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High school boys do the haka
18 Aug 2023
New Māori Performing Arts Assessment Support Materials

Māori Qualifications Services are pleased to offer new videos for three Maori Performing Arts standards.

Flooded waterways after Cyclone Gabriele
17 Aug 2023
Support for students impacted by adverse events

NZQA has released an Adverse Events Framework to recognise the impact of disruptive events.

Three ākonga talk outside their school
13 Jul 2023
Otago/Southland information sharing session

NZQA is inviting kaiako, teachers and assessors in the Otago and Southland regions to meet with staff from NZQA Māori Qualifications Services.

Qualifications unit standard tertiary education pair on laptop
13 Jul 2023
Closure of Wellpark College of Natural Therapies Limited

NZQA has been advised that on 10 July, Wellpark College of Natural Therapies Limited was placed into voluntary liquidation and has stopped delivery.

High school boys do the haka
22 Jun 2023
Te Ao Haka assessment standards

NZQA has extended the last date of assessment for the superseded version of four Te Ao Haka assessment standards.

Computer screen showing bar chart and pie chart
8 Jun 2023
Insights on 2022 NCEA, UE and NZ Scholarship released

NZQA has released its Annual Report on NCEA, University Entrance and New Zealand Scholarship Data and Statistics from 2022.

High school student looking at her laptop in a library
23 May 2023
New homepage for NZQA’s accessible website

NZQA has released a new more accessible and usable website homepage. It is the first full website redevelopment in over 10 years.

Consultations group teachers
19 May 2023
Development of Foundation Skills Unit standards

Expressions of interest for New Zealand Certificate in Foundation Skills development due to close 28 May 2023

Layered harakeke leaves
12 May 2023
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services review of assessment standards

NZQA Māori Qualifications Services are pleased to advise the completion of the following review of assessment standards:

2023 Top Scholar
10 May 2023
Recognising 2022’s Top Scholars

Former Auckland Grammar School student Michael Yao has received the Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence in the Top Scholar Awards.

Scholarship subjects
8 May 2023
New Zealand Scholarship Subject List Review 2023

NZQA is undertaking its regular review of the NZ Scholarship subject list.

Student studying for an exam
28 Apr 2023
NCEA and UE 2022 attainment data now available

NZQA has released finalised data from 2022, showing attainment of NCEA Levels 3 and University Entrance are similar to the 2019 pre-COVID levels.

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