Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment Bill
This bill makes many changes to how New Zealand's education system is run. The biggest changes are: creating a new government agency to manage school buildings and land; reshuffling who oversees teacher registration and standards; giving schools clearer rules about exemptions from attending school; setting up a new process to review the national school curriculum; and creating a separate role (the Director of Regulation) to oversee private schools and boarding hostels. These changes affect students, parents, school boards, teachers, and private school operators.
What this affects
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The bill creates a new government body to manage school buildings, changes who sets teacher standards, and sets up a clearer process for updating what is taught in schools.
517B New Zealand School Property Agency established
480A Functions of Secretary: (a) establish and maintain criteria for teacher registration under Schedule 3 that the Secretary considers necessary or desirable
90A Review of national curriculum statements by Secretary: The Secretary must ensure that a plan under subsection (1) provides for a review of each learning area, subject, and wāhanga ako in a national curriculum statement at least once every 5 years.
Progress through Parliament
Have your say
This bill is open for public submissions to the Education and Workforce Committee. Anyone can tell the committee what they think, and you don’t need to be an expert. Submissions close 13 January 2026.
Bill text sourced from legislation.govt.nz (Parliamentary Counsel Office). Arapono’s summary and breakdown are drafted with AI grounded in that official text and reviewed by an Arapono editor for accuracy and neutrality before publishing. Arapono is non-partisan and takes no position on this bill.