Under sections 153(1) and 153(1A) of the Education Act 1989, I declare that Te Kura o Te Kao will become a Year 1–10 composite school on 20 July 2020 and cease to be a primary school on that day.

The change will be phased in as follows:

2020: Year 1 to Year 9

2021: Year 1 to Year 10.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of January 2020.

Hon CHRIS HIPKINS, Minister of Education.