Curriculum and Assessment Programme Timelines

2024

Redesigning Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
Implementation
All 2024

Ongoing kura support

Refreshing The New Zealand Curriculum
The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC)
2024 to 2025

Learning area design and feedback: learning languages, and health and physical education 

NCEA Change Programme
Implementation
From February 2024

Implement NCEA Level 1 subjects and Wāhanga Ako

Implement corequisite for te reo matatini, pāngarau, literacy and numeracy for NCEA Level 1 

Redesigning Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
Implementation
February 2024

Kura begin to implement redesigned Te Marautanga o Aotearoa 

Refreshing The New Zealand Curriculum
The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC)
Term 2

The technology learning area is being refreshed as part of the wider changes to The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC). We’re engaging widely with the education sector to develop a final draft of this learning area. There may be some final adjustments before the fully refreshed NZC must be implemented from the beginning of 2027

Refreshing The New Zealand Curriculum
The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC)
Term 2

The arts learning area is being refreshed as part of the wider changes to The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC). We’re engaging widely with the education sector to develop a final draft of this learning area. There may be some final adjustments before the fully refreshed NZC must be implemented from the beginning of 2027

Refreshing The New Zealand Curriculum
The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC)
Term 2

The science learning area is being refreshed as part of the wider changes to The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC). We’re engaging widely with the education sector to develop a final draft of this learning area. There may be some final adjustments before the fully refreshed NZC must be implemented from the beginning of 2027.

Refreshing The New Zealand Curriculum
Opportunities to get involved
Term 3 to 4 2024

Learning area feedback sought: Learning Languages, and Health and Physical Education 

2023 2025