Pursuant to section 158B of the Education Act 1989, I hereby give the following notice.
1. I hereby approve Nga Parirau Matauranga Charitable Trust to be a sponsor of a partnership school kura hourua.
2. The name of the sponsor's school is Te Kura Hourua
ki Whangaruru.
3. The sponsor's school will be located in Whangaruru, Northland.
4. Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru will be a co-educational secondary school.
5. Education at Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru may be given for Years 9-14.
6. The establishment of this school is to be phased in over two years. For the year 2014, the school will enrol students in Years 9-13. As from 2015, the school will enrol students in Years 9-14. None of the class levels at Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru will be single sex.
7. Te Kura Hourua ki Whangaruru will operate with the following aim, purpose and objective:
- To provide a secondary schooling option in an authentic cultural, land and water environment that engages, excites and expects great things of every learner.
8. This notice shall come into force the day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of September 2013.
HON HEKIA PARATA, Minister of Education.