Kumo

Terms of Service

By using Kumo, you agree to the terms below. If you don't agree, please don't use the service.

What Kumo is

Kumo is a self-hosted, independently run archive of publicly available NZQA exam papers and related study material, provided free of charge on a best-effort basis.

Acceptable use

  • Use the service for personal study and reference purposes only.
  • Don't attempt to disrupt, overload, or circumvent the service's rate limits or access controls.
  • Don't upload content you don't have the right to share, or content that infringes on someone else's copyright.

Scraping, bulk downloads, and abuse

Kumo doesn't have user accounts, so there's nothing to log into and nothing tied to an identity. That also means abuse protections apply to everyone equally, by IP and request pattern rather than by account.

  • Don't use automated scraping, crawling, or bulk-download tools to mirror or download the archive in bulk. Browsing and downloading individual papers for your own study is fine; pulling the whole archive programmatically isn't.
  • Requests that look automated, abusive, or designed to strain the service may be rate-limited or blocked without notice.
  • If you have a legitimate reason to want bulk access (research, archival, etc.), contact the site owner first rather than scraping around it.

No warranty

Kumo is provided "as is", with no guarantee of uptime, accuracy, or availability. This is a small, independently maintained project, not a commercial service backed by an SLA. We aim to keep things running and up to date, but content or access may change without notice.

Copyright and attribution

Kumo is an independent, free, and non-commercial educational resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).

Exam papers and related material remain the property of their respective rights holders (including NZQA). Kumo does not claim ownership of NZQA examination material or third-party material incorporated into examination resources. Materials are provided to assist students with research, revision, and private study.

Where practicable, Kumo identifies NZQA as the source of examination material and retains available attribution and rights information. If you are a copyright owner or authorised representative and believe material available through Kumo infringes your rights, please contact us through our Copyright & Takedown process. We will review bona fide notices and take appropriate action where warranted.

Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated from time to time. Continued use of the service after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand, including the Copyright Act 1994, the Privacy Act 2020, and the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015. Nothing here limits any rights you have under those Acts.

Questions about these terms can be directed to the site owner.