Our Vision

Our vision is to raise professional standards within the New Zealand hospitality and tourism industry by supporting talented individuals.

To achieve this, we provide a number of scholarships every year to cover tuition fees of hospitality, tourism or hotel management training programmes leading to NZQA-recognised qualifications.

The Board of Trustees of the Philanthropic Charitable Trust set up SixStar in 2009 not only to raise professional standards, but also to provide New Zealanders with the opportunity to improve their career prospects within our industry and to attract more people into hospitality, tourism or hotel management as a rewarding, long-term career.

Due to the wide variety of course providers and qualifications available, the Trust established an awards process for scholarship students who successfully attain a NZQA-recognised qualification in hospitality, tourism or hotel management up to Level 7.

The Board of Trustees carefully selects the most enthusiastic and capable applicants to receive funding that will help them benefit from approved programmes, leading to nationally recognised qualifications highly valued by the industry. We hope that successful applicants take pride in wearing their SixStar pin and that employers recognise that this reflects the attainment of a nationally accepted level of competence and skill.