Students with disabilities have the same rights as other students to all parts of education, including sitting national qualifications, like NCEA.
Students doing NCEA can apply for a range of “Special Assessment Conditions”, like exam papers in Braille, or large print, extra time for rest breaks, a reader or writer, and so on.
Read more at the NZQA website, here (or go to nzqa.govt.nz and search for “Special assesment conditions”).