AI cheating in NZQA exams

23 Jul 2026

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AI cheating in NZQA exams

From 2016 to 2023, the number of substantiated cheating incidents in NZQA exams never reached more than 448 in a single year. In 2024 that number had risen to 738. In 2025, there were more than a thousand.

The most prevalent form of cheating in 2025 (168 cases) was the “use of artificial intelligence” – a category that did not exist as recently as 2023.

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