Technology

Technology|New Zealand Curriculum

About Technology

Technology is intervention by design. It's about using intellectual and practical resources to create technological outcomes, which expand human possibilities by addressing needs and realising opportunities.

This page contains resources and tools to help support: 

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

Changes to Technology

Technology is no longer available at Level 1. Materials and Processing Technology, a new subject on the New Zealand Curriculum, is now available.

Go to the Materials and Processing Technology (Level 1 only) subject page

Assessor Support

See how our online resources and workshops can support and improve your assessment practice.

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Technology standards

Level 2 standards

Technology achievement standards

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Level 3 standards

Technology achievement standards

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NZ Scholarship standard

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Exemplars, past exams, assessment schedules and reports

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

Get the latest assessment specifications

Level 2

Level 3

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Level 3

New Zealand Scholarship

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NZ Scholarship

2025 assessment specifications

View next year's assessment specifications

Assessor support materials for internal assessment

Internal exemplars

See exemplars for internally assessed Technology standards

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National moderator's report

Annual reports on issues and trends in assessment

View moderator's report

Clarifications

Updates on assessment and moderations

Find Technology clarifications

Request clarification form

Teachers can request clarification of a standard with this form

Open request clarification form

Remote assessment matrix

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

Technology generic remote matrix [PDF, 223 KB] Technology CMT remote matrix [PDF, 188 KB]

Alternative evidence gathering templates

Templates for student results when direct assessment is not possible

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Technology resources on Pūtake

Online learning modules available for this subject

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Tools

Level 1 assessment matrix

Use this Materials and Processing Technology matrix on NCEA.education with new standards in 2024

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Level 2 and 3 assessment matrix

Use this Technology matrix for Level 2 and 3 standards

Download matrix [DOCX, 143 KB]

Career guidance

Career information and tools to help your students on careers.govt.nz

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