Accounting

Social Sciences|New Zealand Curriculum

About Accounting

Accounting is the preparation and communication of financial information about an entity's performance and position.

This page contains resources and tools to help support: 

  • internal and external assessment (exams)
  • teachers delivering this subject
  • learners taking this subject.

Changes to Accounting

Accounting is no longer available at Level 1. Commerce, a new subject on the New Zealand Curriculum, is now available.

Go to the Commerce subject page

Assessor Support

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Accounting standards

Level 2 standards

Accounting achievement standards

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Level 3 standards

Accounting achievement standards

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NZ Scholarship standard

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Exemplars, reports, past exams and assessment schedules

Level 2

Past exams, exemplars, assessment schedule and reports

Level 2

Level 3

Past exams, exemplars, assessment schedule and reports

Level 3

New Zealand Scholarship

Past exams, exemplars and assessment schedule

NZ Scholarship

Cut scores

Past scores for exams for all levels

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Assessment specifications

Level 2

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Level 2

Level 3

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Level 3

New Zealand Scholarship

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NZ Scholarship

2025 assessment specifications

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Assessor support materials for internal assessment

Internal exemplars

See exemplars for internally assessed Accounting standards

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National moderator's report

Annual reports on issues and trends in assessment

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Clarifications

Updates on assessment and moderations

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Request clarification form

Teachers can request clarification of a standard with this form

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Remote assessment matrix

Guidance for teachers if learning and assessment needs to be completed remotely

Remote assessment matrix [PDF, 176KB]

Alternative evidence gathering templates

Templates for student results when direct assessment is not possible

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Accounting resources on Pūtake

Online learning modules available for this subject

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Tools

Accounting assessment matrix

This document shows the Accounting assessment matrix

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