Private schooling is only for the rich in NZ, but they do offer scholarships that the not so well off can apply for , I was tempted, but felt it would have been hard to keep up with, it did not pay for everything.

Private schooling in NZ offers a very good standard of education for sure and the opportunitys they have are way beyond what public can provide or offer, I mean every kid has a laptop.

However having said all that my own Doctor who could well afford private schooling chose to send his children to my daughter's intermediate, that say's alot for the school she attends, and it is public, so if you are lucky enough public schooling here is not that bad really.