Fees and levy information

Find out about the fee and levy you will need to pay for registration, certification, or renewal of practising certificate.

Fees and levy consultation is open!

Every three years the Teaching Council is required to consult with the profession on any changes to fees and levy charges. The Teaching Council collects fees and levy to pay for the functions we must carry out for the teaching profession.

We want to let you know that the consultation on the proposed changes to fees and levy charges for 2025 - 2028 is open.

Read about the proposed changes to fees and levy charges for 2025-2028

Your feedback will be critical in ensuring we hear and consider your views when the Governing Council come to make decisions about the proposed changes.

The Governing Council will make decisions on any changes in May and the new fees and levy will come into effect in July 2025. 

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Fee and levy table

Payment under collective agreement

Important notice for first-time applicants to avoid a $50.00 late fee

Balance owing on your Hapori Matatū account

Fee and levy table

 

For

Total Payable (including GST)

Renewing a practising certificate valid for three years

$464.37

Teacher Registration and a Provisional Practising Certificate valid for three years (for New Zealand Initial Teacher Education (ITE) graduates)

$464.37

Teacher Registration and a Provisional Practising Certificate valid for three years (for overseas ITE graduates) 

$564.37

A teacher holding a Provisional or Full (Category Two) Practising Certificate applying to move to a Full (Category One) Practising Certificate valid for three years

$512.37

Late Fee

$50.00

Limited Authority to Teach (LAT) valid for

One year

Two years

Three years


$117.96

$235.91

$353.87

Registration only

$128.96

 

Mō ngā utu me ngā utu tāpiri

Utu mō te 3 tau (Whai Tāke Hokohoko)

Ki te whakahou tiwhikete whakaakoranga mō te toru tau

$464.37

Mō te Kaiako Whai Rēhitatanga me te Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Tōmua toru tau (mō ngā pia MKT o Aotearoa)

$464.37

Mō te Kaiako Whai Rēhitatanga me te Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Tōmua toru tau (mō ngā pia MKT kei tāwāhi)

$564.37

He piringa utu mō te whakamohoa mai i te tiwhikete tōmua ki te tiwhikete tūturu

$512.37

Utu Tōmuri

$50.00

Tohu Rangitahi ki te Ako (TRA)

mō te 1 tau

2 tau

3 tau rānei


$117.96

$235.91

$353.87

 

Date effective from: Monday 11 July 2022

If you like, you can read more about each of the practising certificate types.

See a cost breakdown of the triennial fee and levy.

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Payment under collective agreement

Eligible teachers holding a Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Tōmua | Provisional Practising Certificate will no longer have to pay Teaching Council fees when applying for a Tiwhikete Whakaakoranga Tūturu | Full (Category One) Practising Certificate from Thursday 23 November 2023 following the implementation of changes to the Council’s Hapori Matatū online system to support central payment by the Ministry of Education (MoE). 

Following the variation to collective agreements for primary teachers, secondary teachers, area school teachers, and kindergarten teachers, head teachers and senior teachers' in 2023, Teaching Council fees for eligible teachers holding Tōmua | Provisional practising certificates applying for a Tūturu | Full (Category One) are funded by the Ministry of Education (MoE) during the respective terms of these agreements. 

Since signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the MoE in August 2023 to support central payment, the Council has been working to update its online system Hapori Matatū to effect this change, which went live on 23 November 2023. 

If you believe that you are eligible for central payment by the Ministry, please ensure that you tick the box on the eligibility screen. You will also be asked to tick an attestation box that you agree to pay the fee and levy if you are ineligible (later screen).

The costs of changes to the Council’s online systems were also funded by the MoE, as part of the MoU for central funding.

If you are an eligible teacher holding a Tōmua | Provisional practising certificate that has already applied for a Tūturu | Full (Category One) full practising certificate, you may be entitled to a reimbursement from the MoE. To check if you're eligible for a reimbursement, please contact the MoE directly at TeacherRegistration.Payments@education.govt.nz 

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First-time applicants: avoid a $50 late fee

Watch this video to see how you can avoid a $50 late fee when completing your application in Hapori Matatū. 

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Balance owing on your Hapori Matatū account

Between 1 February 2021 and 11 July 2021, approximately 11,000 teachers were issued with a one-year practising certificate, paying a renewal or moving from one practising certificate type to another consistent with the May 2020 gazette notice (‘2020 fees’) of $157.00. After a judicial review decision in June 2021, those one-year practising certificates were extended to three years.

The Education and Training (Teaching Council Fees, Levies, and Costs) Amendment Act 2021 authorised the Teaching Council to treat ‘2020 fees’ as a part-payment towards the fee payable for a three-year practising certificate and to recover the part of the fee that has not yet been paid.

This means that teachers who were contacted may still owe an amount of $63.80 or $45.57. This amount covers the difference from a one-year to a three-year certificate.

We want to give those affected the opportunity to pay this amount, so that it doesn’t hold up processing in future teacher applications. If you received an email from the Teaching Council, the link provided will take you through to make the payment on Paystation. If you have any questions about an outstanding amount, or how to make the payment (if you have received a letter by post), please contact us at fee-adjustment@teachingcouncil.nz

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