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  • Directory of educational institutions

    Ministry of Education
    The Ministry of Education maintains the following databases that are updated regularly that include contact details, institution information and regional information.
    Created 15 September 2023 Updated 4 April 2025
  • Staffing in the Early Childhood Education sector

    Ministry of Education
    Statistics on staffing in the ECE sector, including tables on numbers and characteristics of ECE teachers. From 2014 the Early Learning Information (ELI) system was introduced to capture data electronically resulting in some definition changes, including how teaching staff are defined. In ELI the count includes all teaching staff who had contact with...
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Expenditure on Early Childhood Education

    Ministry of Education
    Statistics on expenditure on ECE, including tables on government expenditure on ECE, and tables on the Consumers Price Index for the fees charged by ECE services.
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Early Childhood Education Services

    Ministry of Education
    There are different kinds of ECE services offering education and care to children from birth to school age. These services can either be 'teacher-led', 'whānau-led', or 'parent-led'. All ECE services must be licenced or certified by the Ministry of Education. Teacher-led services need to have at least 50% of teaching staff who are qualified and certified...
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Enrolments in Early Childhood Education

    Ministry of Education
    The Early Childhood Education (ECE) census is administered every year and provides a snapshot of high level statistics for ECE in New Zealand. Data captured is for a one week period, typically the last week in June and includes information about the services, enrolment/attendance numbers, teaching staff, and the use of languages. From 2000 to 2013, all...
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Children's participation in Early Childhood Education

    Ministry of Education
    Statistics on children's participation in Early Childhood Education (ECE) including tables on prior participation rates of children starting school, enrolments and average hours spent in ECE.
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Pacific Language in Schooling

    Ministry of Education
    A snapshot of Pacific language in education in New Zealand Schools as at 1 July. It describes two levels of Pacific language learning: Pacific medium education and Pacific Language as a separate subject.
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Te Mataaho-a-Iwi / Education Dashboard

    Ministry of Education
    The statistics presented here are about learners for whom Iwi affiliation information has been provided as part of the school enrolment process.
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Māori Language in Schooling

    Ministry of Education
    A snapshot of Māori Language Learning in the schooling sector as at 1 July 2019. It reports on 3 levels of Māori Language in Education: Māori medium, Māori language in English medium, and Students not involved in Māori language in education
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Students' international learning

    Ministry of Education
    Statistics on students’ participation and achievement in learning that contributes to their knowledge of the world, that provide a picture of students’ development of international and intercultural skills, and students’ uptake of opportunities for study overseas.
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Benefits of international education for New Zealand

    Ministry of Education
    Statistics on the benefits that accrue to New Zealand from international education. This section includes statistics on the economic impact of international education and the contribution that international education makes to the New Zealand community.
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Internationalisation in NZ tertiary education organisations: summary

    Ministry of Education
    This study that was carried out in three phases between 2013 and 2015, provides information on the extent to which tertiary education providers in New Zealand have engaged in internationalisation activities. It builds on two previous Ministry studies: Internationalisation and Tertiary Education Institutions in New Zealand (1998) and Internationalisation...
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • International student satisfiction survey report

    Ministry of Education
    Students in universities and institutes of technology/polytechnics were surveyed in 2011, and due to the effects of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, students in private training establishments, English language providers and secondary schools were surveyed one year later in 2012.
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Export Education Levy Statistics

    Ministry of Education
    Statistics relating to the Export Education Levy, collected from the export education industry. Export education relates to the provision of education to full fee-paying international students who come to New Zealand to study in both the schooling and tertiary sectors.
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Science achievement: middle schooling

    Ministry of Education
    This indicator draws on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assessments that included questions on the structure of living things, human health, chemical reactions, experimental procedures, insulation and conduction, forces, volcanoes, and the effect of weather on the environment. The indicator provides information about the...
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Science achievement: primary schooling

    Ministry of Education
    This indicator draws on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assessments that included questions on the structure of living things, human health, conducting fair experiments, dissolving, electrical circuits, magnetism, fossils, and the environmental impact of human behaviour. The indicator provides information about the...
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Mathematics literacy achievement: senior secondary schooling

    Ministry of Education
    Mathematical literacy of 15 year-old students
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Mathematics achievement: middle schooling

    Ministry of Education
    Mathematics scores for Year 9 students
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Reading/Pānui: primary schooling

    Ministry of Education
    For state and state-integrated schools that use the New Zealand Curriculum, a summary of the National Standards reading results are provided. National Standards results are based on overall teacher judgements (OTJs) about whether students in Years 1-8 were achieving at a level 'well below', 'below',' at', or 'above' the standard in reading for their year...
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020
  • Kōrero: primary schooling

    Ministry of Education
    In the context of Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori, kōrero relates to oral communication or speaking. Oral communication is an important part of Māori culture and, more generally, an important part of conversing and connecting with others regardless of culture. Kōrero is especially important with Māori because up until the 19th century Māori was not a...
    Created 22 August 2020 Updated 22 August 2020