A number of standards and supporting materials have been updated for 2026. These updates are a result of the annual NCEA review and maintenance programme (RAMP). This year’s RAMP updates affect a number of New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa (TMoA) subjects across NCEA Levels 1, 2, and 3.

Teachers and other NCEA providers must ensure that the revised standards and supporting materials are used for assessment in 2026.

There are no changes to the competencies being assessed by the Achievement Standards. Most of the updates are very minor and have been made to improve clarity and interpretation. It is important to note that the Conditions of Assessment have been updated for all internal assessments | aromatawai ā-roto to provide clearer guidance around authenticity.  

All affected Achievement Standards and supporting materials were made available as PDFs for planning purposes on the NCEA website in September 2025. These PDFs have now been removed and materials on the relevant subject pages have been updated for use in 2026. For externally assessed | aromatawai ā-waho Achievement Standards with changes to the method of assessment, External Assessment Specifications | Tautuhinga Aromatawai for 2026 are available on the NZQA website, here: 2026 NCEA and NZ Scholarship assessment specifications - NZQA

Where to find updated Standards and materials

• Level 1 NZC and TMoA subjects: 2026 updates are available on the relevant subject pages on the NCEA website.  
  • A summary of changes made is available in the Recent Changes section of each subject page and achievement standard.  
  • All Level 1 Conditions of Assessment for internal achievement standards are available in the Assessment | Te Aromatawai tab of each subject page.
  • Subjects with other RAMP updates include: English, New Zealand Sign Language, Health Studies, Physical Education, Dance, Drama, Music, Te Ao Haka, Visual Arts, Te Reo Māori, Gagana Sāmoa, Gagana Tokelau, Lea Faka-Tonga, Te Reo Māori Kūki Āirani, Vagahau Niue, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mathematics and Statistics, Design and Visual Communications, Digital Technologies, Materials and Processing Technology, Chemistry and Biology, Physics, Earth and Space Science, Science, Commerce, Geography, Social Studies, Te Reo Rangatira, Hauora and Pāngarau.  
• Levels 2 and 3 NZC subjects: 2026 updates are available on the relevant subject pages of the TKI website: Resources for internally assessed achievement standards / NCEA on TKI - NCEA.
  • All Level 2 and 3 Conditions of Assessment for internal achievement standards are available in each subject page.
  • Subjects with other RAMP updates include: English, Health, Chinese, Cook Islands, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Lea-Faka Tonga, NZ Sign Language, Samoan, Te Reo Māori, Te Ao Haka, Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Biology, Earth and Space Science, Economics, History, Psychology, Social Studies, Digital Technologies, Design and Visual Communication.
• Level 2 and 3 TMoA: Existing materials and resources are now available for kaiako on the NCEA website. These include: Te Reo Rangatira, Ngā Mahi a te Rēhia, Toi Ataata, Toi Puoro, Tikanga ā-Iwi, Hangarau, Hauora, Pāngarau, and Pūtaiao.  
• Level 1-3 Te Ao Haka: 2026 updates are available on the relevant Te Ao Haka subject pages on the NCEA website. Video resources will be available on the website in Term 2 to support the Te Ao Haka changes. A summary of changes made is available in the Recent Changes section of the Te Ao Haka subject page and each TAH achievement standard.
• Te Reo Matatini and Pāngarau Unit Standards have been updated for clarity and the NCEA website has been updated with links to the latest versions.  
• All PDFs for planning purposes have now been removed from the NCEA.Ed website.  

If you have any questions, please contact the NCEA team at NCEA.Review@education.govt.nz  

Kua whakaputaina ngā whakahounga o ngā Paerewa Paetae me ngā rauemi aromatawai mō te NZC me TMoA

Kua whakahoua ētahi paerewa me ngā rauemi tautoko mō te tau 2026. I hua mai ēnei whakahounga i te arotakenga NCEA ā-tau me te hōtaka whakatikatika (RAMP). Ko ngā whakahounga RAMP o te tau nei ka whai pānga ki ētahi o ngā kaupapa ako o te New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) me Te Marautanga o Aotearoa (TMoA), puta noa i ngā Taumata 1, 2, me te 3 o te NCEA. 

Me mātua whakamahi e ngā kaiako me ngā whareako NCEA ngā paerewa kua whakahoungia, tae noa atu ki ngā rauemi tautoko, mō ngā aromatawai i te tau 2026. 

Kāore he panonitanga ki ngā pūkenga matua ka aromatawaitia i ngā Paerewa Paetae. Ko te nuinga o ngā panonitanga he moroiti, ā, kua pērātia kia mārama ake, kia pai ake hoki te whakamāoritanga. He mea nui kia mōhiotia kua whakahoua ngā Tikanga Aromatawai mō ngā aromatawai ā-roto katoa e mārama ake ai ngā kupu tohutohu mō te motuhēhēnga. 

Ko ngā Paerewa Paetae katoa i panonihia, me ngā rauemi tautoko, i tukuna hei PDF ki te paetukutuku NCEA i te Hepetema 2025 mō ngā mahi whakamahere. Kua unuhia ērā PDF, ā, kua whakahoua ngā rauemi i ngā whārangi kaupapa ako e hāngai ana hei whakamahi i te tau 2026. Mō ngā Paerewa Paetae ā-waho i panonitia ai ngā tukanga aromatawai, e wātea ana ngā Whakamārama Aromatawai Ā-Waho ki te paetukutuku a NZQA, i konei: 2026 NCEA and NZ Scholarship assessment specifications - NZQA

Te wāhi e kitea ai ngā whakahounga Paerewa me ngā rauemi

• Taumata 1 NZC me ngā kaupapa ako o TMoA: E wātea ana ngā whakahounga o te tau 2026 i ngā whārangi kaupapa ako e hāngai ana, i te Paetukutuku NCEA.
  • E wātea ana tētahi whakarāpopotonga o ngā panonitanga ki te wāhanga o ngā Panonitanga Hou, kei ngā whārangi o ia wāhanga ako me ngā paerewa paetae.
  • E wātea ana ngā Tikanga Aromatawai mō ngā paerewa paetae ā-roto katoa o te Taumata 1 ki te ripa e kīia nei ko Te Aromatawai, mō ia whārangi ako.
  • Ko ētahi atu kaupapa ako kua whakahoua nei ngā RAMP, ko: English, New Zealand Sign Language, Health Studies, Physical Education, Dance, Drama, Music, Te Ao Haka, Visual Arts, Te Reo Māori, Gagana Sāmoa, Gagana Tokelau, Lea Faka-Tonga, Te Reo Māori Kūki Āirani, Vagahau Niue, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mathematics and Statistics, Design and Visual Communications, Digital Technologies, Materials and Processing Technology, Chemistry and Biology, Physics, Earth and Space Science, Science, Commerce, Geography, Social Studies, Te Reo Rangatira, Hauora me te Pāngarau.
• Ngā kaupapa ako mō te Taumata 2 me te 3 NZC: E wātea ana ngā whakahounga ki ngā whārangi kaupapa ako e hāngai ana, ki te paetukutuku TKI: Resources for internally assessed achievement standards / NCEA on TKI - NCEA.
  • Katoa ngā Tikanga Aromatawai mō ngā paerewa paetae ā-roto i ngā Taumata 2 me te 3 e wātea ana ki ngā whārangi o ia kaupapa ako.
  • Ko ngā kaupapa ako kua whakahoua ngā RAMP, ko: English, Health, Chinese, Cook Islands, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Lea-Faka Tonga, NZ Sign Language, Samoan, Te Reo Māori, Te Ao Haka,  Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Biology, Earth and Space Science, Economics, History, Psychology, Social Studies, Digital Technologies, Design and Visual Communication.
• Ngā Taumata 2 me te 3 o TMoA: E wātea ana ngā rawa me ngā rauemi ki ngā kaiako ināianei ki te paetukutuku NCEA. Ka whai wāhi atu ki tērā, ko: Te Reo Rangatira, Ngā Mahi a te Rēhia, Toi Ataata, Toi Puoro, Tikanga ā-Iwi, Hangarau, Hauora, Pāngarau, me te Pūtaiao.
• Level 1-3 Te Ao Haka: E wātea ana ngā whakahounga o te tau 2026 i ngā whārangi ako o Te Ao Haka e hāngai ana i te paetukutuku NCEA. Ka wātea ngā rauemi ataata ki te paetukutuku hei Te Wāhanga 2 hei tautoko i ngā panonitanga o Te Ao Haka. E wātea ana tētahi whakarāpopotonga o ngā panonitanga ki te wāhanga o ngā Panonitanga Hou i te whārangi ako o Te Ao Haka me ia paerewa paetae o TAH.
• Kua whakahoua ngā paerewa o Te Reo Matatini me te Pāngarau e mārama ake ai ōna kai, ā, kua whakahoua te paetukutuku NCEA ki ngā hononga ki ngā putanga hou katoa.
• Katoa ngā PDF mō ngā mahi whakamahere kua unuhia i te whārangi NCEA.Ed. 

Mēnā he pātai āu, tēnā whakapā atu ki tē rōpū NCEA, NCEA.Review@education.govt.nz