The Whāea Ephra Garrett award is in memory of Dr Garrett – an Indigenous thought-leader who contributed immensely throughout the university.

Some of her many accomplishments include: the development of Massey’s first Women’s studies paper; serving on the Human Ethics Committee; developing bicultural approaches within Psychology; receiving an honorary Doctor of Literature in 1993 and being one of the founding leaders of the Te Rau Puawai: Māori Mental Health Workforce Development programme.     

The purpose of this award is to provide students who identify as Māori with reasonable financial support to attend a national psychology conference (as stipulated by the bicultural committee).