2024 New Zealand Economics Competition

The University's modern end-to-end online examination system helps automate the entire process efficiently using online assessment tools including proctoring software, a lockdown browser and a plagiarism detector.

The Online Competition is powered by digitally secured Inspera online assessments, which is integrated with University's remote learning system. 

For Students and/or Parents:
If you’re a student or a parent, please reach out to the economics or business teacher at school to express your interest in joining the competition.

For Teachers:
As a teacher, complete the registration form using this link. The registration period begins on Monday, 4 March and ends on Monday, 6 May.
Once registered, you’ll receive invitations and relevant information about the exam. Additionally, starting from Monday, 8 April, we’ll send you blank enrolment forms. These forms should be filled out with the details and contact information of students from your school who wish to participate in the examination.
The deadline for schools to return the completed enrolment forms is Monday, 13 May.

To view a list of other important dates during the competition, please visit our Key Dates page.

If your school has not participated in the past but is interested in the competition, please get in touch with us.
 

• Total possible marks range from 0 to 50
• There will be 50 questions
• One (1) mark will be awarded for each correct response
• Unanswered questions score zero (0) mark

Awards and prizes for both Competitions will be in two divisions:

• Division 1: Year 13
• Division 2: Year 11 and Year 12 

All students sit the same examination.

Within each division, awards are allocated on a national basis as follows:

• High Distinction: top 10%
• Distinction: next 15% (top 11-25%)
• Credit: next 25% (top 26-50%)
• Participation: all other students

All participating students will receive an e-certificate. The top-performing students will receive monetary prizes and the National Winners will also receive a trophy.

There will be an awards presentation evening held in Auckland on Friday 11 October 2024 to acknowledge and recognise students who achieved excellent results in each division. Their family members, teachers and principals are also invited to attend.

Schools are required to confirm their attendance to the awards presentation by Friday 20 September 2024.

To view a list of other important dates during the competition, please visit our Key dates page.

Head of Department
Prasanna Gai
Professor, Economics

Deputy Head of Department
Asha Sundaram
Senior Lecturer, Economics

Competition coordinators
Sam Stemper
Lecturer, Economics

Diego Carrasco Novoa
Lecturer, Economics

Competition administrator
Sanket Sen
PhD Candidate, Economics

Marcus Jude San Pedro 
PhD Candidate, Economics

For more information about the competition please contact the New Zealand Economics Competition organisers visit our Contact us page for contact details.

Registered participants sign in to Inspera with Username and Password on exam day.