Keystone Trust

01/06/2026

🚨 Ready to launch your future in property or construction?

🎓 Keystone Trust Study Awards, C3 Construction + Key Partner Scholarships for 2027 are OPEN NOW!

Here’s what’s in it for you:

💸 Financial support (yes, free money!)
🤝 A mentor who’s been there, done that
📚 A study buddy who gets the grind
🔧 Site visits + real-life experience
🎓 Workshops to level up your skills
🌐 Networking with industry pros
🏗️ Actual opportunities to get on site and get hired

Your future in property or construction? It starts right here. 👷‍♀‍👷

➡ School leavers head here: https://keystonetrust.org.nz/scholarships/apply-for-a-school-leaver-scholarship/

➡ Tertiary students head here: https://keystonetrust.org.nz/scholarships/apply-for-a-tertiary-scholarship/

Build your future with a Keystone Trust Scholarship. We’ve been giving school leavers and tertiary students a helping hand into the property and construction industry since 1994.

28/05/2026

Meet Marcelle, Keystone Trust Study Award recipient. We sat down with Marcelle for a chat about her experience as a Keystone Trust student.

Marcelle reflects on how trusting the advice of her Auckland Girls’ Grammer school careers adviser, and believing in herself led to applying for a scholarship.

“Keystone has allowed me to meet people that I otherwise think I would've never had chances to meet. CEOs, people who started their own companies, project managers on huge developments. I would have no idea about these different pathways if it weren't for Keystone.”

In her third year studying a Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Auckand, Marcelle hasn’t looked back.

🎓 Do you want to build your own future?

📅 Keystone Trust Study Awards and Key Partner Scholarship Applications open 1 June.

25/05/2026

Got big dreams in property or construction? This is your moment to build your future.

🎓 The Keystone Trust Study Awards and Key Partner Scholarships for 2027 open 1 June!

Here's what former Auckland Girls’ Grammar School student and Keystone Study Award recipient, Marcelle, has to say about her time with the Trust:

“I think the big thing was believing in my ability and knowing that I belong in spaces like university and engineering. I think Keystone gave me that foundation to build upon.”

📅 Save the date: 1 June

Build your future with a Keystone Trust Scholarship. We’ve been giving school leavers and tertiary students a helping hand into the property and construction industry since 1994.

21/05/2026

Meet Troy, Keystone Trust Study Award recipient. We sat down with Troy for a chat about his experience as a Keystone Trust student.

Troy talks about his background in a large Fijian family and how a supportive teacher at De La Salle College, South Auckland helped him take the next step towards a scholarship.

“In high school, I was lucky enough to have a good careers advisor. I think when I look back at it now, I'm grateful that I had someone who believed in me because, I'll be honest, coming from South Auckland, you didn't really think that you belonged in spaces like uni. But knowing that I had a teacher that believed in me, she pushed me to apply for a scholarship.”

In his second year studying a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) at the University of Auckland, Troy hasn’t looked back.

Build your future with a Keystone Trust Scholarship. We’ve been giving school leavers and tertiary students a helping hand into the property and construction industry since 1994.

📅 2 weeks to go! Keystone Trust Scholarship Applications open 1 June.

19/05/2026

We celebrated our 10 year partnership with LT McGuinness Ltd. at their Auckland office recently with cake - a banana slab cake drizzled with caramel sauce and a buttercream icing to be precise. It was very much appreciated by the team and although the cake was important (and delicious), what was even more so has been the long term commitment of the LT McGuinness leadership team to being part of our journey. Together we have enabled those who wouldn't usually have the opportunities to find their space and place in this incredible industry. Thank you!

LT McGuinness Ltd

18/05/2026

Got big dreams in property or construction? This is your moment to build your future.

🎓 The Keystone Trust Study Awards and Key Partner Scholarships for 2027 open 1 June!

Here's what former De La Salle student and Keystone Study Award recipient, Troy, has to say about his time with the Trust:

“I think the big thing was believing in my ability and knowing that I belong in spaces like university and engineering. I think Keystone gave me that foundation to build upon.”

📅 Save the date: 1 June

Build your future with a Keystone Trust Scholarship. We’ve been giving school leavers and tertiary students a helping hand into the property and construction industry since 1994.

13/05/2026

🚨 The countdown is ON!
Got big dreams in property or construction? This is your moment to build your future.

🎓 The Keystone Trust Study Awards, C3 School Leavers Scholarship and Key Partner Scholarships (for tertiary students) 2027 open 1 June!

Here’s what you could gain:
💰 Financial assistance
🤝 One-on-one mentoring
📚 A dedicated study buddy
🔧 Site visits & hands-on experiences
🎓 Student workshops
🌐 Exclusive networking events
🏗️ Potential for real-world work experience

📅 Save the date: 1 June
🔗 keystonetrust.org.nz/scholarships/

Photo: Taken at our Future Leader's Workshop Feb 2026

Build your future with a Keystone Trust Scholarship. We’ve been giving school leavers and tertiary students a helping hand into the property and construction industry since 1994.

05/05/2026

Banu Ali, Keystone Trust & Miles Construction 2024 scholarship recipient and Keystone Trust & Built Environs 2025 scholarship recipient, knows that after dark comes light - but only if you keep getting back up.

“I’m not afraid of any hardship, because I know how to survive.”

Two weeks' ago, Banu, a former refugee, graduated from Unitec with a degree in construction — something she never imagined possible a decade ago, when she was living in fear for her life in Pakistan.

Banu is an incredibly brave young woman who we have been proud to stand alongside for two years as she successfully concluded her academic journey. She is now working with Newpol Construction in Melbourne where she and her children can be closer to family for support. However, when the New Zealand construction sector picks up we hope Banu will consider a return to these shores to put her training to good use for the sector.

Read the full story:

Banu Ali came to New Zealand as a refugee. She says she’s not afraid of any hardship, because she knows how to survive.

04/05/2026

We have been delighted to partner with Miles Construction for the past eight years. The company boasts a 90 per cent retention rate of Keystone alumni who have started as interns and gone on to fulltime employment.

As Mark Farrell, CEO, states: “What Keystone does very well is they’ve got that underlying professionalism but they’re very personable. They don’t just throw you a candidate and then it’s ‘goodbye’. They understand your business. And when we do get a candidate, there’s follow-up with the candidate, so I think it gives them a lot of insight into what’s working and what’s not working.”

Thank you, Mark and Michael Money, Michael Brinkley and the man who began the relationship, Miles Construction founder, Alastair Miles.

Read the full story:
https://keystonetrust.org.nz/80-of-interns-become-100-new-miles-construction-team-members/

Miles Construction Ltd

25/02/2026

HUGE week for Keystone Trust 9 - 13 Feb — so big our students called it “Keystone O-Week” 🙌

70+ students. 3 epic days. So much energy, growth & connection.

Day 1 – Future Leaders’ Workshop
Huge thanks to ASAP Finance and our amazing speakers & panelists for inspiring the next generation.

Day 2 – Annual Awards Evening
Proudly supported by Vincent Capital Limited.
We celebrated scholarship recipients, graduates & the sponsors who make it all possible.
Special thanks to our MC, Jeremy Corbett and our student speakers for bringing the energy ✨

Shoutout to Warren and Mahoney and Beca for hosting our regional students.

Day 3 – Try for Charity
20 teams battled it out at Victoria Park, proudly backed by JLL.
Congrats to Hawkins on the win 🏆

Three days of leadership, connection & community — and a lasting impact for our Keystone students!