There are public and private high schools in New Zealand. All public high schools in New Zealand offer NCEA examination system, and some schools offer both CIE and IB examination system. The choice is very rich.

Mathematics and English are compulsory courses among the basic subjects. Elective subjects include: accounting, biology, vocational studies, chemistry, classical studies, design, economics, English as a second foreign language, French, geography, graphic design, history, Japanese, Latin, mathematics, calculus, statistics, music, painting, photography, sports, physics, science, Spanish, product design and visual arts. /zd/lx