Conditions of use

These conditions of use apply to your browsing and use of this website. Please read them before continuing to browse this website. Use of this website is deemed to be acceptance of these conditions of use. Three areas are covered:

Disclaimer
Copyright
Privacy

Copyright on NZQA's websites

The copyright on all materials contained or available on NZQA's websites is subject to the copyright laws of New Zealand and copyright on all such material belongs to NZQA. Reproduction of part or all of the contents of NZQA's websites in any form is prohibited other than in accordance with the following.

You may print, recopy or temporarily store the material on the websites for your own personal information and use, or for the personal information and use of other individual third parties. Any copyright notice on the material must be retained on the copy. In addition, you must expressly acknowledge the NZQA website as the source of the material and include NZQA's primary web address (http://www.nzqa.govt.nz) in the copy of the material. You must also inform any third party that these conditions of use apply to them.

The above authorisation does not permit incorporation of the material or any part of it in any other work or publication, distribution or adaptation of the material in any form without the prior written consent of NZQA. You may not create a link from any other website to any part of NZQA's websites, other than the homepages, without the prior written consent of NZQA.

No part of NZQA's websites may be distributed or copies made for any commercial purpose without the prior written consent of NZQA.

Internet sites wishing to link to NZQA websites

Internet sites may link to NZQA websites using the following plain text link only: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz and may make the following statement about NZQA only.

"The New Zealand Qualifications Authority coordinates qualifications in secondary schools and in post-school education and training, maintains national standards, evaluates overseas qualifications and administers national secondary examinations."

Use of National Qualifications Framework (NQF) material

NZQA provides access to a variety of NQF materials. These include, but are not limited to:

unit standards
achievement standards
national qualification documents
NQF assessment materials
National Certificate of Educational Achievement exam material.

These materials are copyright to NZQA and are protected by New Zealand copyright laws and international treaty obligations. A number of these resources have been developed by third parties, however copyright in all instances resides with NZQA.

New Zealand NQF accredited organisations may download and copy these resources for use by their organisations as per the following procedures:

Copies must be used only for the organisation's internal purposes by its staff and learners (for example, assessing learners, preparing programmes of activities, as reference materials for teachers, etc).
All materials and documents, including any part thereof, must always carry the NZQA Copyright Notice, as it appears at the bottom of each page.
Copies must not be rented out, sold or lent, whether for payment or not. Copies must not be given out, or used by organisations other than the NQF accredited institution, although learners may retain any copies given to them as handouts for activities or assessments.

Non-NQF accredited organisations must seek specific copyright clearance from NZQA before using these NQF documents. Non-accredited organisations will be given copyright clearance to use these documents at no charge provided they are not for commercial purposes and they undertake to inform learners that completing these programmes using these NQF materials will not entitle them to formal recognition against NQF standards or the award of an NQF qualification. Please contact the Quality Assurance Division business unit to gain this clearance.

Commercial applicants wishing to use NZQA copyrighted material in their publications.

NZQA may consent to a commercial applicant using NZQA copyright material in their publications. In making a decision NZQA may consult relevant stakeholders and identify an appropriate fee. The fee for each use will reflect the costs incurred by NZQA in preparing these documents.

Application process for National Certificate of Educational Achievement and Scholarship Exam Papers

Potential applicants should identify the standards and levels of the papers they wish to use, and contact the Assessment section of the Authority. Alternatively, application forms are available on the Authority's website. Forms should be completed and returned together with material, which shows how the papers, in whole or part, will be used.

Conditions

Written acknowledgement must be given to the Authority at the beginning of the publication. The acknowledgement must state that the New Zealand Qualifications Authority owns the copyright of the paper or questions reproduced and has consented to the reproduction of that paper of questions. In addition, the authors/publishers must clearly distinguish material developed by the Authority from material produced by or for the authors/publishers.

Part 2, Section 49 of the Copyright Act 1994 allows NZQA to waive the copyright of third parties to produce national examination papers. National Certificate of Educational Achievement and Scholarship examination questions may, therefore, use material for which the copyright is held by a third party and it is the publisher's responsibility to apply for copyright use to the third party.

For all other Qualifications Authority copyright material, please contact Communications to discuss possible uses and costs.

Use of NQF material by overseas educational organisations

Any international educational institution wishing to use NQF material must contact the International Liaison team to discuss this.

Reproduction of NZQA logo

The New Zealand Qualifications Authority logo is the key element of NZQA's corporate visual identity. NZQA has strict guidelines about the reproduction and use of the logo.

National Certificates

Organisations that have been granted permission by NZQA to issue National Certificates or National Diplomas may use the NZQA logo on those certificates. For more information contact the Tertiary Records team.

Government agencies

Government agencies may use the NZQA logo only if NZQA has granted approval in writing. If NZQA has agreed to the use of its logo, a member of NZQA's Communications team will supply the logo, which must not be altered in any way. For more information contact Communications and External Relations.

Other circumstances

NZQA's logo may not be used in any other circumstances, including advertising or publicity materials, corporate documents or web pages.

Qualifications Authority registration and accreditation (of private education providers, for example) does not entitle an organisation to use the NZQA logo in any context.

A registered private training establishment may make the following statement on certificates, in publications and in publicity material:

Registered as a private training establishment by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority under the provisions of the Education Act 1989 and its subsequent amendments.

and/or

He mea rehita na te Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa kia tu hei Whai Whakangungu Motuhake i raro i te maru o te Ture Mātauranga 1989 me ona menemana.

Any further questions regarding copyright should be directed to:

The Manager
Communications and External Relations
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Box 160
WELLINGTON
or email Communications