2025 NCEA Registration
If you wish to register for any externally assessed standards this year, you will need to complete the NCEA Registration form via the link below.
Externally assessed standards include:
- NCEA and NZ Scholarship end of year exams, sat at an exam centre school, from 4 to 28 November
- TAPā for Level 1 Te Ao Haka (1.3) sat at a Te Kura venue on 19 August
- DCAT for Level 2/3 Digital Technologies (2.10, 3.10) sat at a Te Kura venue on 12 September
- Portfolio, Report, Kete Manarua submissions for:
- Level 1 - Dance, Digital Technologies, Music, Physical Education, Te Ao Haka, Te Reo Māori
- All levels - Design and Visual Communication, Technology, Visual Arts
- NZ Scholarship - Health & Physical Education, Music
Portfolio, Report and Kete Manarua submissions can only be assessed if the appropriate externally assessed standards are selected in your NCEA registration submission.
If you are not sure if you should register, or which externally assessed standards to choose, please ask your kaimanaaki or subject kaiako (teacher). Results from internally assessed standards are automatically reported to NZQA during the year.
If you are enrolled with a secondary school as well as Te Kura, your own school should register you for any externally assessed standards for your Te Kura subjects.
BEFORE you start your NCEA registration, please carefully all read the information below.
Start your NCEA registration here
Important to know
Complete your NCEA registration form before the deadline specified on the NCEA registration instructions we emailed to you (or to your supervisor).
If you register for end of year exams, you’ll also need to ask a local secondary school if you can sit your exams there. Te Kura requires approval from your nominated exam centre school by the same deadline (see Exam Centre School below).
4 July is the final date you can register for the TAPā standard. 25 July is the final date you can register for the DCAT standard/s. You can only submit one registration form so if you want to include any other externally assessed standards, make sure to include them if you wish to register for TAPā and/or DCAT.
If you were previously enrolled with another secondary school this year, you will need to re-register for any externally assessed standards through the NCEA Registration form.
You can only submit one registration form so it must include all external standards you wish to register for. If you need to make a change to your submitted registration, please contact our Qualifications team.
Exam centre school
Te Kura is not an end of year exam centre school. If you register for end of year exams, you will need to ask a local secondary school if you can sit there. You select a school on the NCEA registration form.
- On submission of your registration form, Te Kura will email who you need to contact to make your request.
- An email will also be sent to the exam centre school, so they know to expect a request from you. A link is included so they can provide their decision to Te Kura.
- Approval is required via this link before the deadline specified in your instruction email.
- Your registration can only be finalised for end of year exams after approval has been received by Te Kura.
Practice exams
NCEA practice exams are sat at home from 25 to 29 August 2025.
- They must be supervised by a non-family member if you wish to be eligible for derived grades.
- Supervision may be available at a local huinga ako (advisory); just check with your kaimanaaki for availability in your area.
- Complete this practice exam supervision form as soon as possible before mid-day 20 August 2025 to provide details of a non-family member who can supervise your NCEA practice exams.
Photo ID
You must take photo ID to each of your exam sessions. This can be a student ID card, driver’s licence, passport etc. If you don’t currently have photo ID, please order a student ID card now through our website.
Digital exams
Digital exams are typed on a device (with a physically attached keyboard) rather than being hand-written in paper booklets.
- Some end-of-year exams are available only in digital format, while others available only on paper. In some subjects, there is a choice between digital or paper.
- In subjects where there is a choice, your approved end-of-year exam centre school decides which format they offer. Te Kura has no influence over this decision. Te Kura will automatically register you for the digital format unless the exam centre school alerts Te Kura otherwise. This decision is advised to Te Kura by the exam centre school in our online facility at the same time as they approve your request.
- Te Kura will let you know the format of each subject in the confirmation email we will send to you after your registration is finalised. Your registration for end of year exams can only be finalised after Te Kura has received online approval from your exam centre school.
- If you are confirmed as sitting any digital exams, you must have access to a reliable, fully functioning laptop that you can bring with you on the exam day(s). A digital exam checklist will be provided with your confirmation email.
- If you do not have access to a laptop, your kaimanaaki may be able to talk through some ideas with you e.g., borrowing one from family or friend. If your kaimanaaki cannot help you find a solution, you may need to sit paper exams. In this case, you must contact our Qualifications team as soon as possible as special arrangements will need to be made.
NCEA key dates
Important dates can be found here.
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