About this follow-up consultation
In our May-June 2025 consultation, we consulted on high-level proposals for a simpler and fairer fee structure for tertiary education organisations (TEOs) (excluding universities). We also set out the challenges with NZQA's current fee system.
Read the May-June 2025 consultation on a simpler, fairer fee system for TEOs
Read the May 2025 summary of submissions report [PDF, 243 KB]
Over time the fee system became increasingly complex and challenging for both TEOs and NZQA. It also resulted in inequities, with TEOs that use standards contributing a disproportionate share of NZQA's total revenue.
Changes to TEO fees
After considering feedback from the May-June 2025 consultation, NZQA's Board approved an increase in the professional services fee to $240 + GST per hour from 1 January 2026.
This follow-up consultation asks for your input on:
- reducing the credit reporting fee from $1.37 + GST per credit to $1.10 + GST per credit
- applying the credit reporting fee to all qualifications, micro-credentials and standards
- replacing the hourly professional services rate with set fees for some approval services (would not apply to applications that are not suited to set fees).
Your feedback on this consultation will help us finalise a new approach to fees and plan how to best put it into effect.
Download the consultation document
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Timeline for fee changes
We expect to implement any changes outlined in this consultation from 1 January 2026.
Find out more
You can learn more about the proposed fee structure by attending a webinar or emailing the project team.
Register for a fees webinar
Fees consultation, info session 1 (external link)
Wednesday 20 August 2025, 2 to 3 pm
Fees consultation, info session 2 (external link)
Monday 25 August 2025, 1 to 2 pm
Contact us
You can email any questions to the team:
How to provide your feedback
You can give your feedback by:
There are 6 questions throughout the consultation document. These correspond to those in the questionnaire.
The questions are intended as prompts. Please don’t feel limited by them if you have further feedback.
What happens after consultation?
After the consultation closes at 11.59 pm on 9 September 2025, we will review the submissions and feedback.
We will publish a summary covering the feedback received and any decisions of the NZQA Board.
Following the Board’s decisions, we will develop and finalise changes to our fees system.