Students at an Auckland school were 20 minutes into their history scholarship exam on Monday morning before it was cancelled. Photo: ODT filesThe New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) issued a release shortly before 9am, saying the 9.30am exam would be postponed, along with this afternoon's chemistry scholarship exam because of this morning's 7.5 magnitude earthquake. Following questions from the Herald, NZQA said it would provide a new paper for all history scholarship students to sit. Management at the exam body were expecting some students may see the exam questions, she said, ``because of the short notice'' given before it was postponed, a spokeswoman said. It is not yet known how many schools continued with the exam, or how many pupils may have seen the questions before they were sent home, NZQA said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 14, 2016 00:39 UTC