Teacher Registration and Certification
Teacher registration fees
Please note:
“As part of the 2023 STCA and ASTCA settlements PPTA members received a one-off gross payment of $710, which was to provide a net of tax amount for renewal of a teaching practicing certificate during the term of the agreement.
The agreements also provide for the central payment of the fee to gain a full practicing certificate for beginning teachers who hold a provisional practicing certificate until the expiry of the Agreements. Currently the fees and levy amount to $512.37.”
Fee and levy table - Date effective from: Monday 11 July 2022
| 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 forOne yearTwo yearsThree years | $117.96$235.91$353.87 |
| Registration only | $128.96 |
Teaching Council fees payment for PCTS – update
Provisionally certificated teacher (PCT) members are reminded that you do not need to pay the fees to the Teaching Council when you move from a provisional to a full practising certificate.
The Ministry will notify each PCT when your fees have been reimbursed via payroll, rather than asking for personal banking information. The first batch of payments under this new process went through on 5 March, 2024.
Please note the non-payment information is for the life of the agreement. If moving from PCT to Category One before the expiry of the agreement, a fee will occur.
Advice on Teaching Council website - 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.
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