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 the Te Whata Tau o Putauaki establishment.
2. This notice shall come into force the day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.
3. I hereby establish in Kawerau, a Year 1-8 co-educational school called Te Whata Tau o Putauaki and designate
the school as a designated character school.
4. The school will become established with effect from
1 January 2012.
5. The following aims, purposes and objectives of Te Whata Tau o Putauaki shall constitute its designated character:
(a) Te Whata Tau o Putauaki will deliver the
New Zealand curriculum in te reo Maori in an environment permeated by wairua Maori.
(b) The cultural, spiritual and intellectual property of
Te Whata Tau o Putauaki will be the framework
of the kura curriculum.
(c) Manaakitanga and whakawhanaungatanga will underpin all activities of the kura.
(d) Te Whata Tau o Putauaki will provide
education which is underpinned by the
Matauranga (knowledge), tikanga (customs) and kawa (protocols) of Ngati Tuwharetoa ki Kawerau and Ngati Awa.
(e) Te whanau o Te Whata Tau o Putauaki believes that children are taonga, to be treasured and treated as unique human beings.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of July 2011.
HON ANNE TOLLEY, Minister of Education.