Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand Fees for Registration, Practising Certificates, and Limited Authorities to Teach
In accordance with sections 364, 372, and 383 of the Education Act 1989, the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand has fixed the fees for registering teachers, issuing practising certificates, and granting limited authorities to teach. The fees, which are GST inclusive, are set out in the following Schedule:
A fee of $157.00 for applicants who are registered and who apply to renew a practising certificate valid for one year (this applies to any teacher renewing a current practising certificate including Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Tūturu | Full Practising Certificate (Category One) and Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Pūmau | Full Practising Certificate (Category Two) and Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Tōmua | Provisional Practising Certificate).
A fee of $157.00 for applicants who are graduates from an approved New Zealand initial teacher education programme and who apply for Kaiako Whai Rēhitanga | Teacher Registration and a Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Tōmua | Provisional Practising Certificate valid for one year.
A fee of $257.00 for applicants who are overseas trained teachers and who apply for Kaiako Whai Rēhitanga | Teacher Registration and a Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Tōmua | Provisional Practising Certificate valid for one year (this includes applications made under the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement (TTMRA)).
A fee of $257.00 for applicants who are provisionally certificated or certificated ‘Subject to Confirmation’ / Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Pūmau | Full Practising Certificate (Category Two) teachers and who now apply for a Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Tūturu | Full Practising Certificate (Category One) valid for one year.
A fee of $100.00 for applicants who lodge their renewal applications after the expiry date of their current practising certificate (this applies to any teacher who is currently employed in a teaching position where they do not hold a current certificate of the kind required to legally undertake that role and applies for registration or certification).
A fee of $157.00 for applicants who apply for a Tūranga Whakaako Whai-herenga | Limited Authority to Teach (LAT) valid for one year.
A fee of $157.00 for applicants who are Registered teachers who have not completed any teaching in New Zealand in the last 5 years and who apply for a Returning to Teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand Practising Certificate valid for one year.
A fee of $157.00 for applicants who are graduates from an approved New Zealand initial teacher education programme and who apply for Kaiako Whai Rēhitanga | Teacher Registration only.
These fees come into force on 1 February 2021.
This notice replaces all previous notices fixing the fees for registering teachers, issuing practising certificates, and granting limited authorities to teach.
Printed copies of this notice are available for free from the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand at 80 Boulcott Street, Wellington 6011.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of May 2020.
NICOLA NGAREWA, Chair of the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand.
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This notice, which comes into force on 1 February 2021, sets out the fees that the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand has agreed to fix for teacher registrations, practising certificates, and limited authorities to teach.
From 1 February 2021, the new fees set out in this notice for renewals of current practising certificates and limited authorities to teach will apply from the date of expiry of those practising certificates and limited authorities to teach.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of Notification in the New Zealand Gazette: 22/05/2020.
This notice is administered by the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand.