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Minister Hipkins

2021

Date Title, report or document CR number 
8 November 2021 Aide Memoire: Good Practice for offshore online delivery [PDF, 654 KB] CR22642
8 November 2021 Next Steps on simplifying the qualification system and the design of vocational qualifications [PDF, 1.9 MB] CR22514
8 November 2021 NZQA's final 2021/22 Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE) for publication [PDF, 315 KB] CR22410
8 November 2021 Amendment to the Assessment (including Examination) Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess 2021, Amendment No. 1 [PDF, 277 KB] CR22403
8 November 2021 NCEA Covid-19 BCP 2021 Planning [PDF, 506 KB] CR22210
29 October 2021 Education Report: Assessment (including Examination) Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess 2021, Amendment No 2(CR22788) [PDF, 151 KB] CR22788
2 September 2021 Aide Memoire Background for the Minister's meeting with the NZQA Board on 19 May 2021 [PDF, 1.4 MB] CR22106
2 September 2021 Aide Memoire NZQA Annual Staff meeting [PDF, 211 KB] CR22234
2 September 2021 Education Report Update on micro-credentials and action to promote their development and use [PDF, 681 KB] CR22109
2 September 2021 Education Report NZQA's draft 2021.2022 Statement of Performance Expectations [PDF, 288 KB] CR22200
2 September 2021 Publication of NZQA's Annual Report on NCEA and NZ Scholarship Data and Statistics (2020) [PDF, 325 KB] CR22307
2 September 2021 Education Report Third Quarter Report for the period ending 31 March 2021 [PDF, 345 KB] CR22295
30 June 2021 Further analysis to quantify the impact on 2020 NCEA and UE attainment of the COVID-19 related mitigations and suggested approach 2021 [PDF, 1.2 MB] CR21879
11 June 2021 Education Report: Final 2020 NCEA and UE Attainment Statistics [PDF, 575 KB] CR22173
11 June 2021 Provisional 2020 Enrolment based NCEA and UE National Attainment Statistics [PDF, 1.6 MB] CR21782
11 June 2021 Aide Memoire: Release schedule of the 2020 NCEA, UE and NZ Scholarship results and attainment statistics [PDF, 363 KB] CR21400
25 May 2021 Education Report: Second Quarter Report for the period ending 31 December 2020 [PDF, 361 KB] CR21827
25 May 2021 Education Report: Simplifying the qualifications system for vocational education [PDF, 458 KB] CR21435
25 May 2021 Aide Memoire: Preparation for holding examinations [PDF, 360 KB] CR21036
25 May 2021 Education Report: NZQA's 2019.2020 Annual Report [PDF, 300 KB] CR21116
25 May 2021 Delegation to Universities New Zealand of code administrator functions [PDF, 300 KB] CR21026
25 May 2021 Aide Memoire: Changes to the Vocational Qualifications system [PDF, 161 KB] CR20772
16 April 2021 Education Report: Approval of the Offshore Provision of NCEA Rules 2020 [PDF, 150 KB] CR21051
16 April 2021 Education Report: Amendment to the Assessment (including Examination) Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess, Amendment no. 2 [PDF, 151 KB] CR21062
16 April 2021 Aide Memoire: Regulatory Bodies responses to Covid-19 in relation to managing work placements [PDF, 966 KB] CR20690
13 April 2021 Education Report: Update to NZQA Rules [PDF, 299 KB] CR21668
13 April 2021 Education Report: Assessment (including Examination) Rules 2021 [PDF, 209 KB] CR21589
13 April 2021 Education Report: Amendment to the Assessment (including Examination) Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess 2020, Amendment no 3. [PDF, 82 KB] CR21324
18 January 2021 Education Report: First Quarter Report for the period ending 30 September 2020 [PDF, 258 KB] CR21447
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2020

Date Title, report or document CR number 
17 December 2020 Aide Memoire 2020 NCEA and NZ Scholarship Examination Round [PDF, 226 KB] CR21130
16 December 2020 Simplifying the qualification system for vocational education [PDF, 458 KB]  CR21435
27 November 2020 Release schedule for the 2020 NCEA, UE and NZ Scholarship Results and Attainment Statistics [PDF, 363 KB]  CR21400
22 November 2020 Aide-Memoire: 2019 NCEA and UE Scholarship Results and Attainment Statistics Release  CR19857
20 October 2020 NZQA's Annual Report on NCEA and NZ Scholarship Data and Statistics 2019 [PDF, 107 KB] CR20649
20 October 2020 Aide Memoire: Publication of NCEA Online 2019 reports [PDF, 100 KB] CR20683
20 October 2020 Education Report: NZQA's Third Quarter Report to 31 March 2020 [PDF, 157 KB] CR20578
20 October 2020 Education Report: New Zealand Scholarship [PDF, 9.5 MB] CR20286
20 October 2020 Education Report: NZQA's final 2020.2021 Statement of Performance Expectations for publication [PDF, 167 KB] CR20770
20 October 2020 NZQA External Quality Assurance of NZIST subsidiaries [PDF, 94 KB] CR20729
17 June 2020 Education Report Amendments to New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Rules [PDF, 182 KB] CR20477
17 June 2020 Briefing Note NCEA Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics Examination Review Findings and Next Steps [PDF, 1.3 MB] CR20288
17 June 2020 Provisional 2019 NCEA and University Entrance National Attainment Statistics [PDF, 12 MB] CR20091
17 June 2020 Aide Memoire NCEA Results Release Update [PDF, 2.1 MB] CR20090
17 June 2020 Education Report Final 2019 NCEA and University Entrance Attainment Statistics [PDF, 425 KB] CR20479
17 June 2020 NZQA Aide Memoire Offshore Online Delivery [PDF, 103 KB] CR20489
11 May 2020 Education Report Amendment to the Assessment (including Examination) Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess 2020 [PDF, 3.7 MB] CR20344
11 May 2020 Briefing Note COVID-19 Senior Secondary Assessment Update [PDF, 232 KB] CR20464
31 March 2020 Education report: Second Quarter Report for the period ending 31 December 2019 [PDF, 251 KB] CR20089
31 March 2020 Aide Memoire: NCEA Online participation [PDF, 759 KB] CR20241
31 March 2020 Aide Memoire: development of operational policy and rules to support the implementation of RoVE [PDF, 263 KB] CR20131
31 March 2020 Draft initial guidance on implementing the Education (Pastoral Care of Domestic Tertiary Students) Interim Code of Practice 2020 [PDF, 1016 KB] CR20224
21 February 2020 Education Report: Assessment (including Examination) Rules for Schools 2020 [PDF, 2.6 MB] CR19438
21 February 2020 Aide Memoire: 2019 NCEA Online Summary [PDF, 4.3 MB] CR19957
21 February 2020 Aide Memoire: Feedback from the second consultation on proposed changes to the NZQF and the next steps [PDF, 1.6 MB] CR19690
21 February 2020 Briefing: Introduction of a fee waiver for reconsideration applications for students who meet financial assistance criteria [PDF, 604 KB] CR19656
21 February 2020 Aide Memoire: NZQA quality assurance of Level 5 and 6 New Zealand Diploma of Business [PDF, 1.3 MB] CR19109
21 February 2020 Aide Memoire: Further consultation on proposed changes to the New Zealand Qualifications Framework [PDF, 1.7 MB] CR19017
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2019

Date Title, report or document CR number 
28 November 2019 Aide Memoire 2019 NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship Examination Round [PDF, 3.2 MB]  CR19475
18 November 2019 Aide-Memoire: Response to Select Committee on NZQA quality assurance on pastoral care Codes CR19163
23 October 2019 Briefing: Introduction of a fee waiver for reconsideration applications for students who meet financial assistance criteria [PDF, 604 KB] CR19656
18 October 2019 Aide-Memoire: 2019 NCEA and NZ Scholarship Examination Round [PDF, 2.2 MB] CR19475
3 July 2019 Education Report NZQA's Annual Report [PDF, 2.5 MB]  CR19498
3 July 2019 Education Report NZQA Final 2019-20-2022-23 Statement of Intent and final 2019-20 SPE for publication [PDF, 2.9 MB]  CR19230
3 July 2019 Publication of NZQA's Annual Report of NCEA and NZ Scholarship Data and Statistics 2018 [PDF, 251 KB]  CR19247
3 July 2019 Education Report NZQA Third Quarter Report for the period ending 31 March 2019 [PDF, 2.2 MB]  CR19071
3 July 2019 Education Report NZQA's near final 2019.20-2022.23 and near final 2019.20 Statement of Performance Expectations [PDF, 3 MB]  CR18751
26 June 2019 Aide-Memoire NZQA submission to the Productivity Commission Technological change and the future of work issues paper [PDF, 2.1 MB] CR19215
26 June 2019 NCEA Online Digital Assessment 2018 Trials and Pilots Psychometric report on Levels 1 and 2 English Pilot examinations [PDF, 798 KB]  CR19231
5 June 2019 Aide-Memoire Managing quality assurance in a changing environment  [PDF, 1.8 MB] CR18663
5 June 2019 2018 NCEA and University Entrance Attainment Statistics [PDF, 12 MB]  CR18938
4 June 2019  Education Report Changes to New Zealand Qualifications Authority NZQA Rules [PDF, 1.6 MB]  CR18841 
4 June 2019  Provisional 2018 NCEA and University Entrance Statistics [PDF, 13 MB]  CR18480 
9 May 2019 Aide Memoire Publication of User Experience Reports from NCEA Online 2018 Digital Trials and Pilots  [PDF, 553 KB] CR18935
9 May 2019 Aide Memoire New Zealand Institute of Technical Training Ltd  [PDF, 2.3 MB] CR18827
15 April 2019 Aide Memoire: Feedback from consultation on proposed changes to the NZQF and next steps  [PDF, 1.5 MB] CR18752
15 April 2019 Education report: Second Quarter Report for the Period Ending 31 December 2018 [PDF, 2.3 MB]  CR18673
15 April 2019 Aide Memoire: 2019 Digital Assessment Upcoming Communications to Schools  [PDF, 742 KB] CR18731
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2018

Date Title, report or document CR number
21 December 2018 2019 Plans for Digital Assessment [PDF, 1.2 MB] CR18386
21 December 2018 Analysis of Industry Training Federation's paper on Making Micro-Credentials Work for Industry Training [PDF, 881 KB] CR17629
21 December 2018 Aide-Memoire: Export Education Levy reimbursements and provider accountability [PDF, 2.7 MB] CR17060
18 December 2018 NZQA response to State Services Commission Inquiry into use of External Security Consultants [PDF, 126 KB] CR17864
15 November 2018 Aide-Memoire: New Zealand Qualifications Framework Review [PDF, 1.1 MB] CR18176
15 November 2018 Consultation on proposed changes to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority [PDF, 6.4 MB] CR18176
15 November 2018 Memo: Review of the list of standards that meet University Entrance literary requirements [PDF, 1.9 MB] CR18119
15 November 2018 Aide-Memoire: Overview of the development of external evaluation and review (EER) [PDF, 2.1 MB] CR18097
2 November 2018 Education Report: NZQA's 2017/18 Annual Report [PDF, 611 KB] CR18022
2 November 2018 Aide-Memoire: 2018 New Zealand Scholarship subject list biennial review [PDF, 686 KB] CR18055
2 November 2018 Briefing: Enrolment-based Measure of NCEA and University Entrance Attainment [PDF, 1.4 MB] CR17807
2 November 2018 Aide-Memoire: Background for Minister's Speech at the NZQA All Staff Half-Day [PDF, 481 KB] CR17630
2 November 2018 Aide-Memoire: Proposed approach to implementing a micro-credentials system in New Zealand [PDF, 158 KB] CR17591
2 November 2018 Aide-Memoire: 2018 New Zealand Scholarship subject list biennial review [PDF, 694 KB] CR17356
2 November 2018 Introducing the new enrolment-based measure of NCEA attainment to the sector and to schools: Update on implementation planning [PDF, 2.5 MB] CR17158
14 September 2018 Tertiary Education Report: Changes to New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Rules [PDF, 4.5 MB] N/A
14 September 2018 Publication of NZQA's Annual report on NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship Data and Statistics (2017) [PDF, 1.2 MB] N/A
14 September 2018 Release of NCEA data and its uses [PDF, 2.3 MB] N/A
1 August 2018 Education Report: Final 2018/19 NZQA Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE) for publication [PDF, 542 KB] N/A
1 August 2018 Aide-Memoire: New enrolment-based measure of NCEA attainment - Updated data [PDF, 932 KB] N/A
10 July 2018

Education Report: Table with a comparison of the 2017/18 Statement of Performance Expectations performance measures against the 2018/19 performance measures [PDF, 579 KB]

 N/A
10 July 2018 Appendix One [PDF, 3.5 MB] N/A
10 July 2018 Update on late reporting of internally assessed results by school [PDF, 1.9 MB] N/A
13 June 2018 Final 2017 NCEA and University Entrance Attainment Statistics [PDF, 2.7 MB] N/A
13 June 2018 Aide-Memoire: Background for Minister's Meeting with the Board of NZQA on Monday 30 April [PDF, 1.9 MB] N/A
13 June 2018 Aide-Memoire: 2017 NCEA Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics examination and the Mathematics Common Assessment Task (MCAT) [PDF, 1.3 MB] N/A
13 June 2018 Improving equity of access to Special Assessment Conditions (SAC) for NCEA in low decile schools [PDF, 2.6 MB] N/A
30 May 2018 Late reporting of internally assessed results by schools [PDF, 1.4 MB] N/A
30 May 2018 Public release of 2017 NCEA and University Entrance Attainment Statistics - Update on timing [PDF, 1.5 MB] N/A
30 May 2018 Education Report: Amendment to the Assessment (including Examination) Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess 2018 [PDF, 1.1 MB] N/A
24 May 2018 Provisional 2017 NCEA and University Entrance Attainment Statistics - Updated as at 8 February 2018 [PDF, 2.8 MB] N/A
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Reports for Minister Davis

26 February 2021 Further information on the opportunity to promote and support enhanced use of mātauranga Māori within the education and training system [PDF, 887 KB] CR21936
3 February 2021 An opportunity to provide and support enhanced use of mātauranga Māori within the education and training system [PDF, 2.3 MB] CR21503
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What we have released under the Official Information Act

2021

Date published Release CR number
19 November 2021 Zero carbon emissions 2025 [PDF, 895 KB] CR22962
19 November 2021 Budget and Staffing last three financial years [PDF, 870 KB] CR22941
19 November 2021 NZQA OIA Stats Jan to June 2021 [PDF, 869 KB] CR22925
19 November 2021 NCEA and NZ Scholarship data and statistics (using roll based measure) for last ten years [PDF, 476 KB] CR22912
19 November 2021 External exam entries Sept 2021 [PDF, 805 KB] CR22813
19 November 2021 Copies of Ministerial briefings [PDF, 707 KB] CR22773
19 November 2021 Unit standards - removal of asbestos [PDF, 1.1 MB] CR22716
1 July 2021 NCEA 2020 data [PDF, 240 KB] CR22269
1 July 2021 NCEA and NZ Scholarship data 2018 to 2020 [PDF, 323 KB] CR22384
1 July 2021 Counts of schools offering NCEA standards [PDF, 768 KB] CR22321
30 June 2021 Computer Science, History and Visual Arts achievement standards [PDF, 987 KB] CR22276
30 June 2021 Guidelines on charging for OIA requests [PDF, 895 KB] CR22135
30 June 2021 Māori Language in Education Strategy and Te Kawa Matakura [PDF, 202 KB] CR20036
30 June 2021 NCEA data [PDF, 294 KB] CR22131
30 June 2021 NZ Scholarship Data [PDF, 924 KB] CR22385
10 May 2021 2020 NCEA Level 2 History Examination [PDF, 1 MB] CR21675
10 May 2021 Attachment One [PDF, 1.7 MB] CR21675
10 May 2021 Attachment Two [PDF, 2.8 MB] CR21675
10 May 2021 Attachment Three [PDF, 11 MB] CR21675
10 May 2021 Attachment Four [PDF, 6 MB] CR21675
5 May 2021 Reconsiderations Data 2017 to 2019 [PDF, 2.8 MB] CR21887
5 May 2021 NZ Scholarship Data 2020 Year 12 students [PDF, 960 KB] CR21867
5 May 2021 Independent School data for Māori and Pacific language subjects [PDF, 14 MB] CR21830
5 May 2021 NCEA Level 3 Accountancy School list [PDF, 15 MB] CR21790
5 May 2021 Summit Systems Limited- Occupational Health and Safety Qualifications and Unit Standards [PDF, 358 KB] CR21761
5 May 2021 NZ Scholarship Data 2019 vs 2020 Entries and Assessed Students [PDF, 972 KB] CR21588
5 May 2021 NCEA Reported Results 2019 and 2020 [PDF, 16 MB] CR21392
5 May 2021 Provisions and Procedures for 2020 NCEA External Examinations [PDF, 1.4 MB] CR21123
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2020

Date published Release CR number
17 December 2020 NCEA Dance achievement standards data [PDF, 291 KB] CR21398
17 December 2020 NCEA Reported Results 2019 and 2020 - up to 30.09.2020 [PDF, 13 MB] CR21245
17 December 2021 NZ Scholarship English Part B and Part C achievement rates [PDF, 758 KB] CR21228
17 December 2021 NCEA History, Maths and Visual Arts achievement data [PDF, 399 KB] CR21221
6 November 2021

NCEA Special Assessment Conditions 2018 2019 [PDF, 313 KB]

SAC Data 2018 [PDF, 837 KB]

SAC Data 2019 [PDF, 827 KB]

 CR20856
6 November 2021 NCEA Level 1-3 Digital Technologies Information [PDF, 11 MB] CR20986
6 November 2021 NZQA Greenhouse Gas Footprint [PDF, 237 KB] CR20916
6 November 2021 Taratahi Agricultural Centre Private Training Establishment registration [PDF, 10 MB] CR21210
6 November 2021 List of Tractor and Harvesting Programmes [PDF, 1.1 MB] CR21207
30 June 2020 Special Assessment Conditions Data [PDF, 2.8 MB] CR20240
30 June 2020 Payroll costs during Covid-19 [PDF, 720 KB] CR20453
30 June 2020 Recognition of overseas ECE qualifications data [PDF, 1.4 MB] CR20372
30 June 2020 Takapuna Grammar NCEA, UE and Scholarship and national data [PDF, 4.3 MB] CR20342
30 June 2020 Education (Pastoral Care of International Students) Code of Practice complaints data [PDF, 879 KB] CR20392
30 June 2020 Development of criteria of Derived Grades [PDF, 1.6 MB] CR20284
30 June 2020 Compliance with Pastoral Code [PDF, 102 KB] CR20417
30 June 2020 Central Otago Lakes Secondary Schools 2018 NCEA UE and Scholarship data [PDF, 5.6 MB] CR20396
30 June 2020 Applications for recognition of ECE qualifications data [PDF, 1.4 MB] CR20381
30 June 2020 2019 NCEA Level 2 Maths exam marking schedules [PDF, 24 MB] CR20402
30 June 2020 MCAT data 2016 to 2018 [PDF, 735 KB] CR20416
31 March 2020 NZ Scholarship data [PDF, 863 KB] CR20221
31 March 2020

Numbers of NZ Scholarship Award winners 2010 to 2019 [PDF, 580 KB]

OIA NZ Scholarship data [PDF, 1.5 MB]

 CR20222
31 March 2020 Micro-credentials and ITO based training [PDF, 28 MB] CR20186
31 March 2020 Disposal of flow wrap material [PDF, 1.4 MB] CR19965
31 March 2020 Derived Grades [PDF, 1.1 MB] CR19964
31 March 2020 NCEA 2019 Level 3 English paper [PDF, 693 KB] CR19898
31 March 2020 NCEA Online costs [PDF, 1.8 MB] CR19874
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2019

Date published Release CR number
19 December 2019 Tertiary providers (funded) within Bay of Plenty region [PDF, 2.4 MB] CR19713
19 December 2019 Summary of PTE complaints October 2017 to October 2019 [PDF, 989 KB] CR19653
19 December 2019 NZ Certificate in English Language Level 4 [PDF, 431 KB] CR19837
19 December 2019 Numbers charged under s292E of the Education Act 1989 [PDF, 695 KB] CR19687
19 December 2019 NCEA exam timetable setting process [PDF, 7.5 MB] CR19858
19 December 2019 List of submitters to micro-credentials consultation [PDF, 2.4 MB] CR19793
19 December 2019 Derived grades and collection of practice exam data [PDF, 1.2 MB] CR19890
30 September 2019 Diversity survey [PDF, 1.1 MB] CR19272
30 September 2019 Use and cost of psychometric testing [PDF, 645 KB] CR19554
30 September 2019 Social Media influencers [PDF, 715 KB] N/A
30 September 2019 Student complaints referred to another agency [PDF, 584 KB] CR19227
30 September 2019 Notification of PTE complaints by Fairway [PDF, 658 KB] CR19271
30 September 2019 Leave entitlements [PDF, 404 KB] N/A
28 June 2019 NZQA Parental leave policy and procedures [PDF, 7.3 MB] CR19011
28 June 2019 Composition of Legal Team [PDF, 358 KB] CR19160
28 June 2019 Special Assessment Conditions data by decile 2015 to 2018 [PDF, 10 MB] CR19012
15 April 2019 International students in NZ High Schools data [PDF, 831 KB] CR18446
15 April 2019 List of schools involved in digital Pilots examinations in 2018 [PDF, 756 KB] CR18446
15 April 2019 NCEA reconsiderations data 2013 to 2017 [PDF, 12 MB] CR18646
15 April 2019 NZQA advertising spend over the last five financial years [PDF, 957 KB] CR18671
15 April 2019 Unpaid fees [PDF, 980 KB] CR18651
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2018

Date published Release CR number
14 December 2018 NCEA fees [PDF, 1.4 MB] CR18018
14 December 2018 Homeopathy [PDF, 449 KB] CR18075
14 December 2018 Charter Schools data [PDF, 258 KB] CR18082
14 December 2018 Private Training Establishments- cancellation of registration and withdrawal of accreditation [PDF, 418 KB] CR18098
14 December 2018 Gunsmithing standards [PDF, 1.2 MB] CR18145
14 December 2018 NCEA data by gender, decile and ethnicity [PDF, 2 MB] CR18322
14 December 2018 NCEA exam breaches [PDF, 347 KB] CR18334
14 December 2018 NCEA data achieved per level [PDF, 192 KB] N/A
14 December 2018 NCEA Level 1 Maths data [PDF, 526 KB] CR18381
1 October 2018 Tertiary Education Organisations: Closures and External Evaluation Review [PDF, 1.3 MB] N/A
1 October 2018 Level 7 Business and IT programme monitoring and moderation [PDF, 453 KB] N/A
1 October 2018 Catholic Schools data [PDF, 19 MB] CR17953
1 October 2018 EER reports for Taupo Language and Outdoor Education Centre and BEST Pacific Institute of Education [PDF, 26 MB] N/A
1 October 2018 Official Information Act requests statistics [PDF, 105 KB] CR17644
1 October 2018 Incidents of misplaced public information [PDF, 84 KB] N/A
1 October 2018 Partnership School: Reviews, correspondence and data [PDF, 3.7 MB] N/A
1 October 2018 NCEA Music Data [PDF, 81 KB] N/A
1 October 2018 NCEA Music Data Appendix 1 [PDF, 21 MB] N/A
1 October 2018 NCEA Music Data Appendix 2 [PDF, 2.2 MB] N/A
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