Pursuant to section 158B of the Education Act 1989, I hereby give the following notice.

Notice

1. I hereby approve Te Rangihakahaka Company Limited to be a sponsor of a Partnership School Kura Hourua.
2. The name of the sponsor’s school is Te Rangihakahaka Centre for Science and Technology.
3. The sponsor’s school will be located in the Rotorua area.
4. Te Rangihakahaka Centre for Science and Technology will be a co-educational composite school.
5. Education at Te Rangihakahaka Centre for Science and Technology will be given for class levels 1–10.
6. None of the class levels at Te Rangihakahaka Centre for Science and Technology will be single-sex.
7. Te Rangihakahaka Centre for Science and Technology is permitted to provide religious instruction to students.
8. Te Rangihakahaka Centre for Science and Technology will operate with the following aims, purposes and objectives:
1. The sponsor’s vision for the school is:
1. Ngāti Whakaue Iho, Ngāti Whakaue Ake – building iwi capability and capacity;
2. whānau, hapū and iwi taking a collaborative approach to raise the achievement of our tamariki, of our future generations;
3. inspiring, strengthening and empowering whānau in education, well-being, identity, language and culture through leadership and an innovative approach to teaching and learning; and
4. delivering a unique and inspiring learning environment where students and whānau are engaged in their learning and become committed to their learning pathways.
9. This notice shall come into force the day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July 2017.

Hon NIKKI KAYE, Minister of Education.