Overall New Zealand Scholarship results 2022

Information on awards achieved and number of students per subject

See the tables below for information about the 2022 New Zealand Scholarship award recipients.

2022 New Zealand Scholarship Monetary Awards

Information about the awards and how many students achieved them

Award 2022 Awardees attained No of Students

Premier Awards

$10,000 each year for three years (for the very top 7-12 students) as long as they maintain at least a B grade average in tertiary studies

A minimum of 3 Scholarships at Outstanding level.

Note: The number of recipients for this award is restricted and achieving the minimum requirement will not guarantee an award.
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Outstanding Scholar Awards

$5,000 each year for 3 years for the top 40 to 60 students as long as they maintain at least a B grade average in tertiary studies

A minimum of 3 Scholarships with 2 at Outstanding level, or at least 4 Scholarships with 1 at Outstanding level and a top 2 performance in at least 1 subject.

Note: The number of recipients for this award is restricted and achieving the minimum requirement will not guarantee an award.

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Top Subject Scholar Awards

$2,000 each year for 3 years as long as students maintain at least a B grade in tertiary studies
Top of Subject 35
Scholarship Award

2,000 each year for 3 years as long as students maintain at least a B grade average in tertiary studies
Scholarship in 3 or more subjects or Outstanding Scholarship in 2 subjects, with no subject in the same year. 217
Single Subject Awards

A one-off award of $500 per subject, with a maximum payment is $1,000
1 or 2 Scholarships 1713
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In 2021, the 36 Top Subject Scholarship awards were achieved by 35 students. Of these 35 students, 19 received Top Subject monetary awards and the other 16 received awards in other categories.

Students who receive a Top Subject Scholar Award and also achieve Scholarship in another subject, receive the Top Subject Award. They also receive a maximum of one $500 Single-Subject Award.

New Zealand Scholarship awards by subject - provisional

Information on the number of New Zealand Scholarship students for each subject and what they were awarded.

Scholarship Subject

Level 3

student

cohort

% of cohort awarded New Zealand Scholarship, including Outstanding % of cohort awarded New Zealand Scholarship, excluding Outstanding Number of students awarded Outstanding
Accounting 1884 2.65 44 6
Agriculture and Horticulture 562 3.02 15 2
Art History 728 3.02 20 2
Biology 9605 3.01 250 30
Calculus 9297 3.01 250 30
Chemistry 8503 2.34 171 28
Chinese 740 3.24 22 2
Classical Studies 2645 3.25 78 8
Dance 893 2.24 17 3
Design 2433 3.04 67 7
Design and Visual Communication 1364 3.08 39 3
Drama 1713 2.98 46 5
Earth and Space Science 868 3 23 3
Economics 2796 3.11 79 8
English 14951 2.9 388 46
French 386 3.11 11 1
Geography 4001 2.9 106 10
German 128 4.69 5 1
Health and Physical Education 4735 1.92 77 14 
History 5974 2.78 150 16
Japanese 493 3.04 13 2
Latin 19 21.05 3 1
Media Studies 2551 2.98 70 6
Music 1470 2.93 39 4
Painting 3072 2.99 83 9
Photography 2950 3.02 80 9
Physics 8526 2.76 207 28
Printmaking 428 2.76 207 28
Religious Studies 2670 2.88 69 8
Samoan 285 3.16 8 1
Sculpture 214 2.8 5 1
Spanish 385 2.86 10 1
Statistics 9536 3.05 263 28
Te Reo Maori 958 3.03 26 3
Te Reo Rangatira 183 3.28 5 1
Technology 3710 1.59 50 9
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The Technical Overview Group Assessment applies discretion in the setting of cut scores. The 3% criterion is applied with discretion of plus or minus 5 students.

Cut scores are set so all students at or above the cut score have demonstrated performance at the Scholarship standard.

High numbers of Scholarships in Latin

A significantly higher number of Level 3 students achieve New Zealand Scholarship in Latin, than in other subjects. This is because:

  • Latin has a very small number of students at Level 3. Therefore, there is a larger proportion of Level 3 students awarded Scholarship in Latin.
  • Up to 5 students on top of 3% of the Level 3 cohort can receive Scholarship in each subject. Because Latin is undertaken by a very small number of students, and a very small number at Level 3, a high percentage of Level 3 students receive awards.

New Zealand Scholarship cut scores

The cut scores table shows the range of New Zealand Scholarship scores and number of students for each subject.

  Scholarship Outstanding Scholarship
  Score Range No. of Candidates Score Range No. of Candidates
Accounting 17-23 44 24-32 6
Agriculture and Horticulture 14-19 15 20-24 2
Art History 13-18 20 19-24 2
Biology 13-18 261 19-24 28
Calculus 21-33 250 33-40 28
Chemistry 17-24 171 25-32 28
Chinese 17-20 22 21-24 2
Classical Studies 14-18 78 19-24 8
Dance 13-20 17 21-24 3
Design 13-19 67 20-24 7
Design and Visual Communication 13-18 39 19-24 3
Drama 16-21 46 21-24 5
Earth and Space Science 13-19 23 21-24 5
Economics 13-18 79 19-24 8
English 13-20 388 21-24 46
French 14-22 11 23-24 1
Geography 14-18 108 19-24 10
German 17-22 5 24-24 1
Health and Physical Education 13-18 77 19-24 16
History 13-18 150 19-24 16
Japanese 16-22 13 23-24 2
Latin 25-30 3 31-32 1
Media Studies 13-18 70 19-24 6
Music 17-20 39 21-24 4
Painting 14-19 83 20-24 9
Photography 13-19 80 20-24 9
Physics 17-27 207 26-32 28
Printmaking 13-21 12 22-24 1
Religious Studies 13-18 69 19-24 8
Samoan 16-22 8 21-24 1
Sculpture 18-21 5 22-24 1
Spanish 14-20 10 21-24 1
Statistics 20-26 263 27-32 28
Te Reo Maori 18-21 26 22-24 3
Te Reo Rangatira 19-20 5 21-24 1
Technology 13-18 50 19-24 9
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