Pursuant to section 101D of the Education Act 1989, and acting with authority delegated by the Minister of Education, I declare invalid the 7 June 2019 elections for parent representatives and a staff representative for the Board of Trustees of Edgecumbe College (145), and require a new election to be held on Friday 20 September 2019.

The elected representatives who held office on the date of the invalid election return to office until the close of the day before the day on which the new trustees take office following the new election.

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

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of July 2019.

JANN MARSHALL, Associate Deputy Secretary, Operational Delivery, Sector Enablement and Support, Ministry of Education.