It helps fund a broad range of activities and projects relating to the international education industry, including promotion and marketing of New Zealand, quality assurance of courses, and reimbursements for international students caught out by programme and provider closures.
In response to significant financial hardship being faced by the international education sector due to COVID-19, the obligation for providers to pay the levy was suspended in 2020 and 2021, and further revoked in 2022.
In October 2022, Cabinet confirmed that the EEL would be re-introduced on 1 January 2023, following New Zealand’s decision to re-open its borders to international travel.
Briefing Note: Export Education Levy RegulationsBriefing Note: Export Education Levy RegulationsStage 2 Cost Recovery Impact Statement: Reintroducing the EELBriefing Note: Reintroducing the Export Education LevyExport Education Levy Rate and improvement optionsEducation Report: Use of EEL to reimburse the CrownEducation Report: Export Education Levy 2017 ReviewBriefing Note: International Education Ministers’ meetingEducation Report: Addressing immediate EEL equityBriefing Note: Draft Cabinet paper on EEL changesDraft Cabinet paper to set the new Export Education Levy ratesBriefing Note: Cabinet Legislation Committee meeting