NZQA resources and videos

Find resources and videos for learners and whānau

We produce a range of publications and resources, including resources that explain NCEA.

Many of these resources are in other languages, such as Cook Islands Māori, Japanese and Samoan among others.

Read, watch or download what you need

Use the links on this page to watch, read or download copies of our resources.

Guide to NCEA

Our guide to NCEA contains lots of useful information about:

  • the basics of NCEA
  • assessments
  • endorsements
  • University Entrance (UE)
  • New Zealand Scholarship
  • vocational pathways
  • and much more.

Read the Guide to NCEA 

Guide to NCEA - te reo Māori [PDF, 5.4 MB]

Guide to NCEA - English [PDF, 6.4 MB] [PDF, 3.2 MB]

How NCEA works video

Watch this short and engaging video that explains how NCEA works.

Watch the video

NCEA online

NZQA is changing how students can do their NCEA exams. We're moving from handwritten papers, to online, using a PC or laptop.

To find out more about what's happening, why it's important and how we're involving schools, we have developed a short flyer that talks about NCEA online.

Download the NCEA online flyer in Māori [PDF, 1.8 MB]

Download the NCEA online flyer in English [PDF, 1.8 MB]

The NCEA online flyer in Pacific languages

This flyer is also available in Kiribati, Samoan, Tongan and Tuvaluan.

Download the guide in your language

Engaging resources

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STEM It Up!

A fun and interactive comic book resource that encourages Pacific learners to take STEM subjects.

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Rising Stars

Rising Stars helps Pacific young people and their families navigate education to employment pathways.

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PŪRAU with Māui Pōtiki

Discover PŪRAU with Māui Tikitiki-a-Taranga, our mischievous and curious tūpuna of te ao Māori

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Taku huarahi NCEA, My NCEA tracker

Download and print our NCEA subject planner in your favourite colour. Put it up on your wall and use it to keep your studies organised.

Get your NCEA tracker

Insightful Ngā Kaitūhono publications

Publications from our Māori advisory group, Ngā Kaitūhono.

Read articles and essays in Enhancing Mātauranga Māori and Global Indigenous Knowledge, Conversations on Mātauranga Māori, and Book of Proceedings.

Go to Ngā Kaitūhono publications