NZQA NCEA Level 3 Physics past papers

This page links every Physics paper NZQA publishes for everyone to download, newest first, starting with November 2025. Each link opens the PDF on NZQA's own website. The most recent series is usually released a year or so after the exam, and it will appear here once NZQA makes it public.

Yes, every question paper here has a mark scheme, and 15 have an examiner report as well, which is worth reading for the mistakes that cost the most marks.

In November 2025, Excellence needed 19 out of 24 and Achieved needed 7 on Demonstrate understanding of wave systems. On Demonstrate understanding of mechanical systems, Excellence needed 19 out of 24 and Achieved needed 7. The grade boundaries for every series from November 2021 to November 2025 are on this course's grade boundaries page, and each series of papers here links to its own year's table, so you can mark a paper and read your grade.

Once you have worked through the papers, cookie has a practice deck for this course with fresh questions based on the specification and past papers, feedback on what you write, and spaced repetition.

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