Emergency events information

Find out about changes due to emergency events or COVID-19

NZQA's role in emergency events

NZQA's main focus is to support the education community, while helping to keep people safe.

We work with schools and tertiary providers to support students working towards a qualification during and after an emergency or pandemic.

Information about recent events

How COVID-19 affected NZ qualifications

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COVID-19 related changes to NCEA and University Entrance

Changes to NCEA and UE

Inactive PTEs

Private Training Establishments can suspend programmes during an emergency

Inactive PTE info

General information about COVID-19

Go to Health New Zealand's COVID-19 page for general information and resources.

COVID-19 (external link)