Ministry of Education

The Ministry of Education  would like to work more closely with home education groups, and invites home-ed support groups to leave contact details at their local MoE office, for liaison purposes.

Te Kete Ipurangi -  MoE online resource site search under "TKI communities" for educational material and information

New Zealand Curriculum this webpage includes essential learning areas and essential skills, which are part of the curriculum requirements for schools in NZ.

Getting an exemption from school (from AHE website) In NZ, school enrolment is compulsory for children age between 6 – 16 yrs.
The terms of the Education Act whereby parents can apply for an exemption from compulsory enrolment are found in the Education Act, 1989, Section 21 (Long term exemption from enrolment). You can read the whole Education Act here ( use the index on the left.)

asTTle testing which asTTle stands for Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning,  is currently being moved to an online version. Some sections are planned to be available in 2008.  It  is expected to become fully available in 2009.

Homeschooling Statistics Homeschooling as of  1July 2007

Ministry of education

The MoE processes applications for exemption from school also sets curriculum guidelines and provides support through links to online resources.