For about one hundred years ( 1840-1947) New Zealand Was a brittish colony but the first settlers arrived for about a thousand years ago. Therefore the New Zealand school system looks almost identical to the brittish system. It has though developed a bit differenses since their independence 1947.
The stages in the New Zealand school system:
Primary school: (age 5/6-7/8) school year:1
Most New Zealand children start at the so called ¡§childhood education¡¨ at the age of 3 wich