News & events

Pictured above left to right: Jeffery Chow, Sophie Chapman, Rhys MaxwellSophie Chapman is a 2019 Study Award recipient starting her second year of study for a Bachelor of Architectural Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. Originally from Timaru, Sophie now...

Keystone Trust was delighted to hear from Steven Woodman, Marketing Manager of sponsor company, Ignite Architects in January this year, with the news that we are the recipient of a financial donation from their staff.  Just before Christmas, Ignite...

Lucy is a 2019 Study Award Recipent, currently studying a Bachelor of Urban Planning at the University of Auckland."Through the Keystone Trust, I was offered the amazing opportunity to work as an intern in the marketing department at Bayleys Realty Group...

We started off 2020 with one of our favourite events - The Future Property Leaders Workshop.  This workshop brings together all our students from around the country for a day of study skills, team building and alumni panels. The day kicked off with Dr...

Working as a part of the Transmission Gully AECOM team was the highlight of my summer work experience, said Ethan Harrison, Keystone Trust study award recipient in 2018 and University of Auckland Engineering School (Civil) student. Transmission...

Dear Sponsors, Supporters and Friends of Keystone,   I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Amanda Stanes as the new General Manager of Keystone Trust. Amanda has an impressive track record of successful delivery in the education / not-for-profit...

Dear Sponsors, Supporters, and Friends of Keystone, I wanted to write a personal note to you advising that our General Manager, Victoria McArthur has taken up a new role to establish and operate MATES in Construction in New Zealand. Victoria has an opportunity to...

On Tuesday we held our second Sponsor Advisory Group meeting for the year and what a huge turnout! We kicked the night off with our guest speaker; behavioural psychologist Dr Kyle McWilliams, who led us on an insightful journey into today's engineered world. Kyle led...

We are absolutely thrilled to announce DLA Piper as the principal sponsor of the 2019 Keystone Rugby Lunch - Trans Tasman Tussle! DLA Piper were drawn to the vision and values of Keystone Trust and our purpose to help school students from challenging circumstances...

Our 2020 Scholarships are now open! With 10 Study Awards available for school leavers, and 11 Key Partner Scholarships for students already in tertiary study, there is something for everyone. With mentoring, wellness workshops, pastoral care, networking, events, and...

Samantha McGavock has the qualifications to prove her worth as an architect. After five years at Victoria University in Wellington, she graduated in 2011 with a Master of Architecture. But this isn’t a story about an architect. This is the story of how Sam McGavock...

At the end of 2018 we took a look at some of our milestones over the last five years. Reflecting on some of the events we have introduced and the toolkit we have created for our students to utilise on their Keystone programme. Our community has grown significantly and...

Our students have been busy! Many students tell us that value of a Keystone scholarship is the networks that are readily available for them to tap into. Over the summer, many of our students have taken advantage of these connections and have been gaining valuable work...