Minister of Education and Associate Ministers

Ministry of Education Links

Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu O Te Mātauranga
The Ministry of Education is the Government's lead advisor on the New Zealand education system, shaping direction for sector agencies and providers.

Arts Online | Te Hāpori o Ngā Toi
Arts Online is the key professional resource for all arts educators in primary and secondary schools in New Zealand.

Early Learning: Ministry of Education
Advice, support and information about early childhood education.

Education Gazette
The Official magazine of the Ministry of Education.

English Online: Te Kete Ipurangi
A site for English teachers (years 1-13) which includes teaching resources, networks and research for teachers and student projects and publication opportunities

Educational Leaders
Education leaders provides information and ideas to support and develop professional learning for leadership.

NZ Maths: Te Kete Ipurangi
The home of mathematics education in New Zealand.  The site has information, videos, and interactive models to improve teaching.

Services for Tertiary Education Organisations (STEO)
Information, services and resources for tertiary education organisations.

Studyit
Your one stop site for achieving in NCEA maths, science, and English. Find what you need to know, contact subject teachers, and get encouragement from other students.

Te Tere Auraki: Te Kete Ipurangi
Te Hiringa i te Mahara aims to empower you as a Māori secondary school teacher, particularly if you are a teacher of te reo Māori.

Te Kete Ipurangi
Bilingual portal site which provides quality assured educational material for teachers, school managers, and the wider education community.

Teach NZ | Akona a Aotearoa
Information and resources on how to get qualified to teach in New Zealand, scholarships, teacher study awards and more.

WickED
WickED is a fun learning site for kids between the ages of 7 and 12.

Government Portals

New Zealand Government | Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa
Govt.nz. is designed to make it easier for people to find and use government information and services online.

Data.Govt.nz
New Zealand's official statistics portal with links to official statistics published by Statistics New Zealand and other government agencies.

Business Government NZ
Business.govt.nz is the whole of government business portal designed to make it easier to run your business. It acts as an online business adviser, providing a gateway to business resources.

National Education Focus

Career Services | Mana Rapuara Aotearoa
Practical information on planning your career, job hunting, study and training options, help with putting together a CV as well as information for practitioners.

Education New Zealand
Information on New Zealand as a study destination.

Education Review Office | Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga
Government department responsible for reviewing and reporting publicly on the quality of education in all New Zealand schools and early childhood services.

Independent Schools of New Zealand
ISNZ represents private and independent schools.

Industry Training Federation
The Industry Training Federation (ITF) is a membership-based organisation, representing Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) that works with agencies and sector groups to improve the policy for and delivery of industry training.

Ministry of Social Development | Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora
Strategic social policy advice to Government and delivers income support and employment services.

National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults | Tukua Kia Rere
The National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults is a key part of the national infrastructure to strengthen the literacy and numeracy skills of adult learners in New Zealand. It provides professional learning opportunities for the New Zealand tertiary education sector and workforce.

NZ Qualifications Authority | Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa
NZQA provides an overarching role in quality assured qualifications and to co-ordinate national qualifications in New Zealand.

NZSTA | Te Whakaroputanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa
The New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA) supports and provides information to boards of trustees in the compulsory education sector.

Education Council New Zealand | Matatū Aotearoa
The Education Council provides information about becoming a teacher, getting certificated and praciticing as a teacher.

Statistics New Zealand | Tatauranga Aotearoa
Access to information about social services that the government funds in your community.

Contract Mapping
Contract Mapping provides access to information about social services the government funds in the community.

International Education Focus

Association for Tertiary Education Management
An Australasian association of tertiary education administrators and managers.

IEA
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement is an independent, international cooperative of national research institutions and governmental research agencies. IEA oversees the TIMSS and PIRLS assessments.

PIRLS
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study is a research project that will provide information on the reading literacy of Year 5 students. It is an international comparative study. 35 countries participated in the first data collection in 2001.

PISA
The Programme for International Student Assessment is an international study that assesses how well 15-year-old students are prepared to meet the challenges of today's society. It is a three-yearly survey of 15-year-olds in the principal industrialised countries.

TIMSS
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, formerly known as the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, is an international comparative study that provides countries the opportunity to examine trends in mathematics and science achievement at the middle primary level (Year 5) and lower secondary level (Year 9).

Education Research Organisations - National Research Sites

SPEaR  | Social Policy Evaluation and Research Committee 
A coordination hub for government and the social research and evalaution sector to improve capability, capacity and outcomes.

NZCER | Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa
The New Zealand Council for Educational Research is an independent, educational research organisation with a bicultural focus.

NZARE | Te Hunga Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa
New Zealand Association for Research in Education is an association which aims to foster a high standard in the practice of educational research.

TLRI | Nāu I Whatu Te Kākahu, He Tāniko Taku
The Teaching and Learning Research Initiative aims to build knowledge through partnership and research, about teaching and learning.

New Zealand Research Organisation
A gateway to the open-access research documents produced at universities, polytechnics and other research institutions throughout New Zealand.

Education Research Organisations - University Research Sites

Research and Enterprise: The University of Otago
Research and Enterprise information on the University of Otago website.

Research Institutes and Centres: The University of Auckland
Index for University of Auckland Research Institutes and Centres.

Woolf Fisher Research Centre: University of Auckland
Centre for the development for education within South Auckland communities with an emphasis on Māori and Pasific Island children's education.

Pasific Research: University of Auckland
Established as a centre for the co-ordination, publication and dissemination for research into Pasific Education.

Uniservices Limited: University of Auckland
Commercial research and knowledge transfer company for the University of Auckland.

National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults
The National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults is a key part of the national infrastructure to strengthen the literacy and numeracy skills of adult learners in New Zealand. It provides professional learning opportunities for the New Zealand tertiary education sector and workforce.

Research & Enterprise Waikato: University of Waikato
The Research & Enterprise Office supports the University of Waikato's research activities and the process of creating value from research discoveries and innovation.

Massey Research: Massey University
Provides research support activities to academic staff.

Institute for Early Childhood Studies: Victoria University
The Institute aims to bring together early childhood teachers, researchers and other professionals to contribute to the knowledge base for early childhood education.

Viclink: Victoria University
Victoria University's commercial arm through which contract research and consulting, intellectual property commercialisation and other services are offered.

Research & Innovation: University of Canterbury
A subsidiary of the University of Canterbury set up to work in partnership with industry to maximise the value of the intellectual property of the University.

Lincoln Agritech Limited: Lincoln University
Lincoln Agritech provides development and consulting services and develops technologies for commercial exploitation.

Children's Issues Centre: University of Otago
The Centre aims to conduct and disseminate research of the highest standard that promotes understanding of the well-being among children and families. national interdisciplinary forum for research into and discussion of children's issues.

Education Research Organisations - International Research Sites

The Australasian Evaluation Society
The AES is a professional organisation for people involved in evaluation, which aims to improve the theory, practice and use of evaluation.

The Evaluation Exchange
Harvard Family Research Project's evaluation periodical.

The Evaluation Centre
The Evaluation Center's mission is to advance the theory, practice, and utilization of evaluation. The Center's principal activities are research, education, service, dissemination, and national and international leadership in evaluation.

Policy Evaluation
An online database of high quality internet resources related to social policy evaluation.