- MoE
- Ministry of Education. Unless context otherwise specifies, I mean the New Zealand Ministry of Education.
- NZEI
- New Zealand Educational Institute. Union representing primary and early child education teachers.
- NZQA
- New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Government organisation that regulates national qualifications in New Zealand from school level to tertiary level.
- OIA
- Official Information Act. Law requiring the government and state institutions to provide information to the public unless there is genuine need to withold it.
- PE
- Physical Education
- PPTA
- Post Primary Teachers’ Association. Union representing secondary teachers.
- PTE
- Private Training Establishment. Tertiary institutions run in private sector by companies, trusts, charities independent of the government.
- UC
- The University of Canterbury
