SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEE 2022

Pete McKenzie (New Zealand)

Pete is an award-winning New Zealand journalist based in New York. He writes for The New York Times, The Guardian, and New Zealand magazines like North & South and New Zealand Geographic. He is a qualified attorney and previously served as an infantry officer in New Zealand's Army Reserve.

He focuses on politics, foreign affairs, and the environment. Within that beat, he has written about everything from the ethical dilemma posed by traumatised mercenaries coming home from war, to the fiery debate over indigenous knowledge in academia, to how two New Zealanders saved the CIA’s Argo operation during the Iranian hostage crisis.

Pete was named Feature Writer of the Year (Longform) – New Zealand’s most prestigious feature-writing prize – at the 2022 Voyager Media Awards, New Zealand’s annual celebration of journalistic excellence. In 2022 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study a master in global politics at Columbia Journalism School.'