2024 – 2025 Review of Business Qualifications and Standards

Qualifications submitted to NZQA – May 2025

Ringa Hora and the established Working Groups spent 2024 reviewing the New Zealand Certificates and Diplomas in Business. These qualifications were available to provide feedback from December 2024 until 26 March 2025. The Working Groups reconvened to review feedback and confirm final draft recommendations in April.  The qualifications were then submitted to NZQA for evaluation in May 2025.

Please see the tracked versions of the qualifications that were submitted to NZQA:

• New Zealand Certificate in Business (Business and Technology) (Level 3) [Ref: 2452]
• New Zealand Certificate in Business (Introduction to Small Business) (Level 3) [Ref: 2454]
• New Zealand Certificate in Business (Accounting Support Services) (Level 4) [Ref: 2455]
• New Zealand Certificate in Business (Small Business) (Level 4) [Ref: 2457]
• New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 5) with strands in Accounting, Administration & Technology, Human Resource Management, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Sales, and Project Management [Ref: 2459]
• New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 6) with strands in Accounting, Administration & Technology, and Maori Business & Management [Ref: 2460]
• New Zealand Certificate in Business (Business & Technology) (Level 4) [Ref: 2461]
• New Zealand Certificate in Project Management (Level 4) [Ref: 2462]

What's next

Ringa Hora is working on different projects (unit standards, skill standards, and new product development) and will link these projects very shortly. To remain aware of what’s coming up contact [email protected] and request to be placed in the consultation database.

Standards

The Business review will include reviewing current unit standards under the following subfields to develop skill standards and any micro-credentials as needed. 

• Accounting 

• Business Administration 

• Business Environment 

• Business Operations and Development 

• Financial Management 

• Marketing