New Zealand’s ‘independent’ private schools are only a small part of educational provision, about four per cent. Most such schools are run by trusts, usually church-related, but there are also a handful of for-profit schools. The small proportion of private schools in New Zealand is due in part to socio-economic and ethnic segregation within the regular state (government) school system, since this allows many students from wealthier families to attend state schools that are government funded but have socially elite school intakes. In addition, the New Zealand government has had a policy of state integration since the 1970s, which has allowed Catholic and other ‘special character’ schools to move into the state system (a further 11% of provision) while retaining most of the trappings they previously enjoyed as private schools. Most recently, in the 2010s, a centre right government introduced a ‘charter school’ policy according to which private sector actors could apply to establish private schools fully funded by the government. These schools too, became state integrated in 2018 following a change of government. This chapter provides an overview of private schooling in New Zealand with a focus on educational policies and practices that has allowed considerable blurring of public and private in the New Zealand context. The chapter draws mainly on secondary sources but also benefits from an interview with a senior administrator of for-profit private schools.