24/06/2025
Kelly
[FYI request #31168 email]
Tēnā koe Kelly
OIA: 1348827 – List of organisations approached for Focus Review Groups
Thank you for your email of 31 May 2025 to the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) requesting the
following information:
Under the Official Information Act 1982, I request a list of all organisations who were sent
an email by the Ministry on or including Monday 21 April 2025 to Friday 25 April 2025, titled
"Helping us to update The New Curriculum: Focus Group"
For clarity, I am requesting:
The names of all organisations (or groups/associations/networks) that received such
emails, regardless of whether they subsequently responded.
Your request has been considered under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Please find a list enclosed as
Appendix A, showing the recipients of an email from the Ministry
requesting nominations for the Curriculum Review Focus Groups. The email was sent to these
organisations on 24 April 2025, with the subject line ‘Helping us to update The New Curriculum:
Focus Group’.
Please note, we may publish this response on our website after five working days. Your name and
contact details wil be removed. Thank you again for your email.
Nāku noa, nā
Julia Novak
General Manager, New Zealand Curriculum and Te Whāriki
Te Poutāhū | Curriculum Centre
Wellington National Office, 1 The Terrace, Levels 5 to 14, Wellington 6011
PO Box 1666, Wel ington 6140, DX SR51201 Phone: +64 4 463 8000
Appendix A – List of organisations and associations who received an email from the Ministry
requesting nominations for the Curriculum Review Focus Group
Learning Area
Organisation or Association
Science
Bay of Plenty Science Teachers Association | Bay Science
Science
New Zealand Association of Primary Science Educators (NZAPSE)
1982
ACT
Science
Earth and Space Science Educators (ESSENZ)
Science
New Zealand Association of Environmental Educators (NZAEE)
Science
Biology Educators Association of New Zealand (BEANZ)
INFOMATION
Science
New Zealand Institute of Physics (NZIP)
Science
New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, Education Group (SCENZ)
OFFICIAL
Science
NZ Association of Science Educators (NZASE)
THE
Science
NZ Horticulture and Agriculture Teachers Association – HATA
UNDER
Science
Empower KEA
Science
Central Association of Science Educators
Science
Central Northland Teachers of Science
RELEASED
Science
Waikato Science Teachers Association
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Learning Area
Organisation or Association
Science
West Coast Science Teachers
Science
Canterbury Science Teachers Association
1982
Science
Otago Science Teachers Association
ACT
Science
Auckland Science Teachers Association
Technology
Computer Science Association of New Zealand (CSANZ)
Technology
Digital Technologies Teachers Aotearoa (DTTA)
INFOMATION
Technology, Health & PE
Home Economics and Technology Teachers Association of NZ
(HETTANZ)
Technology
New Zealand Graphics & Techno
OFFICIAL logy Teachers Association (NZGTTA)
THE
Technology
New Zealand Principals' Federation
Technology
Royal Society Te Apārangi
UNDER
Technology
Technology Education NZ (TENZ)
Arts
Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Arts Educators
RELEASED
Arts
Dance Subject Association of New Zealand
Arts
Drama New Zealand
OIA: 1348827
Learning Area
Organisation or Association
Arts
Music Education New Zealand Aotearoa (MENZA)
Arts
New Zealand Art History Teachers Association (NZAHTA)
1982
Social Sciences
Aotearoa Social Studies Educator Network (ASSEN)
ACT
Social Sciences
National Association of Media Educators (NAME)
Social Sciences
New Zealand Association of Philosophy Teachers (NZ APT)
Social Sciences
New Zealand Association of Classical Teachers (NZACT)
INFOMATION
Social Sciences
New Zealand Association of Psychology Teachers (NZAPT)
Social Sciences
New Zealand Board of Geography Teachers (BOGT)
OFFICIAL
Social Sciences
New Zealand Commerce and Economics Teachers Association
THE
(NZCETA)
Social Sciences
New Zealand History Teachers Association (NZHTA)
UNDER
Social Sciences
Religious Studies Teachers Association of Aotearoa NZ (RSTAANZ)
Social Sciences
NZ Association of Rationalist and Humanists
RELEASED
Social Sciences
Religious Leaders Forum
Social Sciences
Tourism Teachers Association New Zealand (TTA-NZ)
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Learning Area
Organisation or Association
Health and PE
New Zealand Resuscitation Council Whakahauora Aotearoa
Health and PE
Education Outdoors New Zealand (EONZ)
1982
Health and PE
New Zealand Health Education Association (NZHEA)
ACT
Health and PE
Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ)
Health and PE
Sport New Zealand
Learning Languages
Aotearoa Tongan Teachers Association (ATTA)
INFOMATION
Learning Languages
Deaf Aotearoa
Learning Languages
Fotu o Mālama – The Association for Teachers of Samoan Language
and Culture OFFICIAL
THE
Learning Languages
German in Aotearoa New Zealand (GANZ)
Learning Languages
New Zealand Association of French Teachers (NZAFT)
UNDER
Learning Languages
New Zealand Association of Japanese Language Teachers (NZAJLT)
Learning Languages
New Zealand Association of Language Teachers (NZALT)
RELEASED
Learning Languages
New Zealand Chinese Language Teachers Association (NZCLTA)
Learning Languages
New Zealand Korean Language Teachers' Association (NZKLTA)
OIA: 1348827
Learning Area
Organisation or Association
Learning Languages
New Zealand Sign Language Teachers Association (NZSLTA)
Learning Languages
Spanish Teachers Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (STANZA)
1982
English
New Zealand Association for the Teaching of English (NZATE)
ACT
English
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Aotearoa NZ
(TESOLANZ)
English
New Zealand Literacy Association (NZLA)
Mathematics & Statistics
New Zealand Association of Maths Teachers (NZAMT)
INFOMATION
Mathematics & Statistics
NZ Mathematical Society Education Commit ee
Mathematics & Statistics
NZ Statistics Association Educat
OFFICIAL ion Commitee (NZSA)
THE
Mathematics & Statistics
Retirement Commission
Mathematics & Statistics
CANZA (Chartered Accountants NZ Australia)
UNDER
Al Learning Areas
Aotearoa Foundation Skil s and Pathways Association (AFSAPA)
Al Learning Areas
Careers and Transition Education Association (CATE)
RELEASED
All Learning Areas
New Zealand Principals' Federation
Al Learning Areas
Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA)
OIA: 1348827
Learning Area
Organisation or Association
Al Learning Areas
BLENNZ – Blind, Low Vision
Al Learning Areas
Ko Taku Reo – Deaf Education NZ
1982
Al learning Areas
Ethnic & Faith Communities National Leaders Network
ACT
Al learning Areas
Special Education Principals Association of New Zealand (SEPAnz)
Al learning Areas
Te Kura Pounamu
Al learning Areas
NZEI Te Riu Roa
INFOMATION
Al learning Areas
NZ Association of Intermediate Middle Schooling (NZAIMS)
Al learning Areas
NZ Rural Schools Leadership Association
OFFICIAL
Al learning Areas
Secondary Principals Association of NZ (SPANZ)
THE
Al learning Areas
Association of Proprietors of Integrated Schools (APIS)
UNDER
RELEASED
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