In 2022, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) identified a range of schools at which the University Entrance (UE) attainment of ākonga Māori and Pacific students was at least 10% higher than their decile (now EQI) band average.
In 2023, NZQA asked Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa NZCER to work with six of these higher UE attainment schools to explore how they support ākonga Māori and Pacific students to attain UE.