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 (2022-2024)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 951 817 881 171 211 205 15.2 20.5 18.9
Male 997 1,004 995 128 123 147 11.4 10.9 12.9
Māori 762 762 752 90 88 99 10.6 10.4 11.6
Pacific 175 160 144 16 18 12 8.4 10.1 7.7
Asian 107 107 125 8 16 17 7.0 13.0 12.0
MELAA 23 20 20 1 0 2 4.2 0.0 9.1
Other 5 8 19 1 2 4 16.7 20.0 17.4
European/Pākehā 1,220 1,153 1,193 241 275 274 16.5 19.3 18.7
Regional Total 1,948 1,821 1,876 299 334 352 13.3 15.5 15.8
New Zealand Total 56,636 57,029 59,455 7,587 7,274 7,956 11.8 11.3 11.8

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 (2024)
Group Construction and Infrastructure Creative Industries Manufacturing and Technology Primary Industries Service Industries Social and Community Services Total Leavers
Female 0 94 0 1 108 5 1,086
Male 11 44 24 16 59 2 1,142
Māori 0 38 6 2 57 0 851
Pacific 1 2 1 0 9 0 156
Asian 1 9 0 0 7 1 142
MELAA 0 1 0 0 1 0 22
Other 0 1 0 0 3 0 23
European/Pākehā 11 108 23 15 119 6 1,467
Regional Total 11 138 24 17 167 7 2,228

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.