Refreshing the New Zealand Curriculum  

Together, we are making the most significant changes to our national curriculum since 2007. 

Our multi-year change programme includes refreshing, redesigning, and strengthening our curricula and assessment systems so they are consistent, knowledge-rich and in line with the best in the world. 

The changes we are making encompass what will be taught and in what sequence for each year of schooling, the teaching practices that teachers and kaiako use in classrooms, and the assessment and aromatawai tools and practices teachers and kaiako use to monitor and respond to learner and ākonga progress. 

You can read more about what’s changing and why here.

Having your say 

As drafts of each learning area or wāhanga ako are developed, schools and kura have the opportunity to provide their feedback through a formal consultation process. 

Following consultation, each learning area and wāhanga ako is independently reviewed by ERO before the content is finalised for use. 

You can find more information, including links to the current consultation documents for draft learning area and wāhanga ako content, at the bottom of this page.

Implementing change 

We are committed to ensuring the effective delivery and implementation of a strengthened national curriculum. This means making sure we deliver services and supports that enable the use of a clear, structured, evidence-based curriculum in all schools and kura. 

Our approach involves supporting and extending the capability of teachers and leaders through:

• Professional support and development
• Curriculum resources
• Guidance and tools for teachers and leaders
• Frontline support

You can find up to date information about these supports on our implementation supports page here. 

• On the implementation supports page you’ll also find a timeline of all the supports and resources we’ll be delivering to support implementation of these changes. 

You can find the refreshed curriculum content for English (Years 0-6) and Mathematics and statistics (Years 0-8) in the Current New Zealand Curriculum.