NATIONAL DASHBOARD
AI NAVIGATOR NEW ZEALAND
National AI Maturity Overview 2025
1,547
Participants
89
Schools
112
Organisations
2.1
National Average
Regional Performance
Auckland
23 schools • 431 participants
2.3
Bay of Plenty
18 schools • 387 participants
2.2
Wellington
15 schools • 289 participants
2.4
Canterbury
12 schools • 198 participants
1.9
Waikato
11 schools • 142 participants
2
Other Regions
10 schools • 100 participants
1.8
National Domain Averages
2
Leadership Mindset
2.3
Communication
2
Insight
2.2
Productivity
2.1
Ethics
2.2
Learning
NATIONAL INSIGHTS
National Maturity
New Zealand's education sector is at the "AI Working With Me" stage (2.1/5.0), indicating that educators are actively using AI to improve both efficiency and quality. This represents solid adoption beyond basic experimentation.
Regional Variation
Wellington leads with 2.4/5.0, followed by Auckland (2.3) and Bay of Plenty (2.2). This suggests urban centers and regions with strong professional development networks show higher AI adoption.
Strategic Opportunities
- • Establish regional AI capability hubs to support schools
- • Create national resource library for AI in education
- • Develop sector-wide guidelines and ethical frameworks
- • Foster cross-regional collaboration and practice sharing