Documents NZQA can provide
From NZQA's Learner Login, you can:
- download a free electronic copy of your Record of Achievement
- order a hard copy of your Record of Achievement, to be sent either to you or directly to the education provider you're applying to
- order an NCEA or University Entrance certificate
- download or request an Overseas Result Notice
- order extra copies of some certificates – these cost $15.30 per copy
- download a School Results Summary (this is a way to track your progress towards qualifications but is not an official document).
Register for a login (external link)
New Zealand Record of Achievement
The Record of Achievement is an official academic transcript of all the New Zealand qualifications and standards that a person has achieved, as reported by NZQA-accredited education organisations and Universities.
New Zealand Record of Achievement (external link)
NCEA and University Entrance (UE) Certificates
You can order one free NCEA certificate at each level and one free UE certificate.
Trade certificates and vocational awards
NZQA can also provide documents relating to:
- trade and advanced trade certificates (external link)
- advanced vocational awards (external link) such as the New Zealand Certificate or the New Zealand Certificate of Engineering.
Some NZQA documents can be verified online.
Check a New Zealand qualification
GPA estimates
Education providers in some countries may not directly recognise your NCEA results. In these cases, we can provide a GPA letter, which includes an estimate of your overall and subject performance by level. Check with the provider whether you will need this.
We can only do this if enough credits have been assessed. To find out more or request a GPA estimate, email our PRS team.
Include in the email:
- full name
- National Student Number
- date of birth
- last school attended
- postal address (we'll send you a physical document)
- name of the country where you plan to apply.
School Results Summary
A School Results Summary (SRS) is an unofficial transcript of all results a student has gained for both internally and externally assessed standards while at secondary school.
School Results Summary (external link)
Overseas Results Notice (ORN)
An Overseas Results Notice (ORN) has a list of qualifications and awards, summary of credits by subject, and country-specific information in a PDF format.
ORNs are the result of international agreements between NZQA and educational authorities in other countries. They are mainly for international foreign fee-paying students doing some of their secondary schooling in New Zealand before retuning home for tertiary study.
Foreign fee-paying students can download an ORN from the 'Order documents' section of the Learner Login. (external link)
Other students can request the ability to download an ORN by emailing our PRS team.
Applying to study overseas with NCEA
Reprints of old documents
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) was phased in from 2002.
- NCEA Level 1 replaced School Certificate in 2002.
- NCEA Level 2 was introduced in 2003.
- NCEA Level 3 and New Zealand Scholarship replaced University Entrance, Bursaries and Scholarships in 2004.
- Schools offered Sixth Form Certificate (Transitional) instead of NCEA in 2003 and 2004.
If you have one of these older qualifications, you can apply for a Certified Statement of National School Qualifications Results, which lists your results.
Secondary and Tertiary Records online application (external link)
Documents from your school or tertiary provider
Your school or education provider can help you if you need to provide further detail about your completed New Zealand qualifications, such as:
- programme details
- practical components
- syllabuses.
They can also help if you need to provide an official transcript or document in a different format to those we provide.
Tertiary Education Qualification Statement (TEQS)
Some tertiary providers offer a Tertiary Education Qualification Statement – an expanded transcript to help international audiences understand the qualification.
Authentication and verification of NZ documents
Some education providers require an authentication (or apostille) and/or verification of documents you provide. This can include:
- having documents sent directly from NZQA (do this by using the education provider's postal address when you order the document)
- online verification
- having documents notarised by a lawyer
- authentication or apostille from the Department of Internal Affairs.
Use your NZ documents overseas – Department of Internal Affairs (external link)
New Zealand Record of Achievement document verification (external link)