2006年新西兰大学入学考试（包括全国奖学金考试）前十名中学依次为:

Burnside High School，(63.3) 
New Zealand International College (63)
Senior College of New Zealand (61.8) 
Diocesan School for Girls， (61.5) 
Auckland Grammar School (59.7)
Bayfield High School (57.6)
Samuel Marsden Collegiate School (57.4) 
Epsom Girls' Grammar (57.3)

其中奥克兰的中学占六所，私立学校有6所榜上有名。