NZQA has announced that in light of this mornings earthquakes New Zealand Scholarship examinations today have been postponed at all schools and exam centres.
The Scholarship examinations affect a limited number of students and are not covered by the emergency derived grade process NZQA has in place.
New Zealand Scholarship examinations provide recognition and monetary reward top students and enable students to be assessed against challenging standards.
All other NCEA examinations will continue as per normal, and proceed today at schools that have not been earthquake affected.
If a school has been affected and is closed, or students are unable to attend because of this mornings events, an emergency derived grade process is available to ensure no disadvantage to students.