The 2024 Uiuinga ā-Motu o ngā Kura | National Survey of Primary Schools is a pair of reports on principal and teacher perspectives regarding their school and the wider education sector.  

This report, focused on principal perspectives, is based on a nationally representative sample of 187 principals from English-medium full primary, contributing and intermediate schools across Aotearoa New Zealand. The report covers all the questions asked of principals, including ...

This report is the fourth in the COMPASS series, analysing a subsample of data from Professor Melinda Webber’s Kia tū rangatira ai: Living, thriving and succeeding in education project.

In this publication, we analyse responses from 1,665 whānau of Māori learners, focusing on three key areas:

• whānau engagement;
• whānau perceptions of children’s school engagement and enjoyment;
• and intrinsic, extrinsic, and whānau motivation.

The whānau of Māori children who completed the ...

In March 2022, curriculum content for teaching Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories (ANZH) in the New Zealand Curriculum, and Te Takanga o te Wā (TToTW) in Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, was released and gazetted for schools and kura to begin using in 2023.  

This report provides insights into the thinking and practices of tumuaki (school leaders) and kaiako (teachers) from eight schools—four primary schools, one intermediate school, one composite school ...

In 2024, the Ministry of Education commissioned Te Wāhanga, NZCER’s Kaupapa Māori research unit, to conduct a literature review on the concept of “equity” in kura mana Māori motuhake - a term that includes kura kaupapa Māori te aho matua, and kura ā-iwi.  

This review aims to inform the Ministry's evaluation of the Equity Index (EQI) funding system, with a particular focus on how it relates to ...

This report presents a summary of results from a 2024 survey of School Boards, developed by NZCER in collaboration with Te Whakarōputanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa—New Zealand School Boards’ Association, and with assistance from the Kōkirihia Collective.  

NZCER plans to use the findings to inform the school professional learning and development (PLD) and advisory support we provide during our current assessment refresh programme.  

The survey focused ...

"It's like having a guardian to help guide us"

This report aims to provide emerging evidence of effective engagement with the Tūturu initiative through its second year of operation (2024). The report also offers feedback to assist the New Zealand Drug Foundation (NZDF) to continue to build Tūturu.

The report includes six case stories and findings from a cross-case analysis of short-term outcomes, factors that assist schools to engage with ...

In 2024, NZCER was engaged by NZQA to evaluate the NCEA me te Whānau and NCEA ma le Pasifika workshops.

These workshops aim to empower whānau Māori and Pacific families by providing them with the knowledge and confidence needed to support their young people’s education.

He kitenga | Findings

The workshops positively impacted whānau, Pacific families, and schools. 

We rated the workshop impact as Panekiretanga–Strong based on several key factors ...

This rapid review was commissioned to assist the New Zealand Drug Foundation (NZDF) to develop youth gambling resources and forms of support for Tūturu. The focus topic is “school-based approaches to youth gambling”. The review explores the following six questions: 

What is problem gambling, how does it develop over a lifespan, and what do we know about problem gambling and Aotearoa New Zealand youth? 

• What can we learn from ...

NZCER was contracted by Te Ara Ahunga Ora to evaluate Sorted PPPH in its first 3 years. This evaluation report presents findings from the third year of the programme, from July 2023 to June 2024.

About the programme 

Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission received funding from the Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) to build the financial capability for 1,200 Pacific households, with a focus on pathways to home ownership ...

This report summarises feedback on the draft English learning area content for Years 0–6, released in August 2024. Feedback was gathered from 26 August to 20 September 2024. 

A Ministry of Education online survey was the main method for collecting feedback. The survey was accessible alongside the draft content on the Ministry of Education website, Tāhūrangi, and was promoted through Ministry of Education channels. The resulting survey sample was self-selected ...