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National secondary examinations timetable

Find all the dates for 2026 NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship examinations and assessments

Exams on Tuesday, 10th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics
Level 2 Geography
Level 2 Latin This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Dance
Scholarship Classical Studies
2:00pm
Level 1 Te Ao Haka This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Japanese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Digital Technologies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Samoan This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Media Studies This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Wednesday, 11th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 3 English This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 1 Korean This subject is digitally assessed
Level 1 Gagana Tokelau This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Te Ao Haka This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Cook Islands Māori This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Geography

Exams on Thursday, 12th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 English This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Chemistry
2:00pm
Level 1 Physics and Earth Space Science
Level 2 Chinese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Te Ao Haka This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Physics
Scholarship French

Exams on Monday, 16th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 French This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Lea Faka-Tonga This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Te Reo Māori This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Calculus
Scholarship Samoan
2:00pm
Level 1 Te Reo Māori This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Chemistry
Level 3 German This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 History This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Statistics

Exams on Tuesday, 17th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 English This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Accounting
2:00pm
Level 1 Geography
Level 2 Dance
Level 2 Korean This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Biology
Scholarship Art History This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Wednesday, 18th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 History This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Art History This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Health This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Japanese This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Physics
2:00pm
Level 2 Physics
Level 3 Economics
Scholarship Psychology This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Thursday, 19th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics
Level 3 Making Music
Level 3 Spanish This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Economics This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 1 Chemistry and Biology This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Accounting
Scholarship Biology This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Friday, 20th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 Biology
Level 3 Chinese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Drama
2:00pm
Level 1 Religious Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Cook Islands Māori This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Drama
Level 3 Chemistry
Scholarship Agricultural and Horticultural Science This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Monday, 23rd November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Japanese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 French This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Latin
Level 3 Psychology This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Te Reo Rangatira This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship English This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 1 Spanish This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Business Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Agricultural and Horticultural Science This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Earth and Space Science This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Tuesday, 24th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Commerce This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Agricultural and Horticultural Science This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Statistics
Scholarship Te Reo Rangatira This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 2 History This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Geography

Exams on Wednesday, 25th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Health Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Te Reo Rangatira This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Lea Faka-Tonga This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Calculus
2:00pm
Level 1 Science This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Classical Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Accounting
Scholarship Drama

Exams on Thursday, 26th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Digital Technologies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Media Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Te Reo Māori This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 1 Vagahau Niue This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Health This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Media Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Chinese

Exams on Friday, 27th November

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Te Reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Economics
Level 3 Music Studies
Scholarship Spanish
2:00pm
Level 2 Digital Technologies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Art History This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship History This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Tuesday, 1st December

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Social Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Earth and Space Science
Level 3 Classical Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Te Reo Māori This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 1 Lea Faka-Tonga This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Music
Level 3 Home Economics This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Digital Technologies This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Wednesday, 2nd December

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 Agricultural and Horticultural Science This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 German This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Social Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 French This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship Japanese
2:00pm
Level 1 Gagana Sāmoa This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Earth and Space Science
Scholarship Religious Studies This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Thursday, 3rd December

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 1 German This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Home Economics This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Korean This subject is digitally assessed
2:00pm
Level 1 Chinese This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Education for Sustainability This subject is digitally assessed
Level 2 Samoan This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Business Studies This subject is digitally assessed

Exams on Friday, 4th December

Time
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
9:30am
Level 2 Spanish This subject is digitally assessed
Level 3 Social Studies This subject is digitally assessed
Scholarship German

2026 NCEA and NZ Scholarship assessment timetable

This timetable shows all 2026 external assessment dates for NCEA and NZ Scholarship.

Download the 2026 assessment timetable [PDF, 192 KB] 

Final dates for submitting portfolios and reports to NZQA

Schools must submit materials to NZQA by these final dates. Submissions can be made any time before then. Students should check their internal submission deadlines with their schools.

Dates for submitting portfolios and reports

Date
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Scholarship
Wednesday 21 October
Level 1 Visual Arts
Wednesday 28 October
Level 1 Dance
Level 1 Design and Visual Communication
Level 1 Drama
Level 1 Materials and Processing Technology
Level 1 Music
Level 1 New Zealand Sign Language
Level 1 Physical Education
Level 2 Design and Visual Communication
Level 2 Technology
Level 2 Visual Arts
Level 3 Design and Visual Communication
Level 3 Education for Sustainability
Level 3 Technology
Scholarship Dance
Scholarship Design and Visual Communication
Scholarship Music
Scholarship Health and Physical Education
Scholarship Technology
Thursday 5 November
Level 3 Visual Arts
Scholarship Visual Arts

Te Ao Haka assessment dates

Find the Te Ao Haka assessment dates on the main subject page:

Te Ao Haka assessment dates

Te Marautanga o Aotearoa subject assessment dates

Go to the assessment dates for each subject:

Hangarau

Hauora

Ngā Mahi a te Rēhia

Pāngarau

Pūtaiao

Te Reo Rangatira

Tikanga ā-Iwi

Toi Ataata

Toi Puoro

2027 NCEA and NZ Scholarship assessment timetable

Provisional 2027 NCEA and NZ Scholarship timetable to be confirmed.