Pursuant to section 153 (1) (b) of the Education Act 1989,
I hereby declare that Patea High School (185) will become a Year 1-13 composite school on 28 January 2005, and will cease to be a Year 7-13 secondary school on that day.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of August 2004.
TREVOR MALLARD, Minister of Education.