Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Te Kura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere, Putaruru, Establishment

Pursuant to sections 146 and 156 of the Education Act 1989, I hereby give the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. This notice may be cited as Te Kura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere, Putaruru, Establishment.
2. This notice shall come into force the day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.
3. I hereby establish in Putaruru, a Years 1-13 composite school called Te Kura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere and designate the school as a designated character school.
4. Te Kura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere will operate with the following aims, purposes and objectives which will together constitute its designated character:
(i) Te Kura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere will provide a unique educational opportunity for its rohe encompassing Ngati Raukawatanga in all aspects
of its operation. To this end it will require all staff and curriculum of the school to honour the aims, purposes and objectives set out in the proposed school's charter.
(ii) Te Kura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere will offer an education that is based on whanaungatanga principles, with bilingual and bicultural staff that have relevant expertise, qualifications and experience and are knowledgeable about Maoritanga and can incorporate it into their work.
(iii) Te whanau o Te Kura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere believes that our children are our taonga, to be treasured and treated as unique human beings.
(iv) The curriculum, resources and teaching personnel of Te Kura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere will honour the aims, purposes and objectives set out in the charter.
(v) The seven essential learning areas of the curriculum will be taught in an environment permeated by wairua Maori. Manaakitanga and whakawhanaungatanga will underpin all activities of the kura.
(vi) The cultural, spiritual and intellectual property of
Te Kura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere will be the framework of the kura curriculum. The revitalisation of te reo and tikanga of Maoritanga will be
pre-eminent.
Constitution of the Establishment Board of Trustees
5. The Board of Trustees of Te Kura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere shall be comprised of:
(a) five people appointed by the Minister of Education;
(b) the principal or principal designate; and
(c) not more than four people co-opted by the board.
Signed at Wellington this 3rd day of October 2006.
STEVE MAHAREY, Minister of Education.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the notice but is intended to indicate its general effect.
The school will become operational on 1 January 2007.