1. Pursuant to sections 146, 156 and 156AA of the Education Act 1989, I hereby establish a Year 7–13 co-educational secondary school in Hamilton to be known as Te Kōpuku High, and designate the school as a designated character school.
2. Te Kōpuku High will operate the following aims, purposes and objectives, which will together constitute its designated character:
   Te Kōpuku High is founded on the concept of the student as Te Nīkau.
   Te Kōpuku is the crown shaft of Te Nīkau and represents the community of care and culture, and of the highest expectations for success, that will envelop the student.
   Te Kōpuku High uses a localised curriculum approach that is aligned with The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, to provide project-based education for Year 7-13+ Māori students.
   Te Kōpuku High offers a Level 2, immersion-bilingual kaupapa Māori programme. Its emphasis is on literacy/te reo matatini that is contextualised through Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics.
3. The constitution of the board of trustees will be an alternative constitution in accordance with section 98A of the Education Act 1989.

This notice takes effect on the date of publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated this 15th day of July 2018.

CHRIS HIPKINS, Minister of Education.