We help New Zealand parents write home education exemption applications the Ministry actually wants to read.
Tell us about your family in 30 minutes. Within 48 hours you'll have a first draft of your Section 38 application back, plus any clarifying questions we need answered. Final, MoE-ready version delivered within 7 days, ready to sign and lodge.
Three steps. Done in an evening.
You answer questions about your family. We do the writing. You read, tweak, sign, and lodge it with your local Ministry office.
30 minutes of questions
Tell us about your child, your approach, and how you actually teach. Plain English, no jargon, no sifting through social media for answers.
We write the application
A polished, MoE-ready Section 38 draft, delivered within 48 hours, with any clarifying questions we still need answered. Final, MoE-ready version delivered within 7 days. AI-drafted, parent-reviewed, so every word holds up.
You review, sign, send
Tweak anything that doesn't sound like you, sign, and submit it to your local MoE office. If they come back asking for changes, we redo it free.
Written by parents who've been here. AI helped.
Every draft is generated from your answers, then read top-to-bottom by a parent on our team before it's sent. A real excerpt below, names changed.
How my daughter learns at home
Mira is eight, and she learns the way most eight-year-olds do when no-one's making them sit still: by asking, building, breaking, and asking again. Our day starts at the kitchen table with reading we choose together, and ends most afternoons in the garden, where her current obsession is composting.
This application sets out how we cover the eight learning areas of the New Zealand Curriculum, the resources we use, and the rhythms of a typical week. We've included examples of work completed in the last term, and a written plan for the next.
[ … continues across all required learning areas. ]
- Covers all 9 NZ Curriculum learning areas.English, maths, science, te reo, the arts, written into your weekly rhythm rather than bolted on.
- In your voice, not corporate boilerplate.If you'd never say it, we don't write it. The Ministry can tell.
- Anticipates the questions MoE actually asks.Plan, supervision, suitability, resources. We've answered them before.
- Word + PDF, ready to lodge.Edit it however you like before you sign.
Built for parents who want it written well, fast.
- →You've recently pulled your child out of school and the 20-day clock is ticking.
- →You've been deschooling for a while and want to make it formal.
- →You're choosing home education from day one and want the paperwork right the first time.
- →You want a thoughtful application without spending eight hours on Facebook groups and forums.
- →Your first attempt was returned and you'd rather not redraft it alone.
- →English isn't the language you do your best writing in, but it has to be the one you submit in.
One price. No tiers.
Every application is reviewed by a parent on our team before it leaves. No upsells, no add-ons.
A complete, MoE-ready application — drafted in your voice, reviewed by a parent on our team, delivered within 48 hours.
- ✓All 11 form sections covered
- ✓Drafted in your voice from your answers
- ✓Parent review pass before delivery
- ✓Word + PDF formats
- ✓Free redo if MoE asks for revisions
Term 2 rate runs until end of June. Refund and redo if something's not right. We never guarantee MoE approval — that decision is theirs alone.
We've sat where you're sitting now.
We've written MoE applications from scratch ourselves. We know how short the form looks, and how much work it actually is once you start.
Almost every parent we talk to lands in the same place: confident in their child, completely lost in the paperwork. Eight to twelve hours of NCHENZ threads, conflicting Facebook advice, and writing that doesn't quite sound right no matter how many times you redraft it.
Pulled is the thing we wish we'd had.
Things we want you to know up front.
This is a bureaucratic, legal-adjacent process. We'd rather lose your business than be vague about how it works.
AI-assisted, parent-owned.
We use AI to generate a first draft from your answers. A real parent on our team reads every draft start to finish and tightens it before delivery. You sign the application, not us.
Names out before AI sees anything.
Before your answers are processed, we remove your child's name and your name and replace them with placeholders. A human restores them when reviewing your draft. No names are transmitted to any AI system.
We're not the Ministry.
Pulled is a private service. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the Ministry of Education. We just know the form well.
MoE asks for disclosure, and we help with it.
The application form has a tickbox for “received help”. We give you the disclosure text to use. It's normal, expected, and not a problem.
No approval guarantees, ever.
The decision is the Ministry's alone. What we promise is a strong, considered application written in your voice, plus a free redo if they come back with questions.
Real applications. Real approvals.
Names and details changed. We'll switch in real testimonials with permission once we're out of soft-launch.
“We'd been redrafting the same paragraphs for two weeks. Pulled gave us a draft that sounded like us on day one. Approved first time.”
“I thought I'd write it myself in a weekend. Three weekends later I gave up and tried Pulled. Twenty-four hours later I had a draft I was proud of.”
“Ministry came back with three questions. Pulled rewrote those sections the next day, no charge. Approved on the second round.”
FAQ.
The 12-page guide we wish we'd had.
Everything we learned writing our first MoE application: the form, the eight learning areas, the 20-day rule, the questions the Ministry actually asks. Free PDF, no spam, just one email when Pulled opens.