For school leavers in New Zealand
Leaving school in New Zealand? Take your work with you.
For Year 13 leavers finishing NCEA Level 3 and graduating university students in NZ: take your school Microsoft 365 work before your account closes.
The New Zealand pattern
- Final year
- Year 13 (NCEA Level 3) or final year of tertiary study
- Exam window
- NCEA Level 3 exams November; results January
- When school accounts typically close
- Schools typically close accounts at end of school year (December); universities at graduation.
- Most-common next step
- University, polytechnic, te wānanga, apprenticeship, work, or gap year
Region-specific notes
- NZ schools and tertiary providers operate broadly the same M365 lifecycle as Australia and the UK.
- Māori-medium institutions (wharekura, kura kaupapa) use the same M365 architecture; the export workflow is identical.
- The Privacy Act 2020 frames the data position — the school is the agency; mydocs.school operates as a service provider.
Common questions
- When do school accounts close after NCEA?
- Most schools close Year 13 leaver accounts during the December–January summer break, often before NCEA Level 3 results in January. Some preserve accounts a few weeks longer to handle re-counts.
- Universities and polytechnics?
- NZ universities and polytechnics cut OneDrive at graduation; alumni email varies by institution. The OneNote you used during your degree disappears with the file workloads.
The global guide
The product is the same everywhere.
mydocs.school works the same way whether your school is in London, Boston, Dublin, Sydney or Toronto. The vocabulary differs; the workflow doesn't.