National secondary examinations timetable

Mathematics Common Assessment Task (MCAT)

ExaminationsIn 2017, dates for MCAT are Tuesday 19 and Thursday 21 September. Guidelines for administration for the MCAT will be published on the Mathematics subject page and communicated by circular.

ALL NCEA (levels 1–3) and New Zealand Scholarship examination sessions are three hours.

All exam sessions start at either 9.30 am or 2.00 pm.

Examination timetable 2017

Download the 2017 examination timetable (PDF, 2.5MB).

Date / Time		NCEA Level 1	NCEA Level 2	NCEA Level 3	Scholarship
Thurs 9 Nov	9.30 am				Drama
	2.00 pm	Drama	Japanese	Te Reo Rangatira	Chinese
Fri 10 Nov	9.30 am	Economics	Media Studies	Business Studies	Calculus
	2.00 pm	Music	Health/Physics	Accounting	Te Reo Rangatira
WEEKEND
Mon 13 Nov	9.30 am	English		French / Te Reo Māori
	2.00 pm		Business Studies	Health / Japanese	English
Tues 14 Nov	9.30 am	Chemistry	Dance / Latin	Making Music	Geography
	2.00 pm	Japanese	History	English
Wed 15 Nov	9.30 am	Science		Media Studies	Music
	2.00 pm	Chinese	Geography	Chemistry	History
Thurs 16 Nov	9.30 am	Biology	Music	Biology	Art History
	2.00 pm	Social Studies	Chemistry	Home Economics	Media Studies
Canterbury Anniversary Day
WEEKEND
Mon 20 Nov	9.30 am	Mathematics and Statistics			Biology
	2.00 pm		Economics	Physics	Te Reo Māori
Tues 21 Nov	9.30 am	Accounting	Te Reo Māori	Music Studies	Economics
	2.00 pm	Home Economics	English		Statistics
Wed 22 Nov	9.30 am	Agricultural and Horticultural Science	Home Economics	Classical Studies	Physics
	2.00 pm	German	Biology	Geography	French
Thurs 23 Nov	9.30 am	Geography	Accounting / German	Calculus
	2.00 pm	Dance	Classical Studies	Spanish	Classical Studies
Fri 24 Nov	9.30 am	History	Education for Sustainability	History	Chemistry
	2.00 pm	Business Studies	Mathematics and Statistics	Social Studies	Spanish
WEEKEND
Mon 27 Nov	9.30 am	Sāmoan / Te Reo Rangatira	Drama	Statistics
	2.00 pm	French	Chinese	Earth & Space Science	Accounting
Tues 28 Nov	9.30 am	Physics	Art History	Drama	Agricultural and Horticultural Science
	2.00 pm	Latin	Spanish	Art History
Wed 29 Nov	9.30 am	Health	Agricultural and Horticultural Science	Agricultural and Horticultural Science	Latin
	2.00 pm	Art History	French	Economics
Thurs 30 Nov	9.30 am	Te Reo Māori	Earth & Space Science	Sāmoan	Earth & Space Science
	2.00 pm	Classical Studies	Social Studies	Chinese	Sāmoan
Fri 1 Dec	9.30 am	Media Studies	Sāmoan / Te Reo Rangatira	Dance / Latin	German
	2.00 pm	Spanish		German	Japanese

Submission Dates for Portfolios and Reports

Date	NCEA Level 1	NCEA Level 2	NCEA Level 3	Scholarship
Wed 18 Oct	Visual Arts
Wed 25 Oct		Visual Arts
Wed 1 Nov	Design and Visual Communication / Technology	Design and Visual Communication / Technology	Design and Visual Communication / Education for Sustainability / Technology	Dance / Design and Visual Communication / Physical Education / Technology
Thurs 2 Nov			Visual Arts	Visual Arts

Note: These are the deadlines for schools to submit materials to NZQA. Students should confirm dates for submission within their schools.