For this review of educational policy in New Zealand, examiners from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) were asked to consider post-secondary education and its relationship with the school system and working life. In New Zealand post-secondary education embraces much more than in most other OECD countries since it includes upper secondary education. Part 1 of the report contains the examiners' report, which is organized around four main themes: school structures, curriculum, and examinations; preparation for the transition to working life; access and resources; and educational policy-making. The examiners record that New Zealand should be content with the current performance of its education system. At the same time, they perceive a need for some changes in priorities and direction. In particular, New Zealand, like many other OECD countries, may have to strengthen and further diversify its post-school education and training provision with a view to helping young people who leave school at 15 to cope with an increasingly competitive labor market. Part 2 of the report contains a record of the Paris review meeting at which the New Zealand delegation gave comprehensive answers to the questions posed by the examiners. A summary of the background report on the educational system in New Zealand provided the examiners is given in part 3. (RM)