Enrolment Privacy Information

The Privacy Act 2020 has the stated aim of protecting and promoting the privacy of individuals. It governs the collection, use, storage and disclosure of personal information. Cornerstone Education (CEL) handles personal information in accordance with the information privacy principles in the Act.

CEL collects and stores personal information from this form to:

  • comply with the requirements of the Education and Training Act 2020 and other legislation relating to the maintenance of records
  • manage its business, including internal reporting and administrative processes, and
  • supply information to government agencies and other organisations, as set out below.

CEL will comply with all legal requirements in relation to the use and disclosure of personal information, as set out in the Privacy Act 2020. You are entitled to see any information that CEL holds about you and request that any errors in the information be corrected. To do so, contact the Enrolments Officer.

Disclosure of personal information to government agencies
CEL may supply personal information collected on this form to the following government agencies:

  • Tertiary Education Commission
  • Ministry of Education
  • New Zealand Qualifications Authority
  • Ministry of Social Development
  • Inland Revenue
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, including Immigration New Zealand; and
  • when required by law, New Zealand Police, Department of Justice and the Accident Compensation Corporation.

The government agencies listed above may use the personal information supplied to them to:

  • administer the tertiary education system, including allocating funding and the administration of the Fees Free schemes,
  • develop policy advice for the government,
  • conduct statistical analysis and research,
  • update the New Zealand Record of Achievement,
  • include in the National Student Index or use in an authorised information matching programme with the New Zealand Birth Register,
  • fulfil their statutory responsibilities,
  • supply it to Statistics New Zealand to be integrated into Statistics New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure,
  • CEL may also supply personal information as applicable to other educational organisations for the purpose of verifying academic records.

Storage of personal information held by the Tertiary Education Commission
Data collected from tertiary education organisations is now stored in the Cloud. Student enrolment and course and qualification completion data is stored in a Microsoft datastore based in Sydney, Australia.

Rules – CEL’s Rules and Regulations policies are detailed in your Learner Folder. In signing this enrolment form you agree to comply with the rules and policies of CEL with regard to attendance, academic integrity and progress, health and safety, and behaviour.

Documentation – To qualify as a domestic student, and so be entitled to the Government tuition subsidy, you must be a citizen of New Zealand (which includes citizens of the Cook Islands, Tokelau, or Niue), or a permanent resident of New Zealand or a citizen or permanent resident of
Australia residing in New Zealand.

To do so you must produce one of the following documents:

  • Birth certificate (with place of birth stated as New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tokelau, or Niue)
  • New Zealand passport
  • Overseas passport with residency stamp or e-Visa
  • Certificate of citizenship or letter of confirmation
  • A statement of Whakapapa, including date of birth, countersigned by a kaumatua (only accepted if a birth certificate cannot be obtained from Births, Deaths and Marriages)

Please note that additional Verification of Identity documentation may be requested by CEL, pending confirmation of your NSI status (for example, if you do not have a Verified active National Student Index number you will be required to provide evidence of citizenship or residency status).