andrea had just completed five years at Auckland University and was to graduate in 2000 with a Bachelor of Architecture. Before the night was over, she’d been offered two jobs.
Keystone Alumni – where are they now?
Over the past 30 years, some 212 Study Award, Key Partner Scholarship and School Leaver Scholarship recipients have graduated and joined the Trust’s alumni group. Some have travelled far and are now working offshore, however, 78% are still living in New Zealand and the vast majority are still working in the property/construction sectors. We are proud to recognise and celebrate their stories and invite you to read about their journeys through our 30 stories for 30 years.
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