Welcome to the student assessment hub.
Here you'll find everything you'll need for your NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship assessment journey.
Have you set up your MyNZQA student account for exam season?
On this page
How to prepare for assessments
Resources and advice to help you prepare for your assessments
- Digital exams end-of-year student checklist
- Managing pressure to perform well
- NCEA tips from other students
- Preparing for digital assessment as a student
- Find past digital external assessments
- Check your digital device
- Approved calculator list
My assessment resources
MyNZQA for learners (opens in a new window)
Log in to your NZQA account to access results and more
Learner log in
Assessment timetable
Check when your assessments are and if you can sit them digitally
Assessment timetable
NCEA subjects
Select a subject to find past exam papers, exemplars and other resources
Subject resources
Requirements for Literacy and Numeracy and University Entrance
You will need to get enough credits in certain standards to:
- meet Literacy and Numeracy requirements for NCEA
- get University Entrance.
Find out more
Literacy and Numeracy, Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau requirements
New Zealand Scholarship
You can also sit assessments for New Zealand Scholarship.
Find out more about New Zealand Scholarship:
My assessment results
Managing the pressure of results release
Handling results release stress, and what to do if you didn't get the results you wanted
Managing the pressure of results
Reviews and reconsiderations
How to ask for a review or reconsideration of an assessment result
Reviews and reconsiderations
Derived grades
If you missed an exam or performed poorly because of exceptional circumstances or illness, derived grades may apply
Derived grades
Access your marked exams online
How to use the MyNZQA learner portal to find your marked papers
Accessing marked exams
Contact us
Let us know if you have any questions or need help with logging in or finding your NSN:
- call our Call Centre between 8am-5pm, Monday to Friday, on 0800 697 296 or +64 4 463 3000 if you’re calling from overseas
- complete our online form for questions
- ask our chatbot Awhina to find your NSN (look in the bottom right of the screen).
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Next steps
Order documents
You can order copies of your Record of Achievement and NCEA and University Entrance certificates
Order documents
Te Kura Summer School (opens in a new window)
If you need to pick up a few more credits, Te Kura Summer School is an option
tekura.school.nz
Fees Free (opens in a new window)
Through this government initiative, you could get your final year of tertiary education with no fees
feesfree.govt.nz
Find out about careers (opens in a new window)
Check what subjects, skills and qualifications each career needs
careers.govt.nz