Hawke's Bay Region

School Qualifications: Vocational Pathway Awards

This provides ways to achieve NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3 and develop pathways that progress to further study, training and employment. The Vocational Pathways provide a framework for students to show how their learning and achievement is valued in the workplace by aligning learning to the skills needed for industry.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while vocational pathway award is obtained from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Identical information is available for the region's territorial authorities using the drop down menu above. For other territorial authorities first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

Table 1: School leavers with at least one Vocational Pathway Award, at any level (2023-2025)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025
Female 808 860 916 210 201 248 20.6 18.9 21.3
Male 1,000 978 1,058 123 151 145 11.0 13.4 12.1
Māori 752 734 765 87 100 149 10.4 12.0 16.3
Pacific 160 137 161 18 12 22 10.1 8.1 12.0
Asian 107 120 158 16 17 13 13.0 12.4 7.6
MELAA 20 20 30 0 2 1 0.0 9.1 3.2
Other 8 19 14 2 4 5 20.0 17.4 26.3
European/Pākehā 1,148 1,177 1,270 275 272 306 19.3 18.8 19.4
Regional Total 1,808 1,838 1,974 333 352 393 15.6 16.1 16.6
New Zealand Total 56,658 58,326 60,791 7,273 7,944 9,995 11.4 12.0 14.1

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed. 'na' = not applicable.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: School leavers with a Vocational Pathway Award, at any level (2025)
Group Construction and Infrastructure Creative Industries Manufacturing and Technology Primary Industries Service Industries Social and Community Services Total Leavers
Female 4 84 7 3 153 6 1,164
Male 27 32 20 18 61 1 1,203
Māori 10 26 10 5 107 3 914
Pacific 0 11 0 0 13 0 183
Asian 2 3 1 2 6 0 171
MELAA 0 0 0 0 1 0 31
Other 0 4 0 0 2 0 19
European/Pākehā 25 100 24 19 149 5 1,576
Regional Total 31 116 27 21 214 7 2,367

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed. 'na' = not applicable.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.