This page contains NCEA and Scholarship assessment specifications for the 2026 academic year.
We’ll move these specifications to the standards and assessment search in early 2026.
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2025 Assessment specifications
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2026 Assessment specifications by subject and level
Accounting
Agricultural and Horticultural Science
Art History
Biology
Business Studies
Calculus
Chemistry
Chemistry and Biology
Chinese (Mandarin)
Classical Studies
Commerce
Cook Islands Māori
Dance
Design and Visual Communication
Digital Technologies
Drama
Earth and Space Science
Economics
Education for Sustainability
English
French
Gagana Sāmoa
Gagana Tokelau
Geography
German
Hangarau
Kaupae 1 92054 (TAPā) [PDF, 196 KB]
Kaupae 1 92055 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 284 KB]
Hauora
Kaupae 1 92058 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 260 KB]
Kaupae 1 92059 (TAPā) [PDF, 211 KB]
Health
Health and Physical Education
Health Studies
History
Home Economics
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Lea Faka-Tonga
Literacy and Numeracy
Literacy Reading [PDF, 216 KB]
Literacy Writing [PDF, 216 KB]
Materials and Processing Technology
Mathematics and Statistics
Media Studies
Music
New Zealand Sign Language
Ngā Mahi a te Rēhia
Kaupae 1 92063 (TAPā) [PDF, 251 KB]
Kaupae 1 92064 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 257 KB]
Pāngarau
Kaupae 1 92067 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 267 KB]
Kaupae 1 92068 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 242 KB]
Physical Education
Physics
Physics, Earth and Space Science
Psychology
Pūtaiao
Kaupae 1 92071 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 278 KB]
Kaupae 1 92072 (TAPā) [PDF, 205 KB]
Religious Studies
Samoan
Science
Social Studies
Spanish
Statistics
Te Ao Haka
Kaupae 1 91979 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 235 KB]
Kaupae 1 91978 (TAPā) [PDF, 235 KB]
Kaupae 2 91983 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 305 KB]
Kaupae 2 91982 (TAPā) [PDF, 235 KB]
Kaupae 3 91986 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 285 KB]
Kaupae 3 91987 (TAPā) [PDF, 223 KB]
Te Hiranga 93700 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 290 KB]
Technology
NCEA Level 2 (Digital Technologies) [PDF, 171 KB]
NCEA Level 3 (Digital Technologies) [PDF, 155 KB]
Scholarship (Digital Technologies) [PDF, 172 KB]
Te Reo Māori
Kaupae 1 92094 (TAPā) [PDF, 383 KB]
Kaupae 1 92095 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 442 KB]
Kaupae 2 91286 (External exam) [PDF, 301 KB]
Kaupae 2 91287 (External exam) [PDF, 302 KB]
Kaupae 3 91652 (External exam) [PDF, 300 KB]
Kaupae 3 91653 (External exam) [PDF, 305 KB]
Te Hiranga 93003 (External exam) [PDF, 329 KB]
Te Reo Māori Kūki ‘Airani
Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau
Te Reo Matatini 32413 (TAPā) [PDF, 238 KB]
Te Reo Matatini 32415 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 276 KB]
Pāngarau 32412 (TAPā) [PDF, 113 KB]
Pāngarau 32412 (Kete Manarau) [PDF, 359 KB]
Te Reo Rangatira
Kaupae 1 92075 (TAPā) [PDF, 215 KB]
Kaupae 1 92076 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 222 KB]
Kaupae 2 91777 (External exam) [PDF, 178 KB]
Kaupae 2 91779 (External exam) [PDF, 176 KB]
Kaupae 2 91780 (External exam) [PDF, 197 KB]
Kaupae 3 91804 (External exam) [PDF, 187 KB]
Kaupae 3 91806 (External exam) [PDF, 188 KB]
Te Hiranga 91808 (External exam) [PDF, 188 KB]
Tikanga ā-Iwi
Kaupae 1 92080 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 253 KB]
Kaupae 1 92081 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 259 KB]
Toi Ataata
Kaupae 1 92085 (TAPā) [PDF, 250 KB]
Kaupae 1 92086 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 244 KB]
Toi Puoro
Kaupae 1 92090 (TAPā) [PDF, 222 KB]
Kaupae 1 92091 (Kete Manarua) [PDF, 261 KB]