Anya Pearce didn't put her pen down until the final few seconds of her first ever NCEA exam. Pearce, 16, was one of 1651 Tauranga students who sat their Level 1 English exam yesterday, which had the largest number of entries.
Students put biggest NCEA exam behind them
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