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Changes to external assessment resources available on NZQA?s website and school portal
Assessment evolves over time, and NZQA is committed to maintaining the accuracy of the materials it publishes to align with current practice. As part of this commitment, only the last 3 years of external assessment resources will be made available on NZQA's website.
This decision was made in response to an external review of NZQA's provision of annotated exemplars of student work, which recommended that external assessment exemplars be kept online for no more than 3 years. This recommendation has been expanded to include all external assessment resources, including past examination papers, assessment schedules, and assessment reports.
Read the review report [PDF, 437 KB]
New date for removal of resources
We had advised that the older external assessment resources would be removed by the end of September 2023, but as a result of feedback received, these will remain on our website until 1 December 2023 to give users the opportunity to download what they need before they are removed. 2017-2019 resources that had already been removed will shortly be made available again on the website until this date.
Exemplars
Exemplars for past examination papers are not currently published on an annual basis. As a result, from December 2023, we will keep the most recent 3 sets of exemplars published, which may be more than 3 years old. Each set will include the assessment schedule and examination paper for the exemplar.
Going forward, we will be updating our external assessment exemplars to more recent content.
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| 90940 | Demonstrate understanding of aspects of mechanics | 4 credits | External | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (77KB) (64KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (100KB) (65KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (100KB) (65KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (99KB) (64KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (57KB) (66KB) | |||
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| 90941 | Investigate implications of electricity and magnetism for everyday life | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (255KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (348KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (348KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (85KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (43KB) (66KB) | |||
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| 90942 | Investigate implications of wave behaviour for everyday life | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (209KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (245KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (245KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (85KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (42KB) (66KB) | |||
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| 90943 | Investigate implications of heat for everyday life | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (209KB) (59KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (246KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (246KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (84KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (41KB) (70KB) | |||
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| 90944 | Demonstrate understanding of aspects of acids and bases | 4 credits | External | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (112KB) (63KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (180KB) (64KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (180KB) (64KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (90KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2013 | (31KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (41KB) (65KB) | |||
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| 90945 | Investigate implications of the use of carbon compounds as fuels | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (340KB) (59KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (488KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (488KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (85KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (41KB) (63KB) | |||
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| 90946 | Investigate the implications of the properties of metals for their use in society | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (190KB) (63KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (282KB) (63KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (282KB) (63KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (84KB) (64KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (41KB) (64KB) | |||
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| 90947 | Investigate selected chemical reactions | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (114KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (181KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (181KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (106KB) (62KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (88KB) (62KB) | |||
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| 90948 | Demonstrate understanding of biological ideas relating to genetic variation | 4 credits | External | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (33KB) (63KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (39KB) (64KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (39KB) (64KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (69KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (43KB) (68KB) | |||
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| 90949 | Investigate life processes and environmental factors that affect them | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (110KB) (50KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (140KB) (50KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (140KB) (50KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (69KB) (51KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (39KB) (54KB) | |||
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| 90950 | Investigate biological ideas relating to interactions between humans and micro-organisms | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (162KB) (48KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (244KB) (48KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (244KB) (48KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (85KB) (49KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (40KB) (51KB) | |||
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| 90951 | Investigate the biological impact of an event on a New Zealand ecosystem | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (110KB) (48KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (140KB) (49KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (140KB) (49KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (68KB) (49KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (39KB) (53KB) | |||
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| 90952 | Demonstrate understanding of the formation of surface features in New Zealand | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (351KB) (63KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (446KB) (64KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (446KB) (64KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (70KB) (66KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (42KB) (74KB) | |||
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| 90953 | Demonstrate understanding of carbon cycling | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (298KB) (62KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (341KB) (63KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (341KB) (63KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (67KB) (63KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (39KB) (68KB) | |||
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| 90954 | Demonstrate understanding of the effects of astronomical cycles on planet Earth | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (346KB) (59KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (442KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (442KB) (60KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (68KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (40KB) (63KB) | |||
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| 90955 | Investigate an astronomical or Earth science event | 4 credits | Internal | |
| Achievement standard 2019 | (304KB) (61KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2017 | (351KB) (62KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2015 | (351KB) (62KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2014 | (67KB) (63KB) | |||
| Achievement standard 2011 | (38KB) (66KB) | |||
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| 91920 | Demonstrate understanding of a science-informed response to a local issue | 5 credits | Internal | |
| This standard is internally assessed. See Te Kete Ipurangi website | ||||
| 91921 | Demonstrate understanding of the use of a range of scientific investigative approaches in a context | 5 credits | Internal | |
| This standard is internally assessed. See Te Kete Ipurangi website | ||||
| 91922 | Describe features of science that have contributed to the development of a science idea in a local context | 5 credits | External | |
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| 91923 | Demonstrate understanding of science-related claims in communicated information | 5 credits | External | |
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| 92020 | Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between a microorganism and the environment | 5 credits | Internal | |
| This standard is internally assessed. See Te Kete Ipurangi website | ||||
| 92021 | Demonstrate understanding of a chemical reaction in a specific context | 6 credits | Internal | |
| This standard is internally assessed. See Te Kete Ipurangi website | ||||
| 92022 | Demonstrate understanding of genetic variation in relation to an identified characteristic | 5 credits | External | |
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| 92023 | Demonstrate understanding of how the properties of chemicals inform their use in a specific context | 4 credits | External | |
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| 92044 | Demonstrate understanding of human-induced change within the Earth system | 5 credits | Internal | |
| This standard is internally assessed. See Te Kete Ipurangi website | ||||
| 92045 | Demonstrate understanding of a physical phenomenon through investigation | 5 credits | Internal | |
| This standard is internally assessed. See Te Kete Ipurangi website | ||||
| 92046 | Demonstrate understanding of the effect on the Earth of interactions between the Sun and the Earth-Moon system | 5 credits | External | |
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| 92047 | Demonstrate understanding of energy in a physical system | 5 credits | External | |
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