Contact us

Phone 64 4 463 8000
Fax +64 4 463 8001
Email enquiries.national@education.govt.nz

Accessible entry and carpark information

Local Ministry offices

Contact our local offices and find out how our education advisors can help you.

COVID-19 education workforce payroll

If you work in a primary or secondary sector school or kura and have a question about how your pay has been affected by schools closing you should contact your school payroll administrator.

School payroll administrators use: support@novopay.govt.nz

Employees without a school payroll administrator to contact use: employment.relations@education.govt.nz

Traumatic incident team

If your school or ECE needs support to manage a crisis. This phone number is manned 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Learning support

For referrals to a local office or if you have a query about Learning support

Complaints

Website technical or accessibility queries

You can also use our feedback form.

Education Gazette

Email admin@edgazette.govt.nz
Phone +64 4 917 3990

For a detailed list go to:

Education Gazette contact page(external link)

Research and data requests

Media enquiries

Email media@education.govt.nz
Phone +64 27 560 5387

Social media

Find us on:

Facebook(external link)

Instagram(external link)

Twitter(external link)

LinkedIn(external link)

YouTube(external link)

Privacy

Email or ring the privacy officer if you want to check personal information that we hold.

Email privacy@education.govt.nz
Phone + 64 4 463 8000

Go to the Legal and privacy web page

Resourcing queries

Questions about funding, school staffing, reimbursements to schools

Email resourcing@education.govt.nz
Phone +64 4 463 8383

Early childhood education

General queries
ELI (early learning information) queries

Email ece.info@education.govt.nz

Email ELI.queries@education.govt.nz

Phone: 0800 323 323

Education Service Desk 

Login and support queries for schools and tertiary applications

School applications(external link)
Tertiary applications(external link)

Email service.desk@education.govt.nz
Phone 0800 422 599
Web: Education Services(external link)

ESOL refugee education co-ordinators

Employment relations

International education

OIA requests

Make a request under the Official Information Act.

Email info@education.govt.nz

Transport

Email School.Transport@education.govt.nz
Phone: 0800 BUS2SCHOOL (0800 287 272)