New Zealand Scholarship is designed to extend our best secondary students and enable top scholars to be identified and acknowledged.

In Scholarship 2006 students were able to enter one or more scholarship standard assessment as well as their level 3 assessments.

The aim is to assess a student's ability to synthesise and integrate concepts - to apply higher-level thinking based on in-school and independent learning. New Zealand Scholarship is therefore designed to be highly demanding and only for the very top students at secondary level.

Premier Scholars

Premier Scholarships were awarded to the very top candidates who attained at least three Scholarships at Outstanding level. Each of the awardees was granted $10,000 each year for three years as long as they maintain at least a 'B' grade average in tertiary studies

Top Subject Scholar (multiple awards)

These awards were made to the top performer in each subject. Each of the awardees was granted $2,000 each year for three years as long as they maintain a 'B' grade average in tertiary study.