NZQA's purpose is to support learners in New Zealand by:
- making sure they have access to quality training and can learn their whole lives
- keeping complete records of their educational achievements
- letting them take their achievements with them anywhere in the world
- setting them up for success through our resources and services.
Learn more about our place in New Zealand and the world
Our place in government and education
Find out how NZQA contributes to education and the work of the New Zealand Government
Our place
Our responsibilities and functions
Learn more about what we do and how we assist learners in Aotearoa New Zealand
Our job
Our international role
How we take New Zealand qualifications to a global audience and connect to other qualification frameworks
Our global connections
“Ko te manu ka kai i te miro, nōna te ngahere.
Ko te manu ka kai i te mātauranga, nōna te ao.
The bird that partakes of the berry, theirs is the forest.
The bird that partakes of knowledge, theirs is the world.”
Ko te manu ka kai i te mātauranga, nōna te ao.
The bird that partakes of the berry, theirs is the forest.
The bird that partakes of knowledge, theirs is the world.”