Private schools receive about 25% of their funding from the government,[3] and rely on tuition fees for the rest.
In addition, there is evidence that property values surrounding some more desirable schools become inflated, thus restricting the ability of lowers socio-economic groups to purchase a house in the zone.
[6] The Government-run student qualification system is the National Certificate of Educational Achievement ("NCEA").
At some schools students can opt for IGCSE/A-levels (popularly known as "Cambridge exams") or the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
The IGCSE and A-level exams of the Cambridge International Examinations Board are offered at some schools.
New Zealand Scholarship is a qualification pitched at students within the top stanine level.
The Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) is the largest trade union in secondary education in New Zealand with 18,000 teaching staff employed in state and state integrated secondary schools being members.