Government unveils nine new industry-led secondary school subjects

Thursday 6 August 2026 · 6 outlets · 5 reports · updated Thu 6 Aug, 7:24pm

In this story Nicola Willis, Erica Stanford

The Government has announced nine new industry-led subjects for Year 12 and 13 students. These subjects, which include tourism and construction, will be developed by industry groups. The new curriculum is expected to be available in secondary schools starting in 2029.

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1. NZ HeraldThu 6 Aug, 5:00am

   New industry-led subjects for secondary schools unveiled by Government, including ‘Next-Gen Manufacturing’, ‘Tourism’, ‘Applied Intelligent Systems’ (opens in new tab)

2. StuffThu 6 Aug, 7:29am

   Schools to offer nine new industry-led subjects from 2029 under Government plan (opens in new tab)

3. The Post via RNZThu 6 Aug, 11:09am

   Nine new secondary school subjects announced by Government (opens in new tab)

   Also on Waikato Times (opens in new tab), The Press (opens in new tab)

4. 1NewsThu 6 Aug, 11:34am

   Nine new industry-led subjects from AI to tourism coming to schools (opens in new tab)

   • Nine new 'industry-led' secondary school subjects announced (opens in new tab) Thu 6 Aug, 7:24pm